This reference work provides production company-written plot synopses or, when a synopsis was not available, trade paper reviews of 476 films about moonshining, feuding, coal mining, mountain love triangles, and many other topics. Also provided are studio, date of release, and length. Fully indexed.

Award winner J.W. Williamson is a former English professor and editor of the Appalachian Journal, published by Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. Now retired, he lives in Boone.

J.W. Williamson
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages: 328
Bibliographic Info: references, appendix, index
Copyright Date: 2012 [1994]
pISBN: 978-0-7864-7403-5
Imprint: McFarland

Acknowledgments      v

Introduction      1

The Films by Year      13

Appendix: Place and Subject Guide      293

Index      311

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