Mist over the Mountains: Appalachia and Its People - Hardcover

Bial, Raymond

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395735696 ISBN 13: 9780395735695

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1997

Synopsis

Full-color photographs capture the rich beauty of the Appalachian mountain region of America and the lives of its people, documenting the many traditions handed down through generations, the crafts, and its culture.

About this title

About the Author:

Raymond Bial is an acclaimed photoessayist for children. Four of his books were chosen as Notable Books in the Field of Social Studies by the NCSS. He lives in Urbana, Illinois, with his wife abd children.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 4 Up. The scope of this photo-essay is broader than that of Bial's The Underground Railroad (1995); Shaker Home (1994); Amish Home (1993); and Portrait of a Farm Family (1995, all Houghton), and the resulting portrait is no more than a basic sketch. The aspects of Appalachia that give it texture?its heartrendingly beautiful topography split by strip mines and used-car dumps and small shacks, its merry music, its humorous folktales, its generous residents?all are touched upon but are never quite given life. Readers want to hear the stories of "incredible talkers" like Gurney Norman, who "grew up in a family of incredible talkers, and I myself am an incredible talker" rather than read that "Mountain people are known for their ability to preach and tell stories." The excellent-quality, full-color photos offer some gorgeous glimpses of the area and its inhabitants but not a real sense of the landscape. For a deeper look at a vibrant way of life, put on some bluegrass, read Cynthia Rylant's Appalachia (Harcourt, 1991) or one of Jo Carson's poems from Stories I Ain't Told Nobody Yet (Orchard, 1989) and gaze at Bial's photos.?Kathleen Whalin, Greenwich Country Day School, CT
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About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0395735696
• ISBN 13: 9780395735695
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 48