How They Shine: Melungeon Characters in the Fiction of Appalachia |
Contents
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Aint no telling what them folk will do Melungeons in Two Novels by Sharyn McCrumb | 35 |
The grace to face tomorrow The Melungeon Line in Lee Smiths The Devils Dream | 49 |
Still Dealing in Death A Melungeon in Kinflicks by Lisa Alther | 67 |
Inside Out Melungeons Centerpiece in Jesse Stuarts Daughter of the Legend | 93 |
Mountain Folks and the Guvermint Four Melungeon Tales Collected by the Tennessee Writers Project | 133 |
Watch Your Chimney Kentucky Melungeons in Two Stories by Chris Offutt | 179 |
Are These People Melungeons? The Killburn Family in Virginia Hamiltons M C Higgins the Great | 197 |
Big Stone Gap Virginia Melungeons in Perspective from John Fox Jr and Adriana Trigiani | 225 |
Borrowing the Legend The Process Comes Full Circle in Naylors Sang Spell | 241 |
Conclusion The Powerful Metaphor | 277 |
Appendix Chart of Melungeon Traits | 283 |
Bibliography | 285 |
Index | 289 |
Sneedville Revisited Walk Toward the Sunset the Melungeon Outdoor Drama by Kermit Hunter | 167 |
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