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

"This book was waiting to be written and perhaps only Ms. Seaton could have written it. Her clear, direct prose is, perhaps, the only prose that is appropriate for this story. Her own creative background and her historian's grasp and presentation of the details, moods and unrest of the times take the book far beyond a mere description of arts and crafts, providing a marvelous addition to the understanding of what makes West Virginians the people they really are. Ms. Seaton's writing, like these people, is a treasure." Lee Maynard, author of theCrum Trilogy: Crum, Screaming with the Cannibals, and The ScummersandThe Pale Light of Sunset. " A distinctive story. Engaging. Fascinating. Dona Brown, Professor of History, University of Vermont" Outstanding. This story has come nowhere near being told with such depth and breadth until now. Paul Salstrom, author of"Appalachia s Path to Dependency" "Rethinking a Region's Economic History, 1730-1940"" "A distinctive story. Engaging. Fascinating." Dona Brown, Professor of History, University of Vermont "Outstanding. This story has come nowhere near being told with such depth and breadth until now." Paul Salstrom, author of "Appalachia's Path to Dependency" "Rethinking a Region's Economic History, 1730-1940"

Hippie Homesteaders tells the story of this movement from the viewpoint of forty artisans and musicians who came to the state, lived on the land, and created successful careers with their craft.