Folk magic goes by many names in the Appalachian Mountains: root work, granny magic, kitchen witchery, Braucherei, witchcraft Emma Cieslik Isolation is a part of life in the Appalachian Mountains ...

Covering lush forest terrain and lined with rugged hiking trails, the Appalachian Mountains are a mountain ... side of ...

“Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains,” Ballantine Books ... been raised in the area and returned on weekends to care for the country folk. He saw intelligence and ...