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Index A&G Coal Corporation, 253, 259, 284n2 Alice Lloyd College, 1 Alliance for Appalachia, 5, 250, 284n5 Alliance for the Cumberlands, 5 Alphin, Ken “Big Kenny,” 115 alternative energy, 102, 123, 126, 201, 203, 205, 206, 210, 212, 214, 216, 235 Americana, 155 American Electric Power, 147, 278n13, 284n10 Anstead Historical Society, 186 Appalachia, Virginia, 245, 247–49 Appalachian Citizens Law Center, 284n5 “Appalachian ER” (television sketch), 143, 277n7 Appalachian Land Ownership Study, 66, 85, 274n6 Appalachians apathy of, xi, 44, 50, 59, 66, 91, 109, 150, 198–200, 205, 212–13, 234, 236, 243–44, 254, 257 dialect of, 41–42, 108, 145, 204, 231, 278n6, 282n1, 283n9, 283nn11–12 stereotypes of, xi, 72, 76, 138, 143–44, 198, 204, 206, 215, 230–31, 236, 277n7, 282n7 Appalachians, The (PBS), 6 Appalachian Studies Association, 187, 281n10 Appalachian Voices, 171, 280n16, 284n5 Appalshop, 56, 284n5 Aracoma mine disaster, 185, 196, 281n6 Arch Coal, 10, 100, 276n7 A Rocha: Christians in Conservation, 156, 279n3 Barger, Don, 158, 251 Barrie, Jeff, 278n2 baseball, 98, 141 Battle of Blair Mountain, 49, 277n2 Battle of Evarts, 14 Beattyville Enterprise, 219 Beaver, Patricia, 274n6 Bell County, Kentucky, 15, 20, 237–38 Berea College, 30–31, 32, 38, 75, 201, 216, 228 Beshear, Steve, 2–3, 240, 267n9 Biggers, Jeff, 15 “Big Muskie” dragline, 267n8 Big Sandy River, 192 Big Stone Gap, 255 Bishop, Millard, 228 Black Mountain, 17, 18, 245, 256, 283n1 Black Mountain Resources, 100 InDEx  Blankenship, Don, 136, 183 “Bloody Harlan,” 14 Bonds, Judy, xii, 131–50 as “Appalachian-American,” 135, 138, 139, 143–45, 146, 150 Coal River Mountain Watch (CRMW) and, 133–35, 138 faith of, 137, 146, 148–50 family history of, 133–35, 137, 139–42, 145, 147–48 as folk celebrity, 138–39 opposes mountaintop removal, 133, 135–38, 139, 141–43, 145–46, 147–50 Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 45, 48, 58, 273n14 Boone County, West Virginia, 12, 65, 131, 277n1 Boucher, Rick, 260 Boyle, W. A. “Tony,” 275n4 Breathitt, Ned, 16 Bredesen, Phil, 160 Bristol Herald Courier, 251, 252–53 broad-form deed, 16, 30, 57, 85–88, 199, 234, 241 Brookside, Kentucky, 15, 97, 107–8 Buffalo Creek Disaster, xii, 17, 50, 63, 65, 137, 141, 150, 184–85, 190, 194 Bureau of Mines, 185 Burns, Shirley Stewart, 5 Bush, George W., 2, 3, 51, 181, 182, 184, 185, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 200, 223, 243, 260, 281n7 Bush, George H. W., 51, 86, 195 Bush, Larry family history of, 255–56, 257 fights the Dominion Virginia Power Plant, 250–52 harassment and, 252–53 involvement with Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards (SAMS), 249–50, 251 on being an environmentalist, 257 opposes mountaintop removal, 249, 250, 251, 253–54, 255, 257 as a Vietnam veteran, 249, 255 UMWA and, 257–58 Bush, Missy, 253 Byrd, Robert, 51, 200 Campbell County, Tennessee, 225 Cannelton Coal, 56 Carpenter, Mary Chapin, 276n3 Carter, Jimmy, 2, 51, 195 Carter, Sara, 230 Cash, Johnny, 32 Cash, June Carter, 32 Caylor, Bill, 137, 240, 263, 277n3 Chandler, Ben, 199, 282n20 Chao, Elaine, 181, 183, 280n3 Chapin, Ralph, 15 Charleston Gazette, 48, 53, 60 Chavez, Cesar, 95 Cherokee, 14 Chicago Tribune, 6 Christians for the Mountains, 5, 278n2 [18.118.0.240] Project MUSE (2024-04-26 13:59 GMT) InDEx  Church of the Savior, 151–53, 156, 161, 166 civil disobedience, 9, 29–30, 103, 167, 250–51 class (economic), 8–9, 10, 106, 141 Claiborne County, Tennessee, 224–25, 282n5 Clay County, Kentucky, 219, 227, 237, 283n8 Clean Air Act, 194 clean coal, 60, 170–71, 250, 258 Clean Water Protection Act, 103, 194, 260 Climate Project, 115, 121 Clinton, William Jefferson, 51, 60, 181, 185, 186, 191, 195, 196 coal companies blasting by, 73, 78, 90, 92, 141, 149, 156–57, 170, 258–59, 274n1 chemicals used by, 105, 143, 277n6, 280n15 intimidation by, 92, 110, 150, 156–57, 234–35, 236, 237– 38, 241, 252–53, 268n16 neglect of, 37, 181–84, 185, 190, 192–94, 197, 198, 208 Coal Mine Health and Safety Act (1969), 192, 194, 196 Coal Power (PBS), 6 Coal River Mountain Watch (CRMW), 5, 133, 135, 138, 186, 280n16, 284n5 coal severance tax, 145, 264 coal-to-liquid fuel, 241, 267n9, 278n11 coal trucks, 16, 19, 40, 73, 111–12, 147, 232, 247, 252 Coldwater Creek (Kentucky), 181, 192 Collins, Judy, 32, 270n4 Combs, Ollie “Widow,” xiii, 7–8, 16, 188 Compassion Coalition, 156, 168 Concert for the Mountains, 31 Coppock, Dawn, 151–61, 279n6 as...

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