Circling Windrock Mountain: Two Hundred Years in Appalachia [Paperback]

Augusta Grove Bell (Author)

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In the late 1960s and early 1970s, when Bell worked as a courthouse reporter at the Oak Ridger in mountainous Anderson County, TN, she collected the oral histories of people whose memories stretched back to the turn of the century. Here she presents their narratives of past events, including two deadly explosions at Windrock Mine and the 1891 Coal Creek War between miners and state militia. Reflecting the stories themselves, the book is often rambling and disjointed. Although it is a real contribution to genealogical and local history collections, this title will have little interest for a broader audience, unlike Harry M. Caudill's Night Comes to the Cumberlands (LJ 7/63).ANancy Turner, New Mexico State Univ. Lib., Las Cruces
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press; 1st edition (March 19, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572330384
• ISBN-13: 978-1572330382
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,696,171 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoy a Historical Tour, November 23, 2000

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"mensetmanus" (Oak Ridge, TN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Circling Windrock Mountain: Two Hundred Years in Appalachia (Paperback)

As the title suggests, this book is about the history of the area surrounding Windrock Mountain, Tennessee, beginning with the earliest non-native settlers in the late 1700's. For the most part, the book is structured like a tour of the main route around the mountain. The book is partly based on a series of articles by the author when she was a writer for the Oak Ridger Newspaper until 1970. Her original contribution is documenting her interviews of, and tours with, descendents of early settlers. She also presents information from older newspaper articles and other sources, and the old pictures included in the book are a treat. The book is good reading for someone who is interested in the history of this relatively remote area. The area is only a short distance from Oak Ridge, the Atomic City. It previously supported thousands of farmers and coal miners and their families, and is now home to three 200+ feet tall TVA windmills on Buffalo Mountain (next to Windrock Mountain).