The proceedings from the 1985 Appalachian Studies Conference includes contributions by Anne Campbell; Loyal Jones; David Williams; Grace Edwards; Charlotte Ross; James Gifford; Howard Dorgan; Ron Willoughby; Mike Yarrow; Richard Straw; Robert J. Higgs; Sharyn McCrumb; Melinda Bollar Wagner, Lynn Batley, Kai Jackson, Bill O'Brien, and Liz Thockmorton; Nancy Forderhase; Sally Ward Maggard; Mary Beth Pudup; Wilbur Hayden; Phillip Obermiller and Robert Oldendick; Dean Herrin; and Warren Brunner and Tom Boyd.