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# Hippie Homesteaders: Arts, Crafts, Music and Living on the Land in West Virginia

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Review: Reading Hippie Homesteaders is much like watching bursts of sunshine dart across green mountains after ... - The 'Almost Heaven' Appalachian mountains, once inhabited by early settlers, changed with the broad form deed and shift of land ownership to outside corporations - followed by the destruction brought about by strip mining and mountaintop removal. Yet there is hope. Carter Taylor Seaton tells stories of hope through the lives of artists and back-to-the-land homesteaders who are breathing new life into these old and abused mountains. She is an engaging writer who captures the vibrant elements of the newly infused arts and valuable social change. Communities once lost in the mechanization of deep and surface mining and outmigration of mountain people, are being rebuilt. Seaton is a masterful storyteller, capturing the unfolding lives of in-migration and the new mountaineers who bring with them the exciting contributions of mountain artisans. Reading Hippie Homesteaders is much like watching bursts of sunshine dart across green mountains after a summer storm. Seaton reminds us that even mountaintop removal cannot destroy the human spirit. In Hippie Homesteaders, Carter Taylor Seaton gives us both a good read and hope for the future.
Review: A Look into this movement - It's very interesting to see how many homesteaders were spread all around WV. I was hoping to read about more of the people I knew growing up in Preston County. I'm glad to see Tom Rodd's story was included. He was a neighbor growing up and now he works in Charleston with my brother. I did not know his whole story--it's pretty wild actually! For anyone who is interested in the Back to the Land movement in WV.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,806,094 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #458 in Folkcrafts #645 in Southern U.S. Biographies #2,110 in Sustainable Living |
| Customer Reviews | 4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars (28) |
| Dimensions  | 6 x 0.9 x 9 inches |
| Edition  | First Edition |
| ISBN-10  | 1938228901 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1938228902 |
| Item Weight  | 1.05 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 240 pages |
| Publication date  | April 1, 2014 |
| Publisher  | West Virginia University Press |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reading Hippie Homesteaders is much like watching bursts of sunshine dart across green mountains after ...
*by D***. on February 15, 2015*

The 'Almost Heaven' Appalachian mountains, once inhabited by early settlers, changed with the broad form deed and shift of land ownership to outside corporations - followed by the destruction brought about by strip mining and mountaintop removal. Yet there is hope. Carter Taylor Seaton tells stories of hope through the lives of artists and back-to-the-land homesteaders who are breathing new life into these old and abused mountains. She is an engaging writer who captures the vibrant elements of the newly infused arts and valuable social change. Communities once lost in the mechanization of deep and surface mining and outmigration of mountain people, are being rebuilt. Seaton is a masterful storyteller, capturing the unfolding lives of in-migration and the new mountaineers who bring with them the exciting contributions of mountain artisans. Reading Hippie Homesteaders is much like watching bursts of sunshine dart across green mountains after a summer storm. Seaton reminds us that even mountaintop removal cannot destroy the human spirit. In Hippie Homesteaders, Carter Taylor Seaton gives us both a good read and hope for the future.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Look into this movement
*by H***A on June 14, 2014*

It's very interesting to see how many homesteaders were spread all around WV. I was hoping to read about more of the people I knew growing up in Preston County. I'm glad to see Tom Rodd's story was included. He was a neighbor growing up and now he works in Charleston with my brother. I did not know his whole story--it's pretty wild actually! For anyone who is interested in the Back to the Land movement in WV.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ An untold story about the back-to-landers who moved to West Virginia
*by C***E on September 13, 2015*

This is a book that tells a heretofore untold story about the "urban immigrants" who came to West Virginia to live off the land in the 1960s and 70s. As a native West Virginian of a certain age, I witnessed the influx of the back-to-landers in the state's more rural areas in the '70s. Many of those who moved to our mountains enriched our communities with their new ideas, well-honed art and craft skills and willingness to live simply and work hard. I'm so glad Carter pulled these stories together, as they provide new context for my memories of trips to the Mountain State Arts and Crafts Fair, nights spent listening to the Putnam County Pickers and later, Stark Raven Band, and many happy hours spent enjoying West Virginia Culture Center exhibits and lectures. The book also provides some detail on how Larry Groce, Andy Ridenour and company put West Virginia on the music world's radar with NPR's "Mountain Stage" and they're still providing the state--and, in fact, the world--with an eclectic mix of artists packaged in Appalachian spice and soul. I'm not sure if readers who are unfamiliar with the state's arts and crafts heritage or the communes that sprang up in our wilderness will relate to everything written here but there is plenty of backstory for history buffs, particularly those interested in the Vietnam era and the changes the country went through in the 60s and 70s. I would love to see more books like this. I grew up with the Hippie Homesteaders in my home town of Spencer, West Virginia. I'm so glad they came to the mountains.

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