Bøker av William H. Turner

Although southern Appalachia is popularly seen as a purely white enclave, blacks have lived in the region from early times. Organized topically, the selections deal with the early history of blacks in the region, with studies of the black communities, with relations between blacks and whites, with blacks in coal mining, and with political issues.

His own drawings illustrate the stories, and they, too, win us over with their honesty and charm.