Author: Jeanne Mozier
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781942294306
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Essential Way Out in West Virginia
Author: Jeanne Mozier
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781942294306
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781942294306
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Mountaineers Are Always Free
Author: Rosemary V. Hathaway
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781949199307
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"The West Virginia University Mountaineer isn't just a mascot: it's a symbol of West Virginia history and identity that's embraced throughout the state. Folklorist Rosemary Hathaway explores the figure's early history as a backwoods trickster, its deployment in emerging mass media, and finally its long and sometimes conflicted career-beginning officially in 1937-as the symbol of West Virginia University"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781949199307
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"The West Virginia University Mountaineer isn't just a mascot: it's a symbol of West Virginia history and identity that's embraced throughout the state. Folklorist Rosemary Hathaway explores the figure's early history as a backwoods trickster, its deployment in emerging mass media, and finally its long and sometimes conflicted career-beginning officially in 1937-as the symbol of West Virginia University"--
The West Virginia Hand-Book and Immigrant's Guide
Author: J. H. Diss Debar
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781376298932
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781376298932
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
West Virginia Curiosities
Author: Rick Steelhammer
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1461747236
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Laugh your way through the pages of West VirginiaCuriosities, your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Mountain State has to offer!
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1461747236
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Laugh your way through the pages of West VirginiaCuriosities, your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Mountain State has to offer!
Blood in West Virginia
Author: Brandon Kirk
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781455619184
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"In 1880s West Virginia, Green McCoy and Milt Haley were paid to kill Allen Brumfield and were punished for the crime. Using newspaper archives, courthouse documents, rare photographs, and interviews with descendants (the author is one), this gripping book follows the all-out feud that resulted"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781455619184
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"In 1880s West Virginia, Green McCoy and Milt Haley were paid to kill Allen Brumfield and were punished for the crime. Using newspaper archives, courthouse documents, rare photographs, and interviews with descendants (the author is one), this gripping book follows the all-out feud that resulted"--Provided by publisher.
Living Life the West Virginia Way
Author: Carolyn Peluso Atkins
Publisher: Mascot Books
ISBN: 9781620861196
Category : West Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
West Virginians are very proud of their state and character. Take a journey through the Wild and Wonderful state and learn more about what makes West Virginia special. This book introduces information about the state, the importance of attending college with an emphasis on West Virginia University and Marshall University, and ten traits of good character which West Virginians are proud to demonstrate.
Publisher: Mascot Books
ISBN: 9781620861196
Category : West Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
West Virginians are very proud of their state and character. Take a journey through the Wild and Wonderful state and learn more about what makes West Virginia special. This book introduces information about the state, the importance of attending college with an emphasis on West Virginia University and Marshall University, and ten traits of good character which West Virginians are proud to demonstrate.
Roadside Geology of West Virginia
Author: Joseph G. Lebold
Publisher: Roadside Geology
ISBN: 9780878426836
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Authors Joseph Lebold and Christopher Wilkinson lead you along roads through the Mountain State, past roadcuts exposing contorted rock layers, coral reefs, and ancient red soils.
Publisher: Roadside Geology
ISBN: 9780878426836
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Authors Joseph Lebold and Christopher Wilkinson lead you along roads through the Mountain State, past roadcuts exposing contorted rock layers, coral reefs, and ancient red soils.
Another Appalachia
Author: Neema Avashia
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781952271427
Category : Cross Lanes (W. Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
"Examines both the roots and the resonance of Neema Avashia's identity as a queer desi Appalachian woman. With lyric and narrative explorations of foodways, religion, sports, standards of beauty, social media, and gun culture"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781952271427
Category : Cross Lanes (W. Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
"Examines both the roots and the resonance of Neema Avashia's identity as a queer desi Appalachian woman. With lyric and narrative explorations of foodways, religion, sports, standards of beauty, social media, and gun culture"--
The Book of the Dead
Author: Muriel Rukeyser
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781946684219
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Written in response to the Hawk's Nest Tunnel disaster of 1931 in Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, The Book of the Dead is an important part of West Virginia's cultural heritage and a powerful account of one of the worst industrial catastrophes in American history. The poems collected here investigate the roots of a tragedy that killed hundreds of workers, most of them African American. They are a rare engagement with the overlap between race and environment in Appalachia. Published for the first time alongside photographs by Nancy Naumburg, who accompanied Rukeyser to Gauley Bridge in 1936, this edition of The Book of the Dead includes an introduction by Catherine Venable Moore, whose writing on the topic has been anthologized in Best American Essays.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781946684219
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Written in response to the Hawk's Nest Tunnel disaster of 1931 in Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, The Book of the Dead is an important part of West Virginia's cultural heritage and a powerful account of one of the worst industrial catastrophes in American history. The poems collected here investigate the roots of a tragedy that killed hundreds of workers, most of them African American. They are a rare engagement with the overlap between race and environment in Appalachia. Published for the first time alongside photographs by Nancy Naumburg, who accompanied Rukeyser to Gauley Bridge in 1936, this edition of The Book of the Dead includes an introduction by Catherine Venable Moore, whose writing on the topic has been anthologized in Best American Essays.
Day and Overnight Hikes: West Virginia's Monongahela National Forest
Author: Johnny Molloy
Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press
ISBN: 0897328361
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
The heart and soul of wild, wonderful West Virginia, the mighty Monongahela National Forest is within a day's drive of one-third of the population of the United States. The best way to see and experience the stately forests and pristine waterfalls is by foot. Day and Overnight Hikes: West Virginia's Monongahela National Forest will guide visitors the entire way while exploring this national treasure.
Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press
ISBN: 0897328361
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
The heart and soul of wild, wonderful West Virginia, the mighty Monongahela National Forest is within a day's drive of one-third of the population of the United States. The best way to see and experience the stately forests and pristine waterfalls is by foot. Day and Overnight Hikes: West Virginia's Monongahela National Forest will guide visitors the entire way while exploring this national treasure.