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Beyond the sunset : the melungeon outdoor drama, 1969-1976

Winkler, Wayne, 1956- author

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\"In 1969, Hancock County, Tennessee was the eighth poorest county in the United States. Isolated by rugged mountains and far from population centers or major highways, the county had few natural resources, couldn't attract industry, and had lost half its population in just a few decades. Hoping to develop a tourist industry, county leaders decided to stage an outdoor drama about the Melungeons, a mysterious, racially-mixed people that had attracted newspaper and magazine writers to Hancock County for more than a century. To stage the drama, the organizers had to overcome long-standing local prejudice against the dark-skinned Melungeons, the reluctance of the Melungeons to call attention to themselves, the physical isolation of the county, and their own lack of experience in any aspect of this project.\"--Provided by publisher

• Publisher: Mercer University Press
• Subject: Melungeons. / Melungeons Tennessee Hancock County Social life and customs. / Hancock County (Tenn.) History.
• ISBN: 0881467189, 9780881467185

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
F443.H24 W56 2019	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE