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Adams, Carolyn Hazlett. 1999. “Aunt Molly Jackson: The Benefits and the Costs of Cussedness” [review essay of Pistol Packin’ Mama: Aunt Molly Jackson and the Politics of Folksong, by Shelly Romalis (Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1999)]. Appalachian Journal 26 (Spring): 264-273.
Ballard, Sandra L., ed. 2000. “Letters: Appalachian Journal Editor Gets Mail” [letters of tribute to retiring J. W. (Jerry Wayne) Williamson]. Appalachian Journal 28 (Fall): 22-67.
Biggers, Jeff. 1999. “The Fugitive Of Southern Appalachian Literature: Reconsidering the Poetry of Don West” [1906-1992; overview of his life and writings; primary bibliography]. Journal of Appalachian Studies 5 (Fall): 159-180.
Bjorkman, Brent. 2004. Film review of “Hazel Dickens–It’s Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song” [Produced and directed by Mimi Pickering. Whitesburg, Ky.: Appalshop Films, 2001. 61-minutes]. Oral History Review 31 (Summer/Fall): 85-88.
Bogess, Carol. 2001. “James Still's funeral May 1, 2001: A Tribute.” Nantahala: A Review of Writing and Photography in Appalachia 1, no. 1 (November): nonfiction section. Online at http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/nreview/issue1-1/1-1_content/non-fiction/boggess.htm .
Boggess, Carol. 2003. “The Still Life in River of Earth: Exploring the Novel’s Biographical Context” [c. 1940; James Still, 1906-1940 period]. Appalachian Journal 30 (Summer): 324-344.
Burton, Thomas. 2004. “Ray Hicks: A Man Who Became a Name” [1922-2003; N.C. storyteller]. Appalachian Journal 31 (Winter): 138-143.
DeRosier, Linda Scott. 1999. Creeker: A Woman’s Journey [b. 1941; acclaimed Eastern Ky. memoir; see also her succeeding Songs of Life and Grace (2003)]. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. 272 pp.
Draper, Lyman C. 1998. The Life of Daniel Boone [Draper d. 1891]. Edited with an introduction by Ted Franklin Belue. Mechanicsburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books. 596 pp.
Egerton, John. 2000. “His Own Drummer” [tribute to Jim Wayne Miller, d. 1996]. Appalachian Journal 28 (Fall): 122-127.
Eller, Ron D., and Anne Whisman. 1996. "John Whisman, Builder of Dreams: Two Remembrances." [d.1995; instrumental in setting up the Appalachian Regional Commission] Appalachia: Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission 29 (January-April): 40-44.
Farr, Sidney Saylor. 1999. “I Jumped at the Chance: Loyal Jones Interviews Sidney Saylor Farr, 22 September 1999” [Farr retires after fourteen years as editor of Appalachian Heritage]. Appalachian Heritage 27 (Fall): 9-25.
Fisher, Steve. 1999. “Anger and Hope, In Nearly Equal Measure: An Interview with Steve Fisher” [President, Appalachian Studies Association, 1998/99]. Appalachian Journal 26 (Winter): 170-187.
Ford, Thomas D., and J. Randolph Osborne. 2001. John B. Stephenson: Appalachian Humanist [former Berea College president and Appalachian Center director]. Ashland, Ky.: Jesse Stuart Foundation. 349 pp.
Giles, Janice Holt. 2002 [1975]. Wellspring [ Ky.; 1905-1979; autobiography, fiction, essays]. Reprint, with a foreword by Wade Hall. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. 288 pp.
Goldenseal Update: “Gerald Milnes” [folklorist, musician]. Goldenseal: West Virginia Traditional Life 25 (Fall): 21.
Gozemba, Patricia A. 2002. “No Ordinary Teacher: Helen Lewis of Highlander.” In Pockets of Hope: How Students and Teachers Change the World, by E. de los Reyes and P. Gozemba, 177-210. Series in Language and Ideology. Westport, Conn.: Bergin and Garvey.
Hatfield, Coleman C., and Robert Y. Spence. 2003. The Tale of the Devil: The Biography of Devil Anse Hatfield [1839-1921; Hatfield-McCoy Feud]. From original manuscripts by grandson Coleman A. Hatfield. Chapmanville, W.Va.: Woodland Press. 320 pp.
Higgs, Jack. 1997. “Jim Wayne Miller, 1936-1996" [tribute]. Appalachian Journal 24 (Winter): 124-125.
Homer H. Hickam, Jr. [ W.Va. aerospace engineer; author of Rocket Boys (1998)]. 2000. In Current Biography Yearbook 2000. New York: H. W. Wilson.
Howard, Victor B. 1996. The Evangelical War Against Slavery and Caste: The Life and Times of John G. Fee. Selinsgrove, Pa.: Susquehanna University Press. 253 pp.
Jones, G. C. (Green C.). 2004 [1985]. Growing Up Hard in Harlan County [ Ky., b. 1913; classic memoir]. Foreword by Cratis Williams. Reprint. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. 177 pp.
Jones, Loyal. 2000. “Interview with Loyal Jones.” By Lori Briscoe, Erica S. Collins, Amanda Deal, Ron Hancock, and Kristyn McGraw. Appalachian Journal 27 (Summer): 378-403.
Ledford, Homer. 2004. See Ya’ Further Up the Creek: A Collection of Stories and Poems [b. 1927; growing up in Depression-era Tenn.]. Illustrated, with poetry contributions, by Cindy Lowy. Foreword by Loyal Jones. Winchester, Ky.: Kentucky Traditions Publishing. 160 pp.
Lewis, Helen. 2000. “Unruly Woman: An Interview with Helen Lewis” [b. 1924]. Interview by Lori Briscoe, Erica S. Collins, Amanda Deal, Ron Hancock, and Kristyn McGraw. Appalachian Journal 27 (Winter): 164-189.
McGowan, Thomas. 2002. “Representing Cratis Williams: A Review Essay” [reviews the memoir The Cratis Williams Chronicles: I Come to Boone (1999) and the documentary film Cratis Williams: Living the Divided Life (1999)]. North Carolina Folklore Journal 49 (Spring/Summer): 1-33.
Mitchell, Ted. 1997. Thomas Wolfe: A Writer’s Life [biography; 1900-1938]. Asheville, N.C.: Thomas Wolfe Memorial Historic Site. 114 pp.
Remembering Jim Wayne Miller [1936-1996]. 1997. Special issue, Appalachian Heritage 25 (Fall): 3-54.
Remembering Senator Jennings Randolph [ W.Va.; helped found ARC; d. 1998]. 1998. “Eulogy to Senator Jennings Randolph,” by Senator Robert C. Byrd, and “Tribute to a Pioneer,” by James E. Casto. Appalachia: Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission 31 (May-August): 18-21.
Rourke, Constance. 1998 [1934]. Davy Crockett [biography]. Reprint, with an introduction by Michael A. Lofaro. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. 276 pp. Originally published, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company.
Settle, Mary Lee. 1998. Addie: A Memoir [autobiography via memoir of grandmother; W.Va.]. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press. 237 pp.
Smith, Betty N. 1998. Jane Hicks Gentry: A Singer Among Singers [d. 1925; N.C. storyteller and informant to ballad collector Cecil Sharp]. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky. 226 pp.
Still, James. 2001. “A Man Singing to Himself: An Autobiographical Essay” [1906-2001]. In From the Mountain, From the Valley: New and Collected Poems, ed. Ted Olson, 5-24. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky.
Trimble, Ruth. 1999. “Wilburn Waters: A Man for His Time” [1812-1879; bear hunting pioneer; Ashe Co., N.C., monument]. Appalachian Heritage 27 (Spring): 75-77.
West Virginia Biographical Dictionary [brief sketches of 233 men and 4 women]. 1999. St. Clair Shores, Mich.: Somerset Publishers. 294 pp.
Whisnant, David. 2000. “On the Other Hand...: An Interview with David Whisnant” [b. 1938; N.C.]. Interview by Lori Briscoe, Erica S. Collins, Amanda Deal, Ron Hancock, and Kristyn McGraw. Appalachian Journal 27 (Spring): 272-296.
Williams, Ann. 1999. “My Father, Don West.” Traditions: A Journal of West Virginia Folk Culture and Educational Awareness 5: 40-42.
Williams, Cratis D. 1999. Cratis Williams Chronicles: I Come to Boone. Edited by David Cratis Williams and Patricia D. Beaver. Boone, N.C.: Appalachian Consortium Press. 144 pp.
Williams, Cratis D. 2003. Tales from Sacred Wind: Coming of Age in Appalachia: The Cratis Williams Chronicles [Part 1 of 3; b. 1911, Caines Creek, Lawrence Co., Ky.] Edited by David Cratis Williams and Patricia D. Beaver. Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies, no. 8. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. 444 pp.
Williamson, J. W. 2004. “Remembering Henry D. Shapiro (1938-2004)” [author of Appalachia On Our Mind (1978)]. Appalachian Journal 31 (Winter): 136-137.
Williamson, Jerry W. 2000. “A Cold Day in Hell: An Interview with Jerry Williamson.” By Patricia Beaver and Helen Lewis. Appalachian Journal 29 (Fall): 78-115.
Wolfe, Margaret Ripley. 2002. “Lifting Up His Eyes unto the Hills: Harry M. Caudill and His Appalachia.” Filson History Quarterly 76 (Winter): 1-32.