February 2006
New Books Received
Kevin Adams. North Carolina Waterfalls: A Hiking and Photography Guide. Winston-Salem, NC: John F. Blair, Publisher, 2005. 590 pages with index, maps, photos, note. Paperback. $19.95.
Darlene Applegate and Robert C. Mainfort, Jr., Editors. Woodland Period Systematics In the Middle Ohio Valley. Tuscaloosa, AL: The University of Alabama Press, 2005. 288 pages with preface, maps, photos, tables, references, contributors, and index. Paperback. $32.95.
Darnell Arnoult. What Travels With Us: Poems. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 2005. 56 pages. Paperback. $16.95.
Sandra L. Ballard and Haeja K. Chung, Editors. The Collected Short Stories of Harriette Simpson Arnow. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press, 2005. 259 pages with works cited, and notes. Paperback. $24.95.
Wendell Berry. Blessed Are the Peacemakers: Christ’s Teachings About Love, Compassion, and Forgiveness. Emeryville, CA: Shoemaker & Hoard, 2005. 68 pages. Paperback. $8.00.
Jeff Biggers. The United States of Appalachia: How Southern Mountaineers Brought Independence, Culture, and Enlightenment to America. Emeryville, CA: Shoemaker & Hoard Publishers, 2006. 238 pages with index, bibliographic notes, map, preface, prologue, and epilogue. Hardback in dustjacket. $26.00.
Dennis L. Brewer. Memories of a Forgotten Time. Richmond, KY: Kentucky Printing, 2005. 120 pages with introduction, illustrations, photos, , and footnotes. Paperback. $15.00.
Harry Brown. Felt Along the Blood: New and Selected Poems. Nicholasville, KY: Wind Publications, 2005. 93 pages with about the editor, foreward by Steven R. Cope, acknowledgements, and about the author. Paperback. $14.00.
Alan K. Cornette. The Sandstone Chronicles: Rock Art of the Red River Gorge, an Appalachian Journey. Slade, KY: Earth Macro Vision, Inc., 2005. 282 pages with preface, illustrations, photos, and notes. Hardback in dustjacket. $24.95.
Ann Tipton Cortner. Nazotus: A Novel of Manners. Connellys Springs, NC: Highland Creek Books, 2005. 267 pages. Paperback. $9.95.
Connie Loraine Cox. Our Place in History: Southwestern Preston County, West Virginia. Terra Alta, WV: Headline Books, Inc., 2005. 288 pages with index, acknowledgements, references, bibliography, credits, books consulted, photos, introduction, and disclaimer. Hardback. $34.95.
Ed Davis. The Measure of Everything. Austin, TX: Plain View Press, 2005. 176 pages with about the author and acknowledgements. Paperback. $14.95.
Cheryl Denise. I Saw God Dancing: Poems. Telford, PA: DreamSeeker Books, 2005. 90 pages with about the author and acknowledgements. Paperback $12.95.
Victor M. Depta. The Simultaneous Mountain: Essays on Mysticism and Poetry. Ashland, KY: Blair Mountain Press, 2005. 270 pages with bibliography, index, and glossary. Paperback. $15.00.
Thomas W. Elam. My New Kentucky Home. Frederick, MD: PublishAmerica, 2005. 237 pages. Paperback. $19.95.
Jack D. Ellis. Kentucky Memories: Reflections of Rowan County 1865-2006. Ashland, KY: Mountain Press, 2005. 448 pages with acknowledgements, preface, photos, bibliography, and appendices. Hardback in dustjacket. $35.00.
Steve Flairty. Tim Farmer: A Kentucky Woodsman Restored. Kuttawa, KY: McClanahan Publishing House, Inc., 2005. 192 pages with acknowledgments, foreword, photos, recipes, appendix, and list of organizations. Hardback. $21.95.
Marc Harshman. Local Journeys: A Collection of Poems. Georgetown, KY: Finishing Line Press, 2005. 27 pages with about the author and notes. Paperback. $12.00.
Elizabeth Howard. Gleaners. Cordova, TN: Grandmother Earth & Life Press, 2005. 76 pages with introduction, acknowledgements, and about the author. Paperback. $10.00.
Jack Igelman and Corey Hadden. Trekking the Southern Appalachians: The Carolinas, Tennessee, Georgia. Seattle, WA: The Mountaineers Books, 2005. 285 pages with introduction, color maps, charts, color photos, appendix, index, abouth the authors, and bibliography. Paperback. $18.95.
Ed Krause. Our Kinfolks: A Novel. Boone, NC: Parkway Publishers, Inc. 226 pages with author’s bio, acknowledgements, preface, and epilogue. Paperback. $19.95.
Pat Mattaini Mestern. No Choice But Freedom: A Novel of Treachery and Triumph in Colonial America. Boone, NC: High Country Publishers, 2006. 249 pages with acknowledgements, maps, and author’s note. Paperback. $16.00.
D. Grove Moler. Would I Be A Lawyer Again? A Country Lawyer’s Observation Over 72 Years. Parsons, WV: McClain Printing Company, 2005. 194 pages with sources, preface, epilogue, and photos. Paperback. $24.00.
Doris Musick. The Starched Apron. Pounding Mill, VA: Henderson Publishing, 2005. 154 pages with epilogue, photos, introduction, and about the author. Hardback. $19.95.
David Sherrill Oaks. Misty Misty Morn: A Novel of the Past. Mustang, OK: Tate Publishing, LLC, 2005. 196 pages. Paperback. $16.95.
DruAnna Williams Overbay. Windows on the Past: The Cultural Heritage of Vardy. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2005. 225 pages with photos, acknowledgements, introduction, footnotes, appendixes, bibliography, and index. Paperback. $25.00.
Robert M. Rennick. The Post Offices of Kentucky’s Gateway-Buffalo Trace Area: A Survey of the 489 Post Offices of Mason, Bracken, Fleming, Lewis, Bath, Morgan, Rowan, Robertson, and Menifee Counties. Lakegrove, OR: The Depot, 2005. 155 pages with indexes, maps, photos, footnotes, references, and introduction. Paperback. $12.50.
Emilie Richards. Endless Chain: A Novel. Ontario: Mira Books, 2005. 462 pages with acknowledgements. Hardback in dustjacket. $19.95.
Tammy Ruggles, Editor. Peace: Quotations and Aspirations. Sante Fe, NM: Clear Light Publishing, Corp., 2006. 152 pages with about the author and index. Paperback. $ 9.95.
Justine Felix Rutherford. Wild Mustard: Flavorful Characters, Opinions, and Recipes from Spurlock Creek. Huntington, WV: Mid-Atlantic Highlands Publishing, 2005. 158 pages with index of recipes, acknowledgements, letter to readers, introduction, and illustrations. Paperback. $12.95.
Barbara Smith. Their Name Means Medicine: The Story of the Myers Family. Parsons, WV: McClain Printing Company, 2005. 132 pages with appendix, photos, charts, acknowledgements, foreword, and introduction. Paperback. $15.00.
Elder John Sparks. Raccoon John Smith: Frontier Kentucky’s Most Famous Preacher. Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 2005. 462 pages with acknowledgements, introduction, photos, maps, notes, bibliography, and index. Hardback in dustjacket. $45.00.
Thomas F. Stafford. Afflicting the Comfortable: Journalism and Politics in West Virginia. Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University Press, 2005. 331 pages with foreword, photos, afterword, and index. Hardback in dustjacket. $30.00.
Sylvia Thompson. John’s Little Acre: Sweet and Bitter Stories of a Little Girl Lost. Huntington, WV: Mid-Atlantic Highlands Publishing, 2005. 147 pages with preface, photos, acknowledgements, and introduction. Paperback. $12.00.
Sydney Burns Turnbull. Black Patent Leather Shoes & Transparent Pie: An Eastern Kentucky Girl Remembers. Huntington, WV: Mid-Atlantic Highlands Publishing, 2005. 121 pages with acknowledgements and photos. Paperback. $11.00.
Philip St. Clair. Divided House. Georgetown, KY: Finishing Line Press, 2005. 23 pages with about the author and chronology. Paperback. $12.00.
Roberta Webb. The Dark and Bloody Ground: A Novel. Austin, TX: TurnKey Press, 2005. 381 pages with acknowledgements. Paperback. $19.95.
Robert West. Best Company. Chapel Hill, NC: Blink, 2005. 21 pages with about the author. Paperback. $7.00.
REPRINTS
Warren R. Hofstra. The Planting of New Virginia: Settlement and Landscape in the Shenandoah Valley. Baltimore, MA: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006 paperback reprint of 2004 hardback. 410 pages with about the author, related books in the series, index, notes, photos, maps, acknowledgements, list of illustrations, prologue, and epilogue. Paperback. $25.00.
Rhoda Bailey Warren. Appalachian Mountain Girl: Coming of Age in Coal Mine Country. Chicago, IL: Academy Chicago Publishers, 2005 paperback reprint of 1998 hardback. 173 pages with introduction, epilogue, and illustration. Paperback. $16.95.
Billy Randal Maynard, MBA. Take the Road to Somewhere: A Collection of Original Poems, Essays, Prose, and Short Stories. Bloomington, IN: 1stBooks Library, 2005. 127 pages with about the author and photos. Paperback. $19.45.
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Nancy Kelly Allen. Daniel Boone: Trailblazer. Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company, 2005. 28 pages with illustrations by Joan C. Waites. Hardback in dustjacket. $15.95.
Colonel Alonzo Fugate. Nose Pickin’ (And 50 Other Ways to Tickle Your Brain!) Frederick, MD: Publish America, 2005. 80 pages with foreward by the author and illustrations. Paperback. $14.95.
Mack Samples. The Devil’s Tea Tables: West Virginia Ghost Tales and Other Stories. Charleston, WV: Quarrier Press, 2005. 117 pages with prologue and about the author. Paperback. $9.95.