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Author House, Silas, 1971-

Title Something's rising : Appalachians fighting mountaintop removal / Silas House and Jason Howard ; foreword by Lee Smith
Published Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 306 pages) : illustrations
Contents Foreword / Lee Smith -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Jean Ritchie: the preservationist -- Denise Giardina: Mother Jones's great-granddaughter -- Bev May: little acts of greatness -- Carl Shoupe: union made -- Kathy Mattea: a light in the dark -- Judy Bonds: the endangered hillbilly -- Pat Hudson: called to action -- Jack Spadaro: Appalachian patriot -- Nathan Hall: a leader, not a follower -- Anne Shelby and Jessie Lynne Keltner: holy ground -- Larry Bush: the gathering storm -- Appendix A: Text of the petition letter circulated by coal companies against the Stream Saver Bill -- Appendix B: House Bill 164, the Stream Saver Bill, as introduced in February 2008 -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index -- About the authors
Summary Something's Rising collects oral histories from a diverse group of individuals from Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee, and Virginia who are fighting mountaintop removal, an ecologically devastating form of coal mining. Taken together, these voices stand as a testament of what it means to be an Appalachian and demonstrate the value of preserving a culture's history and spirit through the stories of its people. The authors have chosen twelve unique voices including Jean Ritchie, the "mother of folk," who doesn't let her eighty-six years slow down her fighting spirit; Judy Bonds, a tough-talking
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Mountaintop removal mining -- Environmental aspects -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Landscape protection -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Citizen participation
Environmentalism -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Celebrities -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Interviews
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Celebrities
Ecology
Environmentalism
Landscape protection -- Citizen participation
SUBJECT Appalachian Region, Southern -- Environmental conditions
Subject Southern Appalachian Region
Genre/Form Electronic books
interviews.
Interviews
Interviews.
Interviews.
Form Electronic book
Author Howard, Jason, 1981-
ISBN 9780813173412
0813173418
9780813139043
081313904X