The eighty photographs collected in this book were taken over the course of a quarter-century. They are Adams's study of people who give themselves honestly and openly before his camera. He focuses here on nine families that have been his recurring subjects during these years. His words that accompany the images reveal his long-term association with them and with their histories. Appalachian Legacy reflects the identity of Adams and his photography...

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Young Julie Harmon works “hard as a man,” they say, so hard that at times she’s not sure she can stop. People depend on her to slaughter the hogs and nurse the dying. People are weak, and there is so much to do. At just seventeen she marries and moves down into the valley of Gap Creek, where perhaps life will be better.
But Julie and Hank’s

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Text and illustrations explore the countryside and people of Appalachia.

The Hatfields and McCoys lived on the Kentucky-West Virginia border in the late 1800s. The famous family feud between the families took twelve years, twelve deaths, and one Supreme Court decision before it ended. Historians and family descendants help separate fact from fiction and explain how each side tried to obtain satisfaction through legal means.