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Considered James Still's masterpiece, River of Earth is a classic novel of Appalachia and the joys and trials of mountain life.

Compiling all of James Still's compelling and varied short stories into one volume, The Hills Remember is a testament to a master writer.

A semiautobiographical, fictional examination of the life and rhythms of Appalachian life.

Hounds on the Mountain allows today's audiences to appreciate Still's first published book as both literature and as a treasured cultural symbol of Appalachian life then and now.

James Still was perhaps the most gifted physician in South Jersey during the nineteenth century. He was also African American, the son of former slaves, who received no more than six months of traditional schooling, and was self taught in both medical knowledge and practice. Born in Washington Township, Burlington County, New Jersey - now Shamong - Dr. Still overcame poverty and racial animus to become one of the wealthiest men in South Jersey...

Early Recollections and Life of Dr. James Still is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1877.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hans...

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Visto con gli occhi di un bambino, questo è il romanzo dei monti Appalachi: uno struggente ricordo di un mondo freddo e feroce, mai privo però di speranza. Così come Steinbeck in Furore, uscito solo pochi mesi prima, Stili narra le vicissitudini di una famiglia che cerca di sopravvivere coltivando la terra e lavorando nelle miniere di carbone del Kentucky orientale. E lo fa con la delicatezza di un poeta. Vent'anni prima che l'America se ne ac...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from "Don't Tell White Folks", Or Light Out of DarknessIT is to assist in giving light to many who are striving to solve, what some have chosen to call a problem, that I submit these facts for the people, to the people, about this peculiar people. I seek to injure no one. I desire to strengthen the weak, at the expense of a picture of some erring. In doing this I am aware of my doom. The world's history has long taught me to know the p...

Excerpt from Early Recollections and Life of Dr. James StillIt was my lot in early life to be debarred from the advantages of education. It is very true my parents Were poor and unable to school their chil dren, as was also the case with many others in our section of country. Their main object was to provide bread for their children, and they had reason to congratulate themselves on their suc cess were they thus fortunate.About the PublisherFo...

The tale of a young boy who travels from Alabama to Texas in search of work on a cotton farm. He finds a ranch owned by a couple where he learns many important life lessons.

Best known as the author of the acclaimed novel River of Earth (1940), Alabama native and adopted Kentuckian James Still remains one of the most critically important writers of Appalachian literature. The University Press of Kentucky has long been the publisher of his work, beginning in 1980 with the reissue of River of Earth and the publication of his final story collection, The Run for the Elbertas. The Press also played a key role in t...

Celebrated as the "Dean of Appalachian Literature, " James Still has won the appreciation of audiences in Appalachia and beyond for more than seventy years. The author of the classics River of Earth (1940) and The Wolfpen Poems (1986), Still is known for his careful prose construction and for the poetry of his meticulous, rhythmic style. Upon his death, however, one manuscript remained unpublished. Still's friends, family, and fellow writer Si...