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6) Next of kin
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Truman Gates, a cop from Appalachia, hunts for his brother's killers in Chicago.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A documentary on hillbillies in America and their 300-year history which includes battling the British, establishing the first American labor unions, and their creation of popular aspects of American culture such as NASCAR and country music.
15) Songcatcher
Series
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"When musicologist Doctor Lily Penleric ... is passed over for a prominent teaching position, she decides to leave the city to visit her sister in the rugged mountains of Appalachia. Here she discovers a wellspring of emotional tunes passed down from the original Irish and Scottish immigrants who settled in the area. Determined to document the history of the songs, she immerses herself in mountain life, falls in love with a local musician ... and...
16) Songcatcher
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
When musicologist Doctor Lily Penleric is passed over, again, for a prominent teaching position, she decides to leave the city to visit her sister in the rugged mountains of Appalachia. While there, Lily, discovers a well spring of emotional "love songs" (ballads) that have been passed down through generations from the original Irish and Scottish immigrants who have settled in the area. Determined to document the history of the songs, and the recording...
18) Christy
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 29
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
In 1912, nineteen-year-old Christy Huddleston leaves her comfortable home to teach in a one-room schoolhouse in an isolated area of the Great Smokies.