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Books in Print About Black Appalachians

Books in Print About Black Appalachians George Brosi Appalachian Heritage, Volume 19, Number 4, Fall 1991, pp. 71-74 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1991.0112 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/438664/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 21:52 GMT from JHU Libraries Books in Print About Black Appalachians George Brosi Although the majority of the written information about black Appalachians is found in periodicals and in sections of books with a broader focus, there are some outstanding books in print about the black experience in the southern mountains. The following list contains a number of good examples of this wealth of material. Berry, Wendell. The Hidden Wound. San Francisco: North Point Press, a 1989 reprint of a 1970 release. 137 pages with a new afterword by the author. Trade paperback. $9.95. The topic of this nonfiction book is racism. Berry approaches it autobiographically, describing in detail his relationship with the black couple who worked for his grand- father, and using their intermingled, but sharply defined, relationship to illustrate more abstract points. "A profound, passionate, crucial piece of writing .. . ." — Larry McMurtry (author or Lonesome Dove) in the Washington Post. "Berry has Produced one of the most humane, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

Books in Print About Black Appalachians

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Abstract

George Brosi Appalachian Heritage, Volume 19, Number 4, Fall 1991, pp. 71-74 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1991.0112 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/438664/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 21:52 GMT from JHU Libraries Books in Print About Black Appalachians George Brosi Although the majority of the written information about black Appalachians is found in periodicals and in sections of books with a broader focus, there are some outstanding books in print about the black experience in the southern mountains. The following list contains a number of good examples of this wealth of material. Berry, Wendell. The Hidden Wound. San Francisco: North Point Press, a 1989 reprint of a 1970 release. 137 pages with a new afterword by the author. Trade paperback. $9.95. The topic of this nonfiction book is racism. Berry approaches it autobiographically, describing in detail his relationship with the black couple who worked for his grand- father, and using their intermingled, but sharply defined, relationship to illustrate more abstract points. "A profound, passionate, crucial piece of writing .. . ." — Larry McMurtry (author or Lonesome Dove) in the Washington Post. "Berry has Produced one of the most humane,

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