University Press of Mississippi. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. University Press of Mississippi ISBN 1578060230 9781578060238 [US]

University Press of Mississippi, Date: 1998-02-01. Paperback. Used: Good. 1998. University Press of Mississippi ISBN 1578060230 9781578060238 [US]

University Press of Mississippi, Date: 1998-02-01. Paperback. Like New. 7x0x9. Signed by author. Like new. 1998. University Press of Mississippi ISBN 1578060230 9781578060238 [US]

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Paperback / softback. New. In the years immediately preceding the founding of the American nation the Blue Ridge region was the American frontier. As it describes the most characteristic and significant verbal, customary, and material traditions, this fascinating, fact-filled book traces the historical development of the region's distinct folklife. ISBN 1578060230 9781578060238 [GB]

ISBN10: 1578060230, ISBN13: 9781578060238, [publisher: University Press Of Mississippi] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - An appreciation of the rich and distinctive folklife in one of the earliest settled regions in southern AppalachiaIn the years immediately preceding the founding of the American nation the Blue Ridge region, which stretches through large sections of Virginia and North Carolina and parts of surrounding states along the Appalachian chain, was the American frontier. In colonial times, it was settled by hardy, independent people from several cultural backgrounds that did not fit with the English-dominated society. The landless, the restless, and the rootless followed Daniel Boone, the most famous of the settlers, and pushed the frontier westward.The settlers who did not migrate to new lands became geographically isolated and politically and economically marginalized. Yet they created fulfilling lives for themselves by forging effective and oftentimes sophisticated folklife traditions, many of which endure in the region today.In 1772 the Blue Ridge was the site of the Watauga Association, often cited as the first free and democratic non-native government on the American continent. In 1780 Blue Ridge pioneers helped win the Revolutionary War for the patriots by defeating Patrick Ferguson's army of British loyalists at the Battle of Kings Mountain. When gold was discovered in the southernmost section of the ...
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