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Appalachia Service Project maintains a resource listing for volunteers and other people interested in Appalachian culture and issues that affect our service region. If you have additions to this list, please send them to the webmaster. Be sure to include all publishing information and a short synopsis of the resource.
A complete list of resources is available here in PDF format.
APPALACHIA: A SELF-PORTRAIT, ed. Wendy Ewald; Groman Press for Appalshop, Inc., c. 1979. Seven photographers give personal views of the Appalachian people and the landscape through the camera.
APPALACHIA: THE VOICES OF SLEEPING BIRDS, Cynthia Rylant, The Trumpet Club, 1995. Children's book for all ages! Captures scenery, children, dogs, coal mining, religion, etc. Highly recommended!
THE APPALACHIANS: America's First and Last Frontier, edited by Evans, Santelli and George-Warren (Random House, 2004). Companion book to the PBS series by the same name. An excellent overview of Appalachian history and a glimpse at the culture of the region.
THE GLASS CASTLE: A MEMOIR, by Jennette Walls (Scribner, 2005). This memoir chronicles Walls' life of growing up in extreme poverty - with the family eventually landing in Welch, WV. A look at the story of one family and their struggle for daily existence.
LOST MOUNTAIN, by Erik Reece (Riverhead, 2006). This expose explores strip-mining in Appalachia and its devastating effects. Recommended by ASP volunteer Mikl Parsons as a "must read."
MY APPALACHIA, Rebecca Caudill (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1966). Pictorial description of the region.
NIGHT COMES TO THE CUMBERLANDS, Harry M. Caudill; Little, Brown & Co., c. 1962-63. Good in-depth reading. Reprinted by Jesse Stuart Foundation in Ashland KY, 2001.)
ROCKET BOYS; A MEMOIR, by Homer H. Hickam, Jr. (Dell Publishing, 1998). Growing up in Coalwood, WV in the late 1940s and '50s, a young man and his buddies bring hope to a town about to expire from the coal business. ALSO RECOMMENDED: The popular video October Sky.
SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN READER, edited by McNeil & Squibb (Appalachian Consortium Press, 1989). A rare, comprehensive collection of short stories and poems with brief backgrounds on each author.
STRANGER WITH A CAMERA, 2000. An Appalshop film that probes today's unresolved questions concerning media images and the individual's lack of power to define themselves within the American landscape. Highly recommended for all ASP groups/ volunteers!
COAL BUCKET OUTLAW, 2002. An Appalshop film built around a day in the life of a Kentucky coal truck driver, this documentary asks Americans to look at where our energy comes from, and reveals the human and environmental price we pay for our national addiction to fossil fuels.
AMERICAN HOLLOW, 1999. An HBO documentary in which filmmaker Rory Kennedy lives with the Bowling family of east Kentucky and explores elements of their daily lives.
APPALSHOP: a multi-disciplinary arts and education center producing original films, video, theater, music and spoken-word recordings, radio, photography, multimedia, and books in the heart of Appalachia. Appalshop's education and training programs support communities' efforts to solve their own problems in a just and equitable way.
CENTER FOR APPALACHIAN STUDIES AND SERVICES, East Tennessee State University
HIGHLANDER RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER
UNITED METHODIST APPALACHIAN MINISTRY NETWORK | 
