Department of History

Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People Narrated by Sissy Spacek. Appalachian is the first environmental history series ever made. An All-star cast, including Pulitzer Prize winning biologist, EO Wilson, and bestselling novelist, Barbara Kingsolver, explore the intersection of natural history and human history in one of America's grandest treasures. Narrated by Academy Award winner, Sissy Spacek. Home to the oldest mountains on the planet and the richest forests in North America - within a mosaic of diverse habitats and cultures, Appalachia tells the story of a people struggling to find a true and proper relationship to the natural world. Appalachian is the story of America, writ intensely.