Book Description
A series of brief essays written to counter the persistent negative stereotypes about Appalachian people, this book is illustrated with powerful photographs of Appalachian people and settings.


About the Author
Loyal Jones of Berea, Kentucky Author of many books and journals dealing with Appachian literature and music.


Excerpted from Appalachian Values by Loyal Jones. Copyright (c) Jesse Stuart Foundation. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved
We mountain people are the product of our history and the beliefs and outlook of our foreparents. We are a traditional people, and in our rural setting we valued the things of the past. More than most people, we avoided mainstream life and thus became selfreliant. We sought freedom from entanglements and cherished solitude. All of this was both our strength and our undoing.