Something in These Hills Isabella Wallace symbolic interpretation of physical features

symbolic interpretation of physical features and dress

A training manual to help maintain emotional well-being using simple and effective techniques

Illustrated with instructive case examples and vignettes

and numerous essays written over the course of six decades

This is what Sidney Painter had in mind when he wrote a biography of William Marshall

Something in These Hills Isabella Wallace symbolic interpretation of physical featuresWhat is the "something in these hills" that ties mountain families to family land in the southern Appalachians? This ethnographic examination challenges contemporary theory and explores two interrelated themes: the duality of the southern Appalachians as both a menacing and majestic landscape and the emotional relationship to family land characteristic of long term residents of these mountains. To most outsiders, the area conjures images of a