{"product_id":"past-titan-rock-ellesa-clay-high-9781952271175","title":"Past Titan Rock: Journeys Into an Appalachian Valley","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA classic book about Appalachian life and music, now updated with new material.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePast Titan Rock\u003c\/i\u003e, a winner of the Appalachian Award for Literature, is available in a new edition as part of the series Sounding Appalachia, with an introduction by series editor Travis D. Stimeling. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1977 Ellesa Clay High thought she would spend an afternoon interviewing Lily May Ledford, best known as the lead performer of an all-female string band that began playing on the radio in the 1930s. That meeting began an unexpected journey leading into the mountains of eastern Kentucky and a hundred years into the past. Set in Red River Gorge, an area of steep ridges and box canyons, \u003ci\u003ePast Titan Rock\u003c\/i\u003e is a multigenre, multivocal re-creation of life in that region. With Ledford's guidance, High traveled and lived in the gorge, visiting with people who could remember life there before the Works Progress Administration built roads across the ridges and into the valleys during the New Deal. What emerges through a unique combination of personal essay, oral history, and short fiction is a portrait of a mountain culture rich in custom, oral tradition, and song. \u003ci\u003ePast Titan Rock\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the depth of community ties in the Red River Gorge and raises important questions about how to resist destructive forces today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ellesa Clay High\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1952271177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781952271175\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e West Virginia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Ellesa Clay High","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990470492415,"sku":"9781952271175","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a4543620-2ef5-42c7-ace9-bbe366900516.jpg?v=1683304860","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/past-titan-rock-ellesa-clay-high-9781952271175","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}