Wiley Cash2017 Appalachian Heritage Writer in Residence

Critical Essay

• Wiley Cash and the Gastonia Novels: The Ties that Bind and the Prominence of Place

Teaching Resources

• A Land More Kind Than Home Assignment
• This Dark Road to Mercy Assignment
• The Last Ballad Assignment
• A Land More Kind Than Home Chapter Questions for public school teachers
• Research Guide

Links and Research Sources

• Gaston County North Carolina
• Snake Handling in Appalachia
• 1998 Homerun Record Chase
• Journey of the Hero
• Ella May Wiggins
• Loray Mill Strike of 1929
• Appalachian Studies and Culture Links

Sponsors

• The WV Center for the Book
• Appalachian Studies Program at Shepherd University
• Shepherd University Foundation
• Performing Arts Series at Shepherd