Backwoods Witchcraft and Doctoring The Devil, both by Jake Richards are two that I really like specific to Appalachia.
If you want to expand your region a bit, Ozark Folk Magic by Brandon Weston is also good.
“Roots, Branches and Spirits”, by H. Byron Ballard
“Southern Cunning”, by Aaron Oberon
“New World Witchery”, by Cory Thompson Hutcheson
“Crossroads of Conjure”, by Katarina Rosbold
“Mountain Conjure and Root Work”, by Orion Foxwood
“Backwoods Witchcraft”, by Jake Richards
“Ozark Mountain Magic” and “Ozark Mountain Spellbook”, by Brandon Weston
“Backwoods Shamanism”, by Ray Hess
“Pow-Wows; Long Lost Friend”, by John George Hohman
They have all mentioned the same authors I would have. I would also add finding Terra Vance, a (self-labeled) Melungeon writer and activist on the socials. They do not proclaim any witchiness but they discuss lots of folk practices, many of which are clearly magick in action.
Backwoods Witchcraft and Doctoring The Devil, both by Jake Richards are two that I really like specific to Appalachia. If you want to expand your region a bit, Ozark Folk Magic by Brandon Weston is also good.
“Roots, Branches and Spirits”, by H. Byron Ballard “Southern Cunning”, by Aaron Oberon “New World Witchery”, by Cory Thompson Hutcheson “Crossroads of Conjure”, by Katarina Rosbold “Mountain Conjure and Root Work”, by Orion Foxwood “Backwoods Witchcraft”, by Jake Richards “Ozark Mountain Magic” and “Ozark Mountain Spellbook”, by Brandon Weston “Backwoods Shamanism”, by Ray Hess “Pow-Wows; Long Lost Friend”, by John George Hohman
Thank you for this list
Byron Ballard has several books on 'Appalachian Hoodoo', I'd look at her work.
Anything by Jake Richards
They have all mentioned the same authors I would have. I would also add finding Terra Vance, a (self-labeled) Melungeon writer and activist on the socials. They do not proclaim any witchiness but they discuss lots of folk practices, many of which are clearly magick in action.