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Title: Misguided
Review: Night Comes to the Cumberlands is a well intentioned but one sided book that paints, at best, only a partially correct picture of the people of Appalachia. While negative aspects of the society and economy of the region are described in great detail, and with some truth, any positive developments are mentioned in passing, if at all. The result is a work that could have added greatly to the debate on the future of the region, but is instead largely a lament with few positve things to add to the topic. That said, the book is worth reading, but only with the knowledge that it is a very narrow view of a very complicated topic. Much of what the author describes is, in the opinion of many of the citizens of the region, incorrect. Indeed, some natives of the area even feel that the book has had the effect of continuing many of the worst stereotypes of the region, with the result that further growth has been negatively impacted.
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