"GINSENG DIGGERS: A HISTORY OF ROOT AND HERB GATHERING IN APPALACHIA" by Luke Manget (University of Kentucky Press, 304 pages, $28). In the 19th century, large numbers of people living in Southern and ...
In the late 1800s, rural Appalachians and indigenous people built a multimillion dollar industry out of folk botany, shared forest stewardship and business cunning. Across the region, independent ...
Sanjena Sathian’s “Gold Diggers” is a work of 24-karat genius. This remarkable debut novel — already chosen by Mindy Kaling for an upcoming TV series — melts down striving immigrant tales, Old West ...