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Elizabeth Catte is a writer and historian from East Tennessee. She holds a PhD in public history from Middle Tennessee State University and is the co-owner of Passel, a historical consulting and development company.

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The rolling hills of Appalachia are not your refuge from the coronavirus

Cindy tells me, the rich girls are weeping
Cindy tells me, they’ve given up sleeping alone
And now they’re so confused by their new freedoms
And she tells me they’re selling up their maisonettes
Left the Hotpoints to rust in the kitchenettes
And they’re saving their labour for insane reading

This is a story about a woman, a puppy, and a pandemic. It is not my story, but author Meghan Daum’s, who recentl

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Average rating: 3.98 · 5,453 ratings · 946 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia 4.01 avg rating — 4,908 ratings — published 2018 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pure America: Eugenics and the Making of Modern Virginia 3.67 avg rating — 463 ratings — published 2021 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The History of the Standard Oil Company by Ida Tarbell, Elizabeth Catte (Introduction) 3.91 avg rating — 249 ratings — 96 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	55 Strong: Inside the West Virginia Teachers' Strike by Elizabeth Catte, Emily Hilliard (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jessica Salfia (Editor) 4.53 avg rating — 40 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Left Elsewhere really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Were Promised: How an Appalachian Grandmother Fought a Corporate Giant by Julia Flint (Goodreads Author), Elizabeth Catte (Foreword) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“And if you trace a flawed narrative about Appalachia back far enough, you’ll often find someone making a profit.”
― Elizabeth Catte, What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia

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“How did journalists and correspondents for the New York Times as well as scholars not catch these acts of generalizing and aggrandizing on behalf of elite readers?” she asks. “How did we trade in the breadth of diversity the region has to offer for one view? While reading Hillbilly Elegy I thought, here is how. This is how places and people become caricatures of themselves, ourselves.”
― Elizabeth Catte, What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia

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“Many things about Appalachia may be true simultaneously. The support for Trump may be real, too strong for my comfort, and it may also be true that there are many who hoped and still hope for a different outcome.”
― Elizabeth Catte, What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia

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