Beyond the sunset: the melungeon outdoor drama, 1969-1976

"In 1969, Hancock County, Tennessee was the eighth poorest county in the United States. Isolated by rugged mountains and far from population centers or major highways, the county had few natural resources, couldn't attract industry, and had lost half its population in just a few decades. H...

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1. Verfasser: Winkler, Wayne 1956- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Macon, Georgia Mercer University Press [2019]
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Zusammenfassung:"In 1969, Hancock County, Tennessee was the eighth poorest county in the United States. Isolated by rugged mountains and far from population centers or major highways, the county had few natural resources, couldn't attract industry, and had lost half its population in just a few decades. Hoping to develop a tourist industry, county leaders decided to stage an outdoor drama about the Melungeons, a mysterious, racially-mixed people that had attracted newspaper and magazine writers to Hancock County for more than a century. To stage the drama, the organizers had to overcome long-standing local prejudice against the dark-skinned Melungeons, the reluctance of the Melungeons to call attention to themselves, the physical isolation of the county, and their own lack of experience in any aspect of this project."--Provided by publisher
Beschreibung:342 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations 23 cm
ISBN:9780881467185