The Hillbillys: A Book for Children
- Title
- The Hillbillys: A Book for Children
- Description
- A historical fiction story written by Rod Harless, illustrated by Dan Cutler, and published by the Appalachian Movement Press (AMP). This 38-page story, unlikely to have actually been consumed by children, imagines “an ancient mountain kingdom called Hillbilly Land” in which the Hillbillies are forced to mine by “the Royal Profiteers” and consequently destroy the land, air, and water of their homeland. As a blatant allegory for extraction in West Virginia, the story took “a stark view of prior generations’ inability to counter the corporate takeover of the region’s mineral resources” and called the next generation to take action (Slifer, 2021).
- Source
- West Virginia and Regional History Center, A&M 4533
- Site pages
- Community Resistance
