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Early Interpreters of Appalachian Culture

Early Interpreters of Appalachian Culture Richard B. Drake Appalachian Heritage, Volume 28, Number 1, Winter 2000, pp. 5-7 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.2000.0018 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/435554/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 20:01 GMT from JHU Libraries Early Interpreters of Appalachian Culture Richard B. Drake In recent weeks, while working on a forthcoming book concerning Appalachian history from Indian times to the present, I have tried to choose some eight or nine persons to designate as "early interpreters of Appalachian culture." Seeking the advice of others against my own biases, this project has led me into most interesting experiences. Locally in Berea there are several knowledgeable scholars and interpreters of Appalachia—Loyal Jones, Gordon McKinney, Gerald Roberts, and Shannon Wilson among others. I consulted all of them. When I called Gurney Norman at the University of Kentucky, he became quite interested in what he called "your project," and waxed eloquent about the twelve or thirteen interpreters of Appalachian culture he thought should be included. Several of my consultants took considerable pains to clarify what should properly be considered "early." Gurney suggested that William Bartram (1774) was surely early, but we two ended up considering only http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

Early Interpreters of Appalachian Culture

Appalachian Review , Volume 28 (1) – Jan 8, 2014

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Abstract

Richard B. Drake Appalachian Heritage, Volume 28, Number 1, Winter 2000, pp. 5-7 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.2000.0018 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/435554/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 20:01 GMT from JHU Libraries Early Interpreters of Appalachian Culture Richard B. Drake In recent weeks, while working on a forthcoming book concerning Appalachian history from Indian times to the present, I have tried to choose some eight or nine persons to designate as "early interpreters of Appalachian culture." Seeking the advice of others against my own biases, this project has led me into most interesting experiences. Locally in Berea there are several knowledgeable scholars and interpreters of Appalachia—Loyal Jones, Gordon McKinney, Gerald Roberts, and Shannon Wilson among others. I consulted all of them. When I called Gurney Norman at the University of Kentucky, he became quite interested in what he called "your project," and waxed eloquent about the twelve or thirteen interpreters of Appalachian culture he thought should be included. Several of my consultants took considerable pains to clarify what should properly be considered "early." Gurney suggested that William Bartram (1774) was surely early, but we two ended up considering only

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Appalachian ReviewUniversity of North Carolina Press

Published: Jan 8, 2014

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