{"product_id":"voices-from-the-mountains-paperback","title":"Voices from the Mountains - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGuy Carawan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCandie Carawan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rich mosaic of photographs, words, and songs, \u003ci\u003eVoices from the Mountains\u003c\/i\u003e tells the turbulent story of the Appalachian South in the twentieth century. Focusing on the abuses of the coal industry and the grassroots struggle against mine owners that began in the 1960s, Guy and Candie Carawan have gathered quotations from a variety of sources; words and music to more than fifty ballads and songs, laments and satires, hymns and protests; and more than one hundred and fifty photographs of longtime Appalachian residents, their homes, their countryside, the mines they work in, and the labor battles they have fought. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \"voices\" that speak out in these pages range from the mountain people themselves to such well-known artists as Jean Ritchie, Hazel Dickens, Harriet Simpson Arnow, and Wendell Berry. Together they tell of the damage wrought by strip mining and the empty promises of land reclamation; the search for work and a new life in the North; the welfare rights, labor, antipoverty, and black lung movements; early days in the mines; disasters and negligence in the coal industry; and protest and change in the coal fields. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDignity and despair, poverty and perseverance, tradition and change--\u003ci\u003eVoices from the Mountains\u003c\/i\u003e eloquently conveys the complex panorama of modern Appalachian life.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rich mosaic of photographs, words, and songs, Voices from the Mountains tells the turbulent story of the Appalachian South in the twentieth century. Guy and Candie Carawan have gathered quotations from a variety of sources; words and music to more than fifty ballads and songs, laments and satires, hymns and protests; and more than one hundred and fifty photographs of longtime Appalachian residents, their homes, their countryside, the mines they work in, and the labor battles they have fought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuy Carawan (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e GUY CARAWAN (1927-2015) was an educator, writer, musician, and collector who dedicated himself to preserving the culture of the South and fighting for the civil rights of its common people. He and his spouse, Candie Carawan, had a decades-long association with the Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, Tennessee. The Carawans served as consultants to the public television productions of \"Eyes on the Prize\" and \"History of the Song 'We Shall Overcome.'\" Their books include \u003ci\u003eAin't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life?\u003c\/i\u003e (Georgia), \u003ci\u003eWe Shall Overcome\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFreedom Is a Constant Struggle\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCandie Carawan (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CANDIE CARAWAN is an educator, writer, musician, and collector who is dedicated to preserving the culture of the South and fighting for the civil rights of its common people. She and her spouse, Guy Carawan, Candie Carawan, had a decades-long association with the Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, Tennessee. The Carawans served as consultants to the public television productions of \"Eyes on the Prize\" and \"History of the Song 'We Shall Overcome.'\" Their books include \u003ci\u003eAin't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life?\u003c\/i\u003e (Georgia), \u003ci\u003eWe Shall Overcome\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFreedom Is a Constant Struggle\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 8.78 x 10.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130392875143,"sku":"9780820318820","price":50.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/110455308442f5af70210a8551a1aed6.webp?v=1732610424","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/voices-from-the-mountains-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}