Mountain People in a Flat Land A Popular History of Appalachian Migration to Northeast Ohio, 1940-1965

Name: Mountain People in a Flat Land A Popular History of Appalachian Migration to Northeast Ohio, 1940-1965
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ISBN: 9780821412305

ISBN-10: 0821412302

ISBN-13: 9780821412305

Edition: 1998

Authors: Carl E. Feather, Stuart Hobbs

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Book details

Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Publication date: 7/15/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Foreword


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Looking for Work


The Best Location in the Nation: Ashtabula County and Appalachian Migration, 1900-1965


Coal Miner's Daughter: West Virginia - A Synonym for Hard Times


Strong Stock for Legends: The Ross Boggs Family in Ashtabula County


The Gillespie Beachhead: Harry and Ruby's Migrant Welcome Center


Nothin' but Hard Times: Novel Forinash: Thumbing to Ohio


Kin from Kedron: The Snyder Home


Ten Mile's Contributions: A Small West Virginia Crossroads


The Virginians: National Carbide: A Link for Virginia Migrant Workers


A Singin' Man's Family: Kentucky's Gift of Mountain Music


Death of a Mining Town: From Kempton, Maryland, to a New Life in Conneaut


The Boys from Belva: Backwoods Culture


Farmer's Boy: Hayward Ball: From the Farm to Lake County Industry


A Coal Miner's Life: Darald Spangler's Life and Car Get a Push in Ashtabula County


Reading, Writing, and Ohio: Teachers and Migration


Children of Thomas: Mining Town Migrants


Montani Semper Liberi: Daniel Gillespie: Trading Freedom for Work


Going Home for Good: Mountain Retirement Home


"God Love You": Bittersweet Homecoming


References


Index