Literature and creative nonfiction related to the Northern Appalachia region.
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New NewHerbert Stover
Powder MissionThe beleaguered forces of General George Washi...The beleaguered forces of General George Washington were hard pressed by a well-equipped British army outside Philadelphia. Patriot victory depended upon the Spanish gold and powder that Colonel G... -
New NewHerbert Stover
By Night the StrangersThe Underground Railroad was the only avenue o...The Underground Railroad was the only avenue of hope for fugitive slaves who followed the star of freedom north to Canada in the years prior to the Civil War. High rewards offered for the return o... -
New NewHerbert Stover
Copperhead MoonThe Union forces faced disaster on two sides....The Union forces faced disaster on two sides. Confederate troops advanced determinedly from the South while, in the North, an amorphous army of deserters was being organized to strike at the back... -
P J Piccirillo
Northern Appalachia Review V4The Northern Appalachia Review is an annual pub...The Northern Appalachia Review is an annual publication making a place for the under-recognized literature of its region. The editors identify northern Appalachia as the Appalachia counties of Ohio... -
Henry Shoemaker
Juniata MemoriesHenry Shoemaker compiled these legendary tales ...Henry Shoemaker compiled these legendary tales set in the Juniata Valley of central Pennsylvania. Shoemaker's tales recall the transition of the landscape from forest to industrial logging and the ... -
Henry Shoemaker
Black Forest SouvenirsHenry Shoemaker compiled these folk tales set i...Henry Shoemaker compiled these folk tales set in the Black Forest of north-central Pennsylvania. Shoemaker's stories recall the decline of big game in the region and the exit of the native peoples ... -
New NewMitch James
Seldom Seen: A Miner’s TaleA dead mother. An auctioned childhood home. Los...A dead mother. An auctioned childhood home. Loss in the womb of a coal mine. Seldom Seen follows Brander, an Illinois native who moves to Alaska after high school to trap game and escape the hardsh... -
New NewHerbert Stover
Men in BuckskinA desperate English king had turned loose the s...A desperate English king had turned loose the swarms of native warriors to threaten the northern regions of the Susquehanna with death and plunder. General Knox called on Simon Braide to make the v... -
Henry Shoemaker
Tales of the Bald Eagle MountainsHenry Shoemaker compiled these folk tales set i...Henry Shoemaker compiled these folk tales set in the Bald Eagle Mountains of central Pennsylvania. Shoemaker's stories recall the decline of big game in the region and the exit of the native people... -
Guy Graybill
Henry Wharton Shoemaker: Scoundrel of the SusquehannaAuthor and historian Guy Graybill presents the ...Author and historian Guy Graybill presents the mind-boggling analysis of the various falsehoods of folklorist, naturalist, and collector, Henry Wharton Shoemaker. Henry Wharton Shoemaker was born i... -
Henry Shoemaker
In the Seven MountainsHenry Shoemaker compiled these folk tales set i...Henry Shoemaker compiled these folk tales set in the Seven Mountains of central Pennsylvania. Shoemaker's stories recall the decline of big game in the region and the exit of the native peoples as ... -
New NewHerbert Stover
Song of the SusquehannaA novel. Peter Grove, in search of ginseng in u...A novel. Peter Grove, in search of ginseng in upstate Pennsylvania, becomes embroiled in the events of the French and Indian War. A native of Lancaster, Grove travels throughout the Pennsylvania wi...
