Night comes to the Cumberlands : a biography of a depressed area
Title:
Night comes to the Cumberlands : a biography of a depressed area
Author:
Caudill, Harry M., 1922-1990.
ISBN:
9781931672009
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Ashland, Ky. : Jesse Stuart Foundation, 2001.
Physical Description:
xvi, 404 p. [pap], [8] p. plates : ill, map ; 21 cm.
General Note:
Originally published Boston : Little, Brown and Co., 1963.
Contents:
pt. 1. The wilderness seed. Our disinherited forebears -- A harsh new land becomes home sweet home -- pt. 2. A land divided. The war -- The wars -- The things that are more excellent -- pt. 3. The coming of the coal men. Trees -- Coal -- The frontier a century after -- The alabaster cities -- The big bosses -- pt. 4. Boom and bust. The big boom -- Moonshine and mayhem -- The Great Depression -- The union drives -- The legacy of the thirties -- pt. 5. The second boom. From bust to boom again -- pt. 6. Waste and welfare. Darkening horizons -- The rise of the Welfare state -- pt. 7. The Purple Mountain majesties. The rape of the Appalachians -- The scene today -- The politics of decay -- pt. 8. The future. The case for a Southern Mountain Authority.
