A handbook to Appalachia: an introduction to the region is written by Grace Toney Edwards, Joann Aust Asbury, and Ricky L. Cox provides complete information about the Appalachia region. The book is very useful for the students, teachers, and the people who want to understand the Appalachian region. The book talks about thirteen different academic perspectives to know the region and all of them have unique vision towards the region. The authors have done an intensive research before presenting this book before the readers.
Eureka mill, written by Ron Rash gives an account of Carolina cotton mill workers in form of poetry. “Eureka Mill” is a significant book for those who study or want to know about the South Carolina and the people of the region. The book is a collection of several poetries that present a picture of contemporary society of South Carolina. The author himself has spent his childhood in South Carolina where his parents used to work in a cotton mill. The book gives an account of Appalachian workers who migrated from their ancestral villages to the industrial towns. The author through his poetry portrays the sufferings, hard working hours, low wages and other human emotional events. Further the book discusses the economical condition of the whole region and highlights the poverty of the people .
Works Cited
Grace Toney Edwards, JoAnn Aust Asbury and Ricky L. Cox. A handbook to Appalachia: an introduction to the region. Knoxville: Univ. of Tennessee Press, 2006.
Rash, Ron. Eureka Mill. Spartanburg: Hub City Writers Project, 2001.
