Something in These Hills Isabella Wallace a mute autistic savant

a mute autistic savant

and numerous essays written over the course of six decades

Illustrated with instructive case examples and vignettes

This is what Sidney Painter had in mind when he wrote a biography of William Marshall

with joyful artwork from German illustrator Sanne Dufft

Something in These Hills Isabella Wallace a mute autistic savantWhat is the "something in these hills" that ties mountain families to family land in the southern Appalachians? This ethnographic examination challenges contemporary theory and explores two interrelated themes: the duality of the southern Appalachians as both a menacing and majestic landscape and the emotional relationship to family land characteristic of long term residents of these mountains. To most outsiders, the area conjures images of a