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1st American Cookie Lady: Recipes from a 1917 Cookie Diary, The
By Barbara Swell
6 x 9, 152 pages, Paperback


Based on the 76-page, handwritten cookie diary of Anna “Cookie” Covington, who recorded 208 different cookie recipes between 1917 and 1920, this histo......[more]

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1st American Cookie Lady: Recipes from a 1917 Cookie Diary, The

50 Hikes in West Virginia: From the Allegheny Mountains to the Ohio River
By Leonard Adkins
6 x 9, 320 pages, Paperback


West Virginia native and experienced hiker Leonard Adkins has walked more than 400 miles in search of the 50 best hikes for outdoor enthusiasts of all......[more]

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50 Hikes in West Virginia: From the Allegheny Mountains to the Ohio River

55 West Virginias: A Guide to the State's Counties, The
by E. Lee North
Paperback


This look at each of West Virginia's counties presents a broad overview of the state. Each county's entry includes a map, photographs, and a brief his......[more]

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55 West Virginias: A Guide to the State's Counties, The

1898 Charleston And Its Resources: Capitol City
Illustrated by J. C. Tipton.
Paperback.


This wonderful collection of historical and period photographs was originally printed in 1898 by Charleston and local businesses to promote the city a......[more]

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1898 Charleston And Its Resources: Capitol City

A Beautiful Mind: A Biography of John Forbes Nash Jr.
by Sylvia Nasar
Paperback


A Beautiful Mind traces the meteoric rise of John Forbes Nash Jr., a prodigy and legend by the age of 30 who dazzled the mathematical world by solving......[more]

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A Beautiful Mind: A Biography of John Forbes Nash Jr.

A Better Place
By David Selby
6 x 9, 227 pages, Paperback.


Part memoir, part social commentary, A Better Place is a fascinating work by well-known actor and West Virginia native David Selby. Best known for his......[more]

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A Better Place

A Dooryard Herb Cookbook
By Linda O. Rago
125 pages, 9 x 6, Paperback, Spiral-Bound


West Virginia herbalist Linda Rago has grown and cooked with herbs for decades. Using her grandmother’s herbal folk tales and years of research, Rago ......[more]

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A Dooryard Herb Cookbook

A Garden Supper Tonight: Historic Seasonal Recipes & Home Lore
By Barbara Swell
6 x 9, 152 pages, Paperback


Packed with tips, seasonal recipes, and timeless classics, Swell’s handy cookbook will help you produce delicious dishes all year long. Recipes includ......[more]

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A Garden Supper Tonight: Historic Seasonal Recipes & Home Lore

A Field Guide to Southern Speech
By Charles Nicholson
86 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, Paperback
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Here's the best way to build your southern vocabulary! Charles Nicholson is the hero of all Yankees who find themselves below the Mason-Dixon line and......[more]

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A Field Guide to Southern Speech

Afflicting the Comfortable: Journalism and Politics in West Virgini
By Thomas F. Stafford
6 x 9 , 331 pages, Hardcover


Stafford, a former journalist for the Charleston Gazette, explores the relationship between journalism and politics in connection with scandals that h......[more]

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Afflicting the Comfortable: Journalism and Politics in West Virgini

A History of West Virginia
By Anna Smucker
7 x 8.5, 81 pages, Paperback


Gifted storyteller Anna Smucker weaves the history of the Mountain State into a lively tale populated with such iconic figures as John Henry, John Bro......[more]

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A History of West Virginia

All Fall Down
By Carlene Thompson
4 x 7, 291 pages, Paperback


Blaine Avery longs to live happily ever after in the picturesque West Virginia town where she was born. But coming home might just prove fatal. As the......[more]

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All Fall Down

All the Way to Morning
By Marc Harshman,
8 x 10, 27 pages, Paperback


The melodious sounds that children around the world might hear as day turns to night are presented in this lyrical, go-to-sleep book. Softly hued, gen......[more]

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All the Way to Morning

Ambassador’s Son, The
By Homer Hickam
6.125 x 9.25, 352 pages, Hardcover


Coast Guard Capt. Josh Thurlow, with the help of John F. Kennedy, had two weeks to accomplish war’s most dangerous mission––rescuing a comrade from en......[more]

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Ambassador’s Son, The

Annals of the Great Kanawha
by William D. Wintz.
Hardback.


Author Bill Wintz has compiled writings, manuscripts, and records of the region's explorers, frontiersmen, and early settlers to produce a fascinating......[more]

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Annals of the Great Kanawha

Appalachian ABC's
by Francie Hall,
illustrated by Kent Oehm
8 x 9, 329 pages Hardback with full-color illustrations


A lovely book for all generations, Appalachian ABC's combines memorable illustrations with mountain tradition and rhyme to help children learn the alp......[more]

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Appalachian ABC's

Appalachians DVD (As seen on PBS), The
Produced by Mari-Lynn Evans
DVD (As seen on PBS)


This three-disc film explores the history of Appalachia and its people through story and song. It discusses immigration, settlement, the Revolutionary......[more]

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Appalachians DVD (As seen on PBS), The

Appalachian Conquest
By Eugene Huddleston, Ph.D.
Sale Price $11.95
138 pages, 8.5 x 11.5, Hardcover


This well-researched volume details how the railroads conquered the rugged Appalachian Mountains. With elaborate tunnels and bridges, the C & O, N & W......[more]

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Appalachian Conquest

Appalachain Coal Mines & Railroads
by Thomas W. Dixon Jr.

Featuring more than 100 Photographs, this book covers the transportation of coal from the Appalachian coalfields to its markets by train, from the 193......[more]

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Appalachain Coal Mines & Railroads

Appalachia: A History
by John Alexander Williams
473 pages. 6 x 9. Paperback.


In Appalachia: A History, John Alexander Williams chronicles more than four centuries of Appalachia's past. A professor of history at Appalachian Stat......[more]

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Appalachia: A History

Appalachians: America’s First and Last Frontiers, The
(Autographed)
Edited by Mari-Lynn Evans, Robert Santelli, and Holly George-Warren
7 x 9, 288 Pages, Hardcover


This compilation includes essays by some of Appalachia’s most respected scholars and journalists; firsthand recollections from famous Appalachians lik......[more]

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Appalachians: America’s First and Last Frontiers, The

Appalachian Case Study: UFO Sightings, Alien Encounters and Unexplained Phenomena
By Kyle Lovern
5.5 x 8.5, 108 pages, Paperback


West Virginia has a long, storied history of unidentified flying object sightings and unexplained happenings, including the Braxton County Monster and......[more]

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Appalachian Case Study: UFO Sightings, Alien Encounters and Unexplained Phenomena

Appalachian Case Study: UFO Sightings, Alien Encounters and Unexplained Phenomena Volume 2
By Kyle Lovern
6 x 9, 158 pages, Paperback


This book features eyewitness accounts of strange incidents occurring in Appalachia. Volume 2 includes new sightings in West Virginia and surrounding ......[more]

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Appalachian Case Study: UFO Sightings, Alien Encounters and Unexplained Phenomena Volume 2

Arch: The Life of Governor Arch A. Moore, Jr.
By Brad Crouser
6.25 x 9.25, 672 pages, Hardcover


Author Brad Crouser follows the colorful life of former West Virginia governor Arch Moore Jr. from boyhood to the present. Included are the near-fatal......[more]

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Arch: The Life of Governor Arch A. Moore, Jr.

Armadillo Recon Unit and Other
By Bil Lepp
5.5 x 8.5, 157 pages, Paperback


A new, side-splitting installment of tall tales from the five-time winner of the West Virginia Liars Contest, Armadillo Recon Unit and Other Tall Tale......[more]

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Armadillo Recon Unit and Other

Ashes of Roses and War
By Sibyl Pischke
5.5 x 8.5, 586 pages, Paperback


The companion novel to The Legend of Mammy Jane, Ashes tells the story of Jane Jarvis (Mammy Jane’s future sister-in-law), a gutsy young woman who thr......[more]

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Ashes of Roses and War

At Home in the Heart of Appalachia
By John O'Brien
Paperback


John O'Brien's deeply evocative book reveals a place and a way of life and the lives of an estranged father and son whose differences rest, ironically......[more]

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At Home in the Heart of Appalachia

Baltimore & Ohio Passenger Service, 1945-1971 Vol. 1
by Harry Stegmaier
Hardback


This book is fully illustrated with color photos, maps, diagrams, and mechanical drawings, as well as many photos of Terra Alta, Grafton, and other ne......[more]

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Baltimore & Ohio Passenger Service, 1945-1971 Vol. 1

Battle of Blair Mountain: The Story of America’s Largest Labor Uprising, The
By Robert Shogan
6 x 9, 271 pages, Paperback


The Battle of Blair Mountain explores a significant and long-neglected slice of American history––the largest uprising on American soil since the Civi......[more]

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Battle of Blair Mountain: The Story of America’s Largest Labor Uprising, The

Battle of Scary Creek: Military Operations in the Kanawha Valley April - June 1861, The
By Terry Lowry
6 x 9, 268 pages, Paperback.


The Battle of Scary Creek is the first book solely devoted to military operations in the Kanawha Valley during the Civil War. This book show readers t......[more]

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Battle of Scary Creek: Military Operations in the Kanawha Valley April - June 1861, The

Best of the Best from West Virginia Cookbook: Selected Recipes from West Virginia’s Favorite Cookbooks
6 x 9, 288 pages, Paperback

Treat your family to the down-home taste of West Virginia! This handy volume features more than 350 recipes taken from 57 West Virginia cookbooks. It......[more]

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Best of the Best from West Virginia Cookbook: Selected Recipes from West Virginia’s Favorite Cookbooks

Best in Tent Camping, West Virginia: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, The
by Johnny Molloy
Paperback


Author Johnny Molloy has spent more than 1,000 nights in the great outdoors, and in this book he'll tell you exactly where in the beautiful hills of W......[more]

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Best in Tent Camping, West Virginia: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, The

Beyond the Apple Orchard
By Dolly Withrow
5.5 x 8.5, 182 pages, Paperback


Deeply rooted in Appalachia, the essays in Beyond the Apple Orchard are part memoir, part reflection, and part humor. Full of insight and wisdom, many......[more]

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Beyond the Apple Orchard

Bingo Cheaters, The
By Belinda Anderson
5.5 x 8.5, 198 pages, Paperback


In her powerfully human and delightfully humorous new collection, author Belinda Anderson takes us to fictional Hope County in the magical mountains o......[more]

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Bingo Cheaters, The

Birds of West Virginia
By Stan Tekiela
4.25 x 6, 309 pages, Paperback


This state-specific field guide presents everything you need to know about birds in West Virginia. Arranged by color for easy identification, the guid......[more]

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Birds of West Virginia

Birding Guide to West Virginia
Compiled and edited by James W. Bullard, M.D.
Spiral bound paperback


This book, by the members of the Brooks Bird Club, is the first guide exclusively devoted to finding birds in the Mountain State. More than 50 of the ......[more]

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Birding Guide to West Virginia

Blackwater Chronicle, The
By Philip Pendleton Kennedy, edited by Timothy Sweet
5 x 8, 211 pages, Paperback


The Blackwater Chronicle was originally published in 1853, but this wilderness travelogue about the exploration of Canaan Valley has appeal far beyond......[more]

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Blackwater Chronicle, The

Blair Mountain War: Battle of the Rednecks, The
By G. T. Swain
5.5 x 8.5, 70 pages, Paperback


Originally penned in 1927, this book vividly describes the largest organized, armed uprising in U.S. labor history. It documents the 1921 struggle bet......[more]

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Blair Mountain War: Battle of the Rednecks, The

Bootstraps and Biscuits: 300 Wonderful Wild Food Recipes from the Hills of West Virginia
by Anna Lee Robe-Terry
Paperback


In the hills of her family's West Virginia farm, Anna Lee Robe-Terry explores and forages for wild foodstuffs, which she turns into tasty down home co......[more]

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Bootstraps and Biscuits: 300 Wonderful Wild Food Recipes from the Hills of West Virginia

Braxton County Monster: The Cover-up of the Flatwoods Monster Revealed, The
By Frank Feschino Jr. with a forward by Stanton Friedman
6 x 9, 351 pages, Hardcover


September 12, 1952, police stations, newspapers, and the Pentagon were besieged with calls from frantic citizens. Large, unidentified flying objects h......[more]

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Braxton County Monster: The Cover-up of the Flatwoods Monster Revealed, The

Bridge at Remagen, The
By Ken Hechler
7 x 10, 218 pages, Paperback


On March 7, 1945, a small group of American infantrymen, engineers, and tank crews secured the Ludendorff Bridge, which crossed the Rhine. The success......[more]

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Bridge at Remagen, The

Buckle Up, Buttercup
By Belinda Anderson
5.5 x 8.5, 188 pages, Paperback


In this heart-warming novel-in-stories, centenarian and quilter protagonist Twilight Dawn Johnson stitches together tales full of humor, suspense, and......[more]

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Buckle Up, Buttercup

Buckskin Boys: A History of the Buckskin Council, 1919-2004
By W. Joseph Wyatt
8.5 x 11, 248 pages, Paperback


Buckskin Boys illustrates the history of the Buckskin Council--a program that greatly influenced the youth of southern West Virginia--with hundreds of......[more]

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Buckskin Boys: A History of the Buckskin Council, 1919-2004

Buffalo Creek: Valley of Death
By Dennis Deitz and Carlene Mowery
8.25 x 11, 285 pages, Paperback


When a damn collapsed on February 26, 1972, a 30-foot wall of 132 million gallons of water and debris came crashing down Buffalo Creek’s hollow. Withi......[more]

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Buffalo Creek: Valley of Death

Buffalo Creek Disaster: How the Survivors of One of the Worst Disasters in Coal-Mining History Brought Suit Against the Coal Company—and Won
By Gerald Stern
5 x 8, 282 pages,
Paperback


When a Pittston Coal Company impoundment dam burst in February 1972, a 13-million-gallon, 25-foot tidal wave of water, sludge, and debris crashed in......[more]

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Buffalo Creek Disaster: How the Survivors of One of the Worst Disasters in Coal-Mining History Brought Suit Against the Coal Company—and Won

Butterflies of West Virginia and Their Caterpillars, The
By Thomas J. Allen
6 x 9, 388 pages, Paperback


Filled with hundreds of beautiful color photographs, detailed drawings, and maps, this book describes 128 West Virginia butterfly species. Each specie......[more]

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Butterflies of West Virginia and Their Caterpillars, The

The C.C.C. Camps in West Virginia: A Record of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Mountain State, 1933-1942
By Milton Harr
5.5 x 8.5, 50 pages, Paperback


President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s program to aid a bankrupt country employed nearly three million men and left a legacy of countless federal and state......[more]

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The C.C.C. Camps in West Virginia: A Record of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Mountain State, 1933-1942

Cake Club: Delicious Desserts and Stories from a southern childhood, The
By Susie Quick
7.5 x 9, 192 pages, Paperback


The Fancy Frosters of Charleston, West Virginia, were a merry band of Southern women who got together once a month to swap recipes and stories, cook, ......[more]

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Cake Club: Delicious Desserts and Stories from a southern childhood, The

Canoeing and Kayaking Guide to West Virginia: 30th Anniversary Edition
By Paul Davidson
6 x 9, 340 pages, Paperback


Formerly known as Wildwater West Virginia, this edition of the popular guidebook has updated descriptions of all the state’s top rivers, including the......[more]

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Canoeing and Kayaking Guide to West Virginia: 30th Anniversary Edition

Chesapeake & Ohio Railway in the Coal Fields of West Virginia and Kentucky
By Thomas Dixon
8 x 11, 110 pages, Hardcover


This fully illustrated book shows operations along the C&O in southern West Virginia during the post-WWII era. Included are detailed drawings of minin......[more]

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Chesapeake & Ohio Railway in the Coal Fields of West Virginia and Kentucky

Chessie System Railroads in West Virginia
By Tom Dixon
8.5 x 11, 64 pages, Paperback


This book is an album of 135 full-color photos depicting trains operating exclusively in West Virginia on the Chesapeake & Ohio, Baltimore & Ohio, and......[more]

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Chessie System Railroads in West Virginia

Chesapeake & Ohio Railway in West Virginia Photos, 1940-1960, The
By Thomas Dixon
8.5 x 11, 80 pages, Paperback


This book contains more than 130 black-and-white and 25 color photos of C&O operations in West Virginia. Much of C&O’s wealth came from hauling West ......[more]

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Chesapeake & Ohio Railway in West Virginia Photos, 1940-1960, The

Child of the Appalachian Coal Fields
By Robert C. Byrd
6.5 x 9.5, 800 pages, Hardcover


This long-awaited autobiography follows Robert C. Byrd’s experiences from his boyhood in the early 1920s through his eight terms in the U.S. Senate. A......[more]

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Child of the Appalachian Coal Fields

Children at the Hearth: 19th Century Cooking, Manners, & Games
by Barbara Swell
Paperback


Children at the Hearth contains a charming group of recipes, folklore, and vintage photographs which make for amusing and entertaining reading for all......[more]

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Children at the Hearth: 19th Century Cooking, Manners, & Games

Chronicles of Border Warfare or a History of the Settlement by the Whites...
by Alexander Scott Withers
Paperback


First published in 1895, Chronicles of Border Warfare details the western Virginia settlers' experiences with Indian unrest and savage killings. The a......[more]

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Civil War In West Virginia: A Pictorial History, The
by Stan Cohen
Paperback
Includes 250 photographs and 24 maps.


Excellent overview of the war in West Virginia. Perfect for anyone curious about our state's role in the war. Beginners and scholars alike will be fas......[more]

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Civil War In West Virginia: A Pictorial History, The

Civil War in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, The
By Tim McKinney
7 x 9, 440 pages, Hardcover


Located on the West Virginia-Virginia border, Greenbrier County played a pivotal role in the Civil War. Although strong Union support characterized mu......[more]

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Civil War in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, The

Civil War in the New River Valley 1861-1865: Three One-Day Driving Tours
By David Bard
8.5 x 11, 144 pages, Paperback


Civil War in the New River Valley offers readers three one-day driving tours of the New River Valley’s Civil War sites. The guide contains directions ......[more]

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Civil War in the New River Valley 1861-1865: Three One-Day Driving Tours

Coal Country Music
CD

Celebrated music legends Natalie Merchant, Kathy Mattea, Ralph Stanley, Gillian Welch, John Prine, Bonnie Raitt, and Willie Nelson lead the talented a......[more]

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Coal Country Music

Coal Country DVD
By Mari-Lynn Evans
85 minutes


In this documentary exploring the modern coal industry, working miners and activists present opposing views on mountaintop removal. Residents are conc......[more]

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Coal Country DVD

Coal Camp Memories DVD
By Karen Vuranch
78 minutes DVD


Coal Camp Memories is a one-act play that celebrates the lives of women in coal communities in West Virginia. Written and performed by Karen Vuranch, ......[more]

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Coal Towns of West Virginia Vol. 2
By Mary Stevenson
8.5 x 11, 272 pages, Paperback


Mary Stevenson’s most recent work, this book chronicles, through photographs, the history of many of West Virginia’s southern coal mining towns. Today......[more]

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Coal Towns of West Virginia Vol. 2

Coal Miners' Wives: Portraits of Endurance
by Carol Giesen
Paperback


In this telling portrait, author Carol Giesen reveals the stresses, strengths, and stories of a group of miners' wives for whom daily life is a challe......[more]

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Coal Miners' Wives: Portraits of Endurance

Coalwood Way, The
By Homer Hickam Jr.
Hardback


In his new memoir, The Coalwood Way, Hickam returns to Coalwood, when he and his buddies—the other Rocket boys—are in their senior year at Big Creek H......[more]

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Coalwood Way, The

Coal Towns of West Virginia Volume 1
By Mary Legg Stevenson
8.5 x 11, 176 pages, 257 photographs


This book contains marvelous photographs that document the history of and way of life in many coal camps. Back when “Coal Was King,” new towns sprang ......[more]

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Coal Towns of West Virginia Volume 1

Contrary Blues
by John Billheimer
4 x 6.5, 278 pages,
Paperback


After some federal grant money disappears from the struggling coal town of Contrary, West Virginia, along with the federal Department of Transportatio......[more]

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Cookin’ in a Coal Camp
By Glenna Pack
8.5 x 7.5, 121 pages, Paperback Spiral-bound


This charming, old-fashioned cookbook is a longtime favorite. It features recipes that Pack tested on her family as they moved from coal town to coal ......[more]

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Cookin’ in a Coal Camp

Cooney Rickets
by Jack L. Dickinson
Paperback


This is the true story of a young boy who, caught up in the excitement and fervor of the Civil War, insisted on joining a regiment at age 13. Lucien "......[more]

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Cooney Rickets

Covered Bridges in West Virginia
By Steve Shaluta
64 pages, 6 x 9, Paperback


Take a visual tour of West Virginia’s country roads and covered bridges with photographer Steve Shaluta. Once more than a hundred covered bridges span......[more]

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Covered Bridges in West Virginia

Crawdads, Doodlebugs & Creasy Greens: Songs, Stories & Lore Celebrating...
By Doug Elliott
Paperback


Naturalist and storyteller Doug Elliott has compiled a delightful group of favorite old-time and contemporary folk songs about all kinds of creatures ......[more]

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Crawdads, Doodlebugs & Creasy Greens: Songs, Stories & Lore Celebrating...

Cry of the Banshee: History & Hauntings of West Virginia and the Ohio Valley
By Susan Sheppard
6 x 9, 241 pages, Paperback


Born of the popular Haunted Parkersburg Tours, this collection contains unique tales of haunted houses and cemeteries, Civil War ghosts, ghostly railr......[more]

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Cry of the Banshee: History & Hauntings of West Virginia and the Ohio Valley

Curing the Cross-Eyed Mule: Appalachian Mountain Humor
By Loyal Jones and Billy Edd Wheeler
5.5 x 8.5, 211 pages, Paperback


After the success of their first book, Laughter in Appalachia, authors Loyal Jones and Billy Edd Wheeler received dozens of stories from fans wanting ......[more]

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Curing the Cross-Eyed Mule: Appalachian Mountain Humor

Day Trips with a Splash: Southeastern Swimming Holes
By Pancho Doll
5.5 x 8.5, 280 pages, Paperback


Why swim in a crowded swimming pool this summer when you can jump into a less-peopled, naturally refreshing swimming hole? This handy and informative ......[more]

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Day Trips with a Splash: Southeastern Swimming Holes

Devastating Hand of War: Romney, West Virginia During the Civil War, The
by Richard A. Sauers
Hardback


The small town of Romney, West Virginia, occupying a strategic location in the West Branch Valley of the Potomac River, changed hands 56 times during ......[more]

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Devastating Hand of War: Romney, West Virginia During the Civil War, The

Devil’s Tea Table: West Virginia Ghost Tales and Other Stories
By Mack Samples
5.5 x 8.5, 117 pages, Paperback


In the spirit of Chaucer’s famed Canterbury Tales, West Virginia writer Mack Samples has produced an entertaining gem with his latest book, The Devil’......[more]

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Devil’s Tea Table: West Virginia Ghost Tales and Other Stories

Divine Bovine, The
By Bil Lepp
CD, Running time: 59:26


By Bil Lepp. CD, Running time: 59:26. Local liar Bil Lepp is at it again with his new, live CD, The Divine Bovine. His tall tales and fantastic lie......[more]

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Divine Bovine, The

Dooryard Herbs
by Linda Ours Rago
Paperback


Written by the quintessential West Virginia "herb lady," this book has been called a "classic in herb gardening." In Dooryard Herbs, author Linda Rago......[more]

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Dooryard Herbs

Durbin Route: The Greenbrier Division of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, The
by William Price McNeel
Paperback


Author Bill McNeel shares his extensive knowledge, research, and affection for the Greenbrier Valley and the railroad that served it. McNeel chronicle......[more]

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Durbin Route: The Greenbrier Division of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, The

Early Art and Artists in West Virginia
by John A. Cuthbert
Fully illustrated


Early Art and Artists in West Virginia is copiously illustrated with 136 plates, which accompany essays on portraiture and landscape painting. A simil......[more]

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Early Art and Artists in West Virginia

Elk River Ghosts: Tales and Lore
By Mack Samples
96 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, Paperback


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Fall Color and Woodland Harvest
by C. Ritchie Bell & Anne H. Lindsey.
184 pages. 5.5 x 8.5. Paperback.


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Fall Color and Woodland Harvest

Fall Color Finder: A Pocket Guide to the More Colorful Trees of Eastern North America
By C. Ritchie Bell and Anne H. Lindsey
64 pages, 4 x 6 Paperback


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Far Appalachia: Following the New River North
by Noah Adams
5.5 x 8, 238 pages, Paperback


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Fascinating West Virginia
By Jim Haught
6 x 9, 169 pages, Paperback


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The Feuding Hatfields and McCoys: Timeline and Pictorial History
By Coleman C. Hatfield
6 x 9, 192 pages, Paperback


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Fire! Fire! Pants on Liar CD
By Bil Lepp
CD running time: 65 minutes: 44 seconds


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Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachia
By Anthony Cavender
5.5 x 9, 268 pages, Paperback


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Footprints in the Coal Dust
By Pauline Bokkon
8.5 x 11, 119 pages, Paperback


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Foxfire 40th Anniversary Book: Faith, Family and the Land, The
Edited by Angie Cheek, Lacy Hunter Nix, and Foxfire Students
6 x 9, 513 pages, Paperback


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Foxfire 12
Edited by Kaye Carver Collins, Angie Cheek and Foxfire Students
6 x 9.25, 560 pages, Paperback


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Foxfire Book of Appalachian Cookery, The
edited by Linda Page and Eliot Wigginton
329 pages. 8 x 9. Hardcover


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French Harding: Civil War Memoirs
Edited by Victor Thacker
Paperback


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Frontiersman: A Narrative, The
By Allan W. Eckert
6 x 9, 626 pages, Paperback


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Front Porch Old-Time Songs, Jokes & Stories: 48 Great Sing-Along Favorites
By Wayne Erbsen
5.5 x 8.5, 64 pages, Paperback


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General & The Texas: A Pictorial History of the Andrews Raid, April 12, 1862, The
by Stan Cohen & James G. Bogle
Paperback


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Ghost Train!: American Railroad Ghost Legends
Collected and retold by Tony Reevy
Paperback


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Golden Delicious: A Cinderella Apple Story
By Anna Egan Smucker
8.25 x 10.25, 32 pages, Hardcover


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Goldenseal Book of the West Virginia Mine Wars, The
Edited by Ken Sullivan
8.5 x 11, 108 pages, Paperback


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Greenbrier Ghost and Other Strange Stories, The
By Dennis Deitz
6 x 9, 207 pages, Paperback


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Greenbrier Ghost 2 and Other Strange Stories, The
By Dennis Dietz
6 x 9, 149 pages, Paperback


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Greenbrier Ghost Volume 3: Braxton County Green Monster
By Dennis Deitz
6 x 9, 109 pages, Paperback


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Halfdollar: A Novel
By Bil Lepp
6 x 9, 225 pages, Paperback


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Halfdollar: A Novel

Hands Across the Wall: The 50th and 75th Reunions of the Gettysburg Battle
by Stan Cohen
8.5 x 11, 75 pages Paperback


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Haunted Valley and More Folk Tales of Appalachia
by James Gay Jones
Paperback


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Hawks Nest: A Novel
By Hubert Skidmore
350 pages, 6 x 9, Paperback


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Hawks Nest: A Novel

Hawks Nest Tunnel: An Unabridged History, The
By Patricia Spangler
264 pages, 7 x 10, Paperback


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Haunted West Virginia: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Mountain State
By Patty A. Wilson
5.5 x 8.25, 138 pages, Paperback


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Headquarters in the Brush: Blazer's Independent Union Scouts
by Darl L. Stephenson
Hardback


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Hero of the Rhine
By Ken Hechler
7 x 10, 248 pages, Paperback


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History of the 2nd West Virginia Cavalry
by Joseph Sutton
Hardback


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History of McDowell County, West Virginia
by Jean Battlo
510 pages. 5.5.x 8.5. Hardback. With 26 pages of photographs.


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Historic Springs of the Virginias: A Pictorial History
By Stan Cohen
8.5 x 11, 218 pages, Paperback


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History of the First Regiment West Virginia Infantry
By C. J. Rawling (new material by Tim McKinney)
SALE 6 x 9, 352 pages, Hardcover


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Hot Dogs from Almost Heaven: A Hot Dog Lover’s Best Friend
By Harry Lynch
5.5 x 8.5, 104 pages, Paperback


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House Calls in the Hills: Memoirs of a Country Doctor
By Jay Banks, M.D.
5.5 x 8.5, 130 pages, Paperback


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Hymns of the Old Camp Ground: Old-Time Gospel Songs with Words, Music & History
By Wayne Erbsen
5.5 x 8.5, 72 pages, Paperback


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If You Ever Tell
By Carlene Thompson
4 x 7, 374 Pages, Paperback


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Images of the Civil War in West Virginia
Autographed
By Terry Lowry and Stan Cohen
8.5 x 11, 206 pages, Paperback


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Inept: Impaired: Overwhelmed: Tall Tales From West Virginia and Beyond
by Bil Lepp

This is the long awaited follow up to Monster Stick. In Inept: Impaired: Overwhelmed, West Virginia tall tale teller Bil Lepp keeps a smile on your fa......[more]

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In The Event of My Death
By Charlene Thompson
Paperback


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In The Event of My Death

In Their Footsteps
By Rody Johnson
6 x 9, 273 pages, Paperback


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Jewels in Our Crown: The State Parks of West Virginia
By Maureen Crockett
8.5 x 11, 144 pages, Paperback


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John Brown:
By Stan Cohen
Sale $5.95
8 x 11, 196 pages, Paperback


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John Henry Days: A Novel
By Colson Whitehead
6 x 9, 389 pages, Hardcover


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John Henry Days: A Novel

John Henry
by Julius Lester
9.5 x 11.5, 36 pages, Paperback


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Just Good Politics: The Life of Raymond Chafin, Appalachian Boss
197 pages, 5.5 x 8, Hardback

Logan County political boss Raymond Chafin tells his story of the political culture in southern West Virginia: behind-the-scenes deals, rigged electio......[more]

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Kanawha County Images, Vol. 2
by Richard Andre and Stan Cohen

This all-new pictorial history of Charleston and Kanawha County is captivating. From the founding of the valley¹s first commercial industry, Kanawha S......[more]

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Kelly's Creek Chronicles: The Illustrated Diary of James Alexander Jones, A West Virginia Coal Miner, 1870-1939
Edited by William R. Hudnall
8.5 x 11, 222 pages, Paperback


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Kelly's Creek Chronicles: The Illustrated Diary of James Alexander Jones, A West Virginia Coal Miner, 1870-1939

King Coal: A Pictorial Heritage of West Virginia Coal Mining
By Stan Cohen
Paperback


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Kissin’ Wears Out Cookin’ Don’t: Past Recipes for Your Present and Future
By Erica Oblinger-Mount & Donna McComas
7 x 10, 242 Pages, Paperback


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Lark and Termite: A Novel
By Jayne Anne Phillips
5.5 x 8.5, 304 pages, Paperback


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Last Whisper
By Carlene Thompson
6 x 4, 354 pages, Paperback


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Last Whisper

Last Seen Alive
By Carleen Thompson
4 x 6, 368 pages, Paperback


Chyna Greer was 16 when her best friend, Zoey, disappeared. When Chyna comes back to her hometown of Black Willow, West Virginia, she learns that two ......[more]

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Last Forest: Tales of the Allegheny Woods, The
by G. D. (Douglas) McNeill
Paperback


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Laughter in Appalachia: A Festival of Southern Mountain Humor
By Loyal Jones and Billy Edd Wheeler
155 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, Paperback


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Laughter from the Hills
By Alyce Faye Bragg
5.5 x 8.5, 195 pages, Paperback


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Layland Mine Explosion: The Man Who Saved 42 Lives!, The
By Dennis Deitz
Free with Mountain Memory III,
8.5 x 11, 28 pages, Paperback


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Leather Trees, Sycamore Fuzz, and Little Boys in the Barbershop
By Jim Ryan
5.5 x 8.5, 238 pages, Paperback


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Legend of Mammy Jane, The
By Sibyl Jarvis Pischke
5.5 x 8.5, 408 pages, Paperback


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Legends of the Mountain State: Ghostly Tales from the State of West Virginia
Edited by Michael Knost
6 x 9, 160 pages, Paperback


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Legends of the Mountain State 2: More Ghostly Tales from the State of West Virginia
Edited by Michael Knost
Foreword by Governor Joe Manchin III
6 x 9, 342 pages, Paperback


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Legends of the Mountain State Volume 3: More Ghostly Tales from the State of West Virginia
Edited by Michael Knost with foreword by Homer Hickam
6 x 9, Paperback


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Life and Times of Ann Bailey: Pioneer Heroine of the Greater Kanawha Valley, The
By Virgil A. Lewis
90 pages, 6 x 9, Paperback


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Life, Work, and Rebellion in the Coalfields: The Southern West Virginia Miners
by David Corbin
Paperback


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Log Cabin Cooking: Pioneer Recipes and Food Lore
By Barbara Swell
5.5 x 8.5, 64 pages, Paperback


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Long Knife
by James Alexander Thom
Paperback


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Losing America
By Senator Robert C. Byrd
5.5 x 8, 320 pages, Paperback


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Lost Art of Pie Making: Made Easy, The
By Barbara Swell
5.5 x 8.5, 72 pages, Paperback


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M is for Mountain State: A West Virginia Alphabet
By Mary Ann McCable
11.5 x 9.5, 42 pages, Hardcover


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Mama’s in the Kitchen: Weird & Wonderful Home Cooking 1900-1950
By Barbara Swell
5.5 x 8.5, 72 pages, Paperback


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Man Who Wanted Seven Wives: The Greenbrier Ghost & the Famous Murder Mystery, The
by Katie Letcher Lyle
Hardback


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Marking Our Past: West Virginia’s Historical Highway Markers
By West Virginia Division of Culture and History
6 x 9, 208 pages, Paperback


For 65 years, travelers in West Virginia have enjoyed the inscriptions on hundreds of historical markers along the state’s highways and byways. Now th......[more]

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Matewan Before the Massacre: Politics and Coal, the Roots of Conflict in Mingo County, 1793-1920
By Rebecca J. Bailey
6 x 9, 224 pages, Paperback


On May 19, 1920, the "Matewan Massacre" bloodied the streets of Matewan, West Virginia. This book provides the first comprehensive history of Mingo Co......[more]

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Mighty Eighth in World War II: A Memoir, The
by Brig. Gen. J. Kemp McLaughlin, USAFR (Ret.)
Hardback


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Mom & Ramps Forever
By Barbara McCallum
5 x 8, 40 pages, Paperback


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Monongah: The Tragic Story of the 1907 Monongah Mine Disaster: The Worst Industrial Accident in U.S. History
By Davitt McAteer
6 x 9.25, 331 pages, Hardcover


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Monster Stick & Other Appalachian Tall Tales, The
by Paul & Bil Lepp
Paperback


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Moonshine!
By Matthew B. Rowley
8 x 9, 175 pages, Paperback


Known as “white lightning,” “firewater,” and “home brew,” moonshine has a history as deep as its names are varied. Homegrown “hooch” has been distill......[more]

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More Than Penny Candy
by Dolly Withrow
Paperback


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More Than Anything Else
by Marie Bradley
9 x 10.5, 32 pages, Hardback


This is a touching, uplifting story about Booker T. Washington as a young boy. More than anything else, Booker wants to learn to read, something few p......[more]

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More Than Beans and Cornbread: Traditional West Virginia Cooking
by Barbara McCallum
190 pages, 7.25 x 10, Paperback (spiral bound)


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Mothman Prophecies, The
by John A. Keel
272 pages, 4 x 7, Paperback


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Mothman: The Facts Behind the Legend
by Donnie Sergent Jr. and Jeff Wamsley
164 pages, 8 x 11, Paperback


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Mothman: Behind the Red Eyes … The Complete Investigative Library
By Jeff Wamsley
8.5 x 10.75, 160 pages, Paperback


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Mountaineers Are Free: A History of the West Virginia National
By Kenneth R. Bailey
6 x 9, 242 pages,
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Mountaineer Battlewagon: USS West Virginia (BB-48)
By Myron J. Smith
10.75 x 8.25, 48 pages, Paperback


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Mountain Biker’s Guide to West Virginia
By Robin Boyd
144 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, Paperback


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Mountain Measures: A Second Serving
By the Junior League of Charleston
6.5 x 8.75, 385 pages, Hardback with spiral binding


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Mountain Memories: An Appalachian Sense of Place
By Jim Clark
9.5 x 12, 223 pages, Hardcover


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Mountain Biking in West Virginia
By Frank Hutchins
5 x 7, 193 pages, Paperback


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Mountain Measures: A Collection of West Virginia Recipes
by The Junior League of Charleston
Hardback with spiral binding


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Mud River Tales: A Collection of Stories in Rhyme
by Lawrence Pauley
Hardback


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Mugworts in May: A Folklore of Herbs
by Linda Rago
Regular Price $14.95, 5.5 x 8.5, 120 pages, Paperback


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Murder in Shawnee
By John Douglas
6 x 9, 309 pages, Paperback


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Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians
By William C. Roody
5.5 x 8.5, 521 pages, Paperback


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New River: A Photographic Essay
by Arnout Hyde, Jr.
Paperback


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New River Gorge, Meadow River, and Summersville Lake Rock Climber’s Guidebook, Third Edition
By Steve Cater
6.5 x 9.5, 255 pages, Paperback


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No Star Nights
by Anna Egan
Paperback


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Notes on the Settlement and Indian Wars of the Western Parts of VA and PA
by Joseph Doddrige
Paperback.


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October Sky
by Homer Hickam, Jr.
Videocassette, VHS


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On Beyond Leatherbark: The Cass Saga
by Roy Clarkson
Hardback


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Once to Die
By Scott Burgess
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5.5 x 8.5, 287 pages, Paperback


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One Room School Games: Children’s Games of Yesteryear
By Maxine Sewell Scarbro
6 x 9, 62 pages, Paperback


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A Pictorial Guide to WV Civil War Sites
By Stan Cohen
8.5 x 11, 120 pages, Paperback


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Picturing West Virginia: A Century of Collecting by the West Virginia State Archives 1905-2005
By The WV Division of Culture and History
9 x 11, 120 pages, Paperback


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Princess Aracoma and the Settling of West Virginia
By G. T. Swain
5.5 x 8.5, 110 pages, Paperback


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Rail-Trails: Mid-Atlantic
By Rails-To-Trails Consevancy
5.5 x 8.5, 198 pages, Paperback


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Rebel Hart
by Edith Morris Hemingway and Jaqueline Cosgrove Shields
Paperback


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Recipes from the Old Mill: Baking with Whole Grains
By Sarah Myers and Mary Beth Lind
7 x 9, 252 pages, Paperback


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Red Are the Apples
by Marc Harshman and Cheryl Ryan
9.5 x 10.5, 32 pages Paperback
Full color illustrations


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Red Helmet
By Homer Hickam
6 x 9.25, 352 pages, Paperback


Song Hawkins has the reputation of being a cold-hearted businesswoman until she meets and marries the manager of a West Virginia coal mine. Song becom......[more]

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Rocket Boys: A Memoir
by Homer Hickam, Jr.
Paperback


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Sago Mine Disaster: Appalachian Coalfield Stories
By B. L. Dotson-Lewis
310 pages, 8 x 11, Paperback


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Saints and Villians
By Denise Giardina
6.5 x 9.5, 487 pages, Hardback


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Scenic Driving: West Virginia
by Bruce Sloane
195 pages. 6 x 9. Paperback.


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The Scotch-Irish: A Social History
By James G. Leyburn
6 x 9, 377 pages, Paperback


The term Scotch-Irish refers to people of Scottish descent who, after living in Northern Ireland, migrated to America in the eighteenth century. Calle......[more]

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Secrets of the Great Old-Timey Cooks: Historic Recipes, Lore & Wisdom
By Barbara Swell
5.5 x 8.5, 72 pages, Paperback


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Secret Life and Brutal Death of Mamie Thurman: A True Story, The
by Keith Davis
291 pages. 5 x 8. Paperback.


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Shadow of the Alleghenies
By Edwin Daryl Michael
6 x 9, 368 pages, Paperback


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Share No Secrets
By Carlene Thompson
4 x 7, 366 pages, Paperback


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Shawnee Captive: The Story of Mary Draper Ingles
By Mary Rodd Furbee
5.5 x 8.5, 112 pages, Paperback


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Shay Logging Locomotives at Cass, West Virginia, 1900-1960
by Philip Bagdon
Hardback, Fully Illustrated


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Sign Talker
by James Alexander Thom
496 pages, 4 x 7, Pocket paperback


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Since You've Been Gone
by Carlene Thompson
4 x 7, 344 pages, Paperback


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Smokehouse Ham, Spoon Bread & Scuppernong Wine: The Folklore and Art of Appalachian Cooking
By Joseph E. Dabney
7 x 9, 416 pages, Hardcover


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Sky of Stone
by Homer Hickam, Jr.
Hardback


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Sorrow in Our Heart: The Life of Tecumseh
by Allan W. Eckert
1,068 pages 4 x 7 Paperback


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State Parks of West Virginia
By Steve Shaluta
64 pages, 6 x 9, Paperback


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Storm, The
by Marc Harshman
32 pages, 8 x 11, Hardcover


When the discussion at school turns to tornadoes, Jonathan endures another embarrassing moment as one classmate says, "A tornado would be especia......[more]

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Take Two & Butter Them While They’re Hot!: Heirloom Recipes & Kitchen Wisdom
By Barbara Swell
5.5 x 8.5, 40 pages, Paperback


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Take Me Home, Country Roads (hardcover w/ CD)
Adapted and illustrated by Christopher Canyon
Hardcover, includes a CD with the title song.


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Take Me Home, Country Roads (paperback)
Adapted and illustrated by Christopher Canyon
Paperback, No CD.


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Tale of the Elk
By W. E. R. Byrne
464 pages, 6 x 9, Hardcover


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Tale of the Devil: The Biography of Devil Anse Hatfield
By Coleman C. Hatfield and Robert Y. Spence
6 x 9.5, 328 pages, Hardcover


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Talking ’bout the Relatives: Tales That Grow Taller with Each Telling
By Rich Knoblich
129 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, Paperback


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Teacher in the Patriot Bathing Suit
By Bil Lepp
CD, Running time: 52:12


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Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales, The
by Ruth Ann Musick
Narrated by Larry Groce
Two audiocassettes, Approx. running time 2 hours, 27 minutes.


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Tender Loving Care: Stories of a West Virginia Doctor Volume Two
By Harold Almond, M.D., as told to Greenbrier Almond, M.D.
5.5 x 8.5, 130 pages, Paperback


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They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers
by Gray Barker
Paperback


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Tonight You're Mine
By Charlene Thompson
Paperback


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Trans Allegheny Pioneers
By John P. Hale
5.25 x 8.5, 422 pages, Paperback


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Transforming the Appalachian Countryside: Railroads, Deforestation...
by Ronald L. Lewis
Paperback


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Tree Army: A Pictorial History of the Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-1942, The
by Stan Cohen
Paperback


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Trophies I Can’t Hang on the Wall
By Jay Banks
6x9, 128 pages, Paperback


A poetic reflection on fishing, growing up Appalachian, and life in general, Trophies offers wisdom and stories to soothe the soul. As Banks explains,......[more]

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Tumult On the Mountains: Lumbering in West Virginia, 1770-1920
by Roy Clarkson
5.75 x 9, 410 pages, Hardcover


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United States of Appalachia: How Southern Mountaineers Brought Independence, Culture, and Enlightenment to America
By Jeff Biggers
6.25 x 9, 238 pages, Hardcover


Though Appalachia often gets a bad rap in the media, the region has historically been a cradle of freedom, independence, and enlightenment, as well as......[more]

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Unquiet Earth, The
by Denise Giardina
6.5 x 9.5, 367 pages, Paperback


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Upper River: Elk’s Origins
By Skip Johnson
6 x 9, 301 Pages, Hardcover


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Warrior Woman: The Exeptional Life Story of Nonhelma, Shawnee Indian Woman Chief
By James Alexander Thom and Dark Rain Thom
4 x 7, 497 pages, Paperback


Literate, lovely, and imposing at over six feet tall, Nonhelema was the women’s peace chief of the Shawnee Nation. Sister to Chief Cornstalk, she was ......[more]

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Waterfalls of Virginia and West Virginia: A Hiking and Photography Guide
by Kevin Adams
6 x 9, 252 pages, Paperback


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Waterfalls of Virginia and West Virginia: A Hiking and Photography Guide
By Kevin Adams
6 x 9, 252 pages, Paperback


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Way Out in West Virginia: A Must-Have Guide to the Oddities and Wonders of the Mountain State
By Jeanne Mozier
254 pages, 6 x 9, Paperback


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Well Ain't Dry Yet, The
by Belinda Anderson
5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 155 pages, Paperback


Twilight Dawn sits at the quilt frame in her living room, creating something whole from the scraps people bring of their lives. Her customers then com......[more]

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Western Maryland Railway in West Virginia: The Photographs of G. H. Broadwater
By Alan Clarke
8.5 x 11, 178 pages, Hardcover.


At the end of the nineteenth century, railroads entered the mountains of eastern and central West Virginia for the first time, opening the area first ......[more]

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Wheeling Suspension Bridge: A Pictorial Heritage
by Emory L. Kemp and Beverly B. Fluty
Paperback


With the completion of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge in 1849, American engineers led the world in long-span suspension bridges for more than a centur......[more]

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When Miners March: The Story of Coal Miners in West Virginia
By William C. Blizzard
8.5 x 5.5, 392 pages, Paperback


Over half a century ago, William Blizzard wrote the story of coal miners in West Virginia. His father was the fearless Bill Blizzard, who led the Red ......[more]

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White Grass Flavor
By Laurie Little and Mary Beth Gwyer
8.5 x 9, 201 pages, Paperback


For more than 20 years the White Grass Café in Canaan Valley has served delicious dishes that are “not your average fare.” This cookbook presents easy......[more]

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Wildflowers and Trees of West Virginia: Identifying the State’s Flora, Including Shrubs and Vines
By Christopher Gatens and Emily Grafton
Illustrations by Erin Turner
4 x 6.5, 187 pages, Paperback


This beautifully illustrated guide’s compact format and convenient organization allow even the novice to identify everything from rhododendron to fiel......[more]

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Wildflowers of the Southern Appalachians: How to Photograph and Identify Them
by Kevin Adams and Marty Casstevens
Paperback


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Wilderness Empire
by Allan Eckert.
653 pages, 6 x 9, Paperback


This is the gripping story of the savage but artful eighteenth-century struggle between France and England to gain control of the Iroquois lands in No......[more]

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Witches, Ghosts, and Signs: Folklore of the Southern Appalachians
By Patrick W. Gainer
5.5 x 8.5, 216 pages, Paperback


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Wonders of West Virginia
Photography by Steve Shaluta, text by Jeanne Mozier
10.25 x 13.5, 128 pages, Hardcover


Photographer Steve Shaluta brings us images of a state filled with unique places and unusual sights––many of them wild and most of them wonderful. Thi......[more]

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Woods & Waters: A Collection of Outdoor Stories from West Virginia and Beyond
by Skip Johnson
Paperback


Author Skip Johnson retired in 1992, after three decades as the outdoor columnist for The Charleston Gazette and Sunday Gazette-Mail. This book is a c......[more]

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West Virginia: A History for Beginners
By John Alexander Williams
Edited by Topper Sherwood
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7.5 x 9, 278 pages, Hardcover


Williams’ book examines the geographic, cultural, political, economic, and social factors that shape West Virginia. Well-illustrated and researched, i......[more]

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West Virginia Beauty: Familiar and Rare
By Steve Shaluta and Jeanne Mozier
10.5 x 13.5, 128 pages, Hardcover


For those who witness and treasure the beauty of West Virginia daily and for those who live elsewhere but hold the wild beauty of West Virginia in the......[more]

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West Virginia Beauty: Familiar and Rare

West Virginia: The Allegheny Highlands
By Jim Clark
Hardback


"A native son who has rediscovered his home state, Jim has captured on film the essence of what makes this region of West Virginia special . . ." So r......[more]

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West Virginia: The Allegheny Highlands

West Virginia: A Film History
By The West Virginia Humanities Council
2 DVD set, 6 hours


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West Virginia Birds: An Introduction to Familiar Species
By James Kavanagh
8 x 22, Laminated double-tri-fold


This easy-to-carry pocket guide is what every state nature lover needs. Shown in vivid color are common species of birds that are found across West Vi......[more]

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West Virginia Birds: An Introduction to Familiar Species

West Virginia Book of Lists, The
by Gerald Tomlinson and Richard C. Weigen
Paperback


This book shows in a concise, graphic, and fun way the many and varied reasons for the pride West Virginians take in their state. Read about West Virg......[more]

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West Virginia and the Captains of Industry
by John Alexander Williams
Paperback


Beginning in antebellum times, but at a much quickened pace after the Civil War, an industrial economy emerged in West Virginia based on the extractio......[more]

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West Virginia Central & Pittsburg Railway: A Western Maryland Predecessor
By Alan Clarke
On Sale! $9.95, Regular $32.95, 8.75 x 11.25, 160 pages, Hardcover


Beginning as a narrow gauge line in 1880 and changing its name and gauge in 1881, this line opened the rich mining and timber regions of northern West......[more]

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West Virginia Civil War Almanac: Volume 1
By Tim McKinney
Hardback


A dream come true for researcher and genealogist alike. The majority of this massive reference volume is the 1890 Civil War Veteran Census which ident......[more]

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West Virginia Civil War Almanac: Volume 1

West Virginia Civil War Almanac: Volume 2
By Tim McKinney Hardback

The much anticipated second volume in the series. A wealth of information including: a roster of over 31,000 U.S. soldiers from WV; an index of ......[more]

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West Virginia's Coal and Coke Railroad: A B & O Predecessor
by Alan Clarke
8.5 x 11, 176 pages, Hardback


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West Virginia Curiosities
By Rick Steelhammer
6 x 9, 214 pages, Paperback


Rick Steelhammer, a longtime writer for the Charleston Gazette, has compiled the Mountain State’s wildest, wackiest, and most outrageous offerings in ......[more]

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West Virginia Disasters: Mountain State Tragedies That Have Changed Our Lives
8.5 x 11, 100 pages, Paperback

Compiled by seven West Virginia newspapers, this book covers 19 disasters that hugely impacted the Mountain State and its people. Dramatic black-and-w......[more]

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West Virginia Encyclopedia, The
By The West Virginia Humanities Council
944 pages, 8.5 x 11, Hardcover


A Great Gift for Dad on Father’s Day! Working under the slogan, “All there is to know about West Virginia,” the editors of The West Virginia Encyclope......[more]

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West Virginia Farm Stories
By Mary Cordelia Riffee Figgatt
6 x 9, 141 pages, Paperback


Figgett, now 104 years old, began writing at the age of 93 when she taught herself to use a computer. Initially written for her family, her rural farm......[more]

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West Virginia Getaways: A Guide to the State’s Bed and Breakfasts and Country Inns
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6 x 6, 289 pages, Paperback


Travel to grand nineteenth-century homes serving elegant cuisine or to quaint country cottages overlooking beautiful mountain ridges. West Virginia Ge......[more]

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West Virginia Hiking Trails: Hiking the Mountain State
By Allen de Hart
5 x 7, 329 pages, Paperback


Completely devoted to hiking the spectacular hills and wilderness of the Mountain State, de Hart’s revised guide has updated descriptions of more than......[more]

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West Virginia in Pictures
Edited by Steve Payne
9 x 6, 64 pages, Full color photos, Paperback


West Virginia in Pictures captures the Mountain State’s natural beauty with incredible, full-color photographs. From images of windswept Dolly Sods, t......[more]

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West Virginia: The Land and Its People
by Arnout Hyde Jr. Text by Lucia K. Hyde.
10.25 x 13.5, 128 pages,Hardback with color dust jacket


With its rugged topography and rich history, West Virginia represents a special blend of stunning land and strong people. Through the photography of A......[more]

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West Virginia’s Last Logging Railroad: Meadow River Lumber Company
By Philip Bagdon
8.5 x 11, 76 pages, Paperback


This book offers a full history, from 1912 to 1971, of this huge lumbering operation. By 1929, Meadow River was the largest hardwood lumber manufactur......[more]

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West Virginia’s Last Logging Railroad: Meadow River Lumber Company

West Virginia Logging Railroads
By William E. Warden
8.5 x 11, 108 pages, Hardback


William Warden began photographing West Virginia’s logging railroads in 1957. His extensive collection of color and black-and-white photographs record......[more]

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West Virginia Narrow Gauge: Mann's Creek Railway
by Ron Lane and Ted Schnepf
Hardback


In November 1886, the new nine-mile-long narrow gauge Mann's Creek Railway made its first official run hauling coal. Eventually growing to 20 miles in......[more]

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West Virginia Railroads: Railroading in the Mountain State
By Thomas W. Dixon
8.5 x 11, 128 pages, Paperback


This book outlines West Virginia’s railroading history from the earliest entry of the Baltimore & Ohio up to the 1960s. Besides highlighting major li......[more]

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West Virginia Railroads: Railroading in the Mountain State

West Virginia Rider’s Guide
By Mario Caruso
6 x 8.5, 144 pages, Spiral Bound


Avid motorcyclists want the most scenic, winding, and adventurous routes while traveling, and West Virginia Rider’s Guide delivers. Even if your ride ......[more]

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West Virginia Rider’s Guide

West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railroad: The B&O’s Road to the Hardwoods, The
By Alan Clarke
8.5 x 11.25, 226 pages, Hardcover


Friends and rivals Johnson Newlon Camden and Henry Gassaway Davis spearheaded the construction of railroads that opened access to untouched stands of ......[more]

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West Virginia Quilts and Quiltmakers: Echoes from the Hills
by Fawn Valentine
Paperback


Tucked away in the Appalachian Mountains, preserved for generations, are handmade bed quilts, beautiful family legacies created with needle and thread......[more]

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West Virginia Wildlife Viewing Guide
by Mark Duda
Paperback


This book contains 63 different descriptions of sites where you can view wildlife in its natural habitat in West Virginia. West Virginia is home to mo......[more]

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West Virginia Wildlife Viewing Guide

West Virginia: Wonder and Light
Photography by Ian Plant
9 x 9, 72 pages, Paperback


West Virginia is a land of striking contrasts and superlative beauty. From soaring mountains to deep canyons, from roaring waterfalls to placid alpine......[more]

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West Virginia: Wonder and Light

Yeager: An Autobiography
by Gen. Chuck Yeager and Leo Janos
4 x 7, 435 pages, Paperback


Gen. Chuck Yeager, the first pilot to break the sound barrier, reveals what it was like to engage in dogfights over Nazi Europe, escape occupied Franc......[more]

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Yeager: An Autobiography

You Can Run ...
By Carlene Thompson
4 x 7, 334 pages, Paperback


Although still recovering from her husband’s untimely death, Penny Conley seems to be thriving in her West Virginia suburb when an attack is made on h......[more]

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