Appalachian lives
- ISBN-10
- 1617033480
- ISBN-13
- 9781617033483
- Category
- Appalachian Region, Southern
- Pages
- 98
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Univ. Press of Mississippi
- Author
- Shelby Lee Adams
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