Appalachian oral history / Eller, R. D. -- On the attempt to be a sensitive observer / Crain, A. -- Folk culture or folk tale / Fisher, S. -- Appalachia in context / Dykeman, W. -- Appalachia and the idea of America / Shapiro, H. -- On the naming of Appalachia / Walls, D. -- Appalachian isolation / Wilhelm, G. -- The common bond / Sessions, R. -- Assisting Appalachian families / Looff, D. -- A sense of place / Opie, J. -- Old-time Baptists / Jones, L. -- Industrialization and violence / Mckinney, G. -- Old Christmas in Appalachia / Young, C. -- Versions of "natural man" / Higgs, R. -- Bringing in the sheaves / Abrams, W. A. -- Living is collecting / Ritchie, J. -- The gap in oral tradition / Smith, B. N. -- Friday at Parhams' / Moser, J. -- Southern mountain vocabulary / O'Cain, R. and Hopkins, J.