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August 2006
New Books Received

Howard Bahr. The Judas Field: A Novel of the Civil War. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 2006. 292 pages. Hardback in dust jacket. $25.00.

Joyce Blackburn. Martha Berry: A Woman of Courageous Spirit and Bold Dreams. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers, Ltd., 2006. 162 pages. Trade paperback. $8.95.

Catherine Carter. The Memory of Gills: Poems. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2006. 59 pages with acknowledgements. Trade paperback. $16.95.

Dudley Cocke, Donna Porterfield and Edward Wemytewa, editors. Journeys Home: Revealing a Zuni-Appalachian Collaboration. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2002. 112 pages with illustrations, contributors’ notes and audio CD. Trade paperback. $19.95.

Tina Rae Collins. The Melting Pot. Baltimore: Publish America, 2006. 98 pages with acknowledgements. Trade paperback. $14.95.

Frank Conley. The Cherokee Nation: A History. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2005. 265 with index, appendices and acknowledgements. $24.95.

Frank C. Davis. My C.C.C. Days: Memories of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Boone, NC: Parkway Publishers, 2006. 58 pages with photographs. Trade paperback. $12.00.

M. Anna Fariello. Blue Ridge Roadways: A Virginia Field Guide to Cultural Sites. Winston-Salem, NC: John F. Blair Publisher, 2006. 318 pages with index, acknowledgements and suggested reading list. Trade paperback. $17.95.

Ruth Graham. A Legacy of Faith: Things I Learned from My Father. Grand Rapids: Inspirio, 2006. 189 pages with endnotes. Hardback in dust jacket. $12.99.

Allan Gurganus, Ed. New Stories from the South: the Year’s Best, 2006. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2006. 340 with bibliography and appendix. Trade paperback.

Beth Webb Hart. Adelaide Piper: A Novel. Nashville: West Bow Press, 2006. 325 pages with acknowledgements and reading group guide questions. Trade paperback. $13.99.

Connie Huddleston, Carol Aldridge and Virginia Smith. Images of America: Marshall County. Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2006. 127 pages with references and photographs. Trade paperback. $19.99.

Joshilyn Jackson. Between, Georgia. New York: Warner Books, 2006. 294 pages with acknowledgements. Hardback in dust jacket. $22.99.

J. L. Miles. Cold Rock River. Nashville: Cumberland House Press, 2006. 327 pages with recipes. Trade paperback. $29.95.

Kevin Oderman. Going: A Novel. Morgantown, WV: Vandalia Press, 2006. 264 pages with acknowledgements. Trade paperback. $16.50.

Clyde Roy Pack. Coal-Camp Chronicles. Paintsville, KY: Where? Press, 2005. 259 pages with index and acknowledgements. Trade paperback. $15.00.

Mark Powell. Blood Kin. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2006. 237 pages. Hardback in dust jacket. $32.00.

Delia Ray. Singing Hands. New York, NY: Clarion Books, 2006. 248 pages with photographs. Hardback in dust jacket. $16.00.

Taylor Reese. A Picture of the Past. Boone, NC: Parkway Publishers, 2006. 203 pages with acknowledgements. Trade paperback. $16.95.

Charles Rice. The View from My Ridge. Gatlinburg, TN: Canopic Publishing, 2003. 170 pages. Trade paperback. $14.95.

Jonathan Dean Sarris. A Separate Civil War: Communities in Conflict in the Mountain South. Charlottesville, VA: The University of Virginia Press, 2006. 238 pages with index, bibliography, notes pages, acknowledgements and photographs. Hardback. $22.50.

Stephen Michael Shearer. Patricia Neal: An Unquiet Life. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2006. 441 pages with index, appendix, selected bibliography, notes pages, acknowledgements and photographs. $35.00.

Deborah Smith. The Crossroads Café. Smyrna, GA: Belle Books, 2006. 384 pages. Trade paperback. $16.95.

Lee Smith. On Agate Hill. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2006. 367 pages. Trade paperback. $24.95.

R.T. Smith. Uke Rivers Delivers: Stories. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2006. 142 pages with acknowledgements. Trade paperback. $16.95.

Michael Ann Williams. Staging Tradition: John Lair and Sarah Gertrude Knott. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2006. 221 pages with index, works cited, notes pages, acknowledgements and photographs. Trade paperback. $20.00.

Marianne Worthington. Larger Bodies Than Mine. Georgetown, KY: Finishing Line Press, 2006. 30 pages. Staple-bound paperback. $12.

Kim Wozencraft. The Devil’s Backbone. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2006. 352 pages with acknowledgements. Hardback in dust jacket. $24.95.

Reprints

James Lane Allen, with a commentary by Wendell Berry. The Cumberlands. Monterey, KY: Larkspur Press, 2006 reprint of a 1972 release. 36 pages. Hardback in dust jacket. $28.00.

Tom Deitz. Windmaster’s Bane. Boone, NC: Ingall’s Publishing, 2006 reprint of 1986 release. 301 pages with acknowledgements. Hardback. $17.95.

Thomas Goldsmith, editor. The Bluegrass Reader. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2006 reprint of a 2004 release. 353 pages with index and acknowledgements. Trade paperback. $21.95.

Brian Keene. The Conqueror Worms. Wayne, PA: Leisure Books, 2006 of a 2005 release as Earthworm Gods. 326 pages. Trade paperback. $6.99.

Robert Penn Warren. All the King’s Men. New York: Harcourt Trade Publishers, 2006 reprint of a 1946 release. 661 pages. Trade paperback. $15.00.

Children’s Books

Mark Delaney. Misfits Inc., No. 4: The Kingfisher's Tale. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers, Ltd., 2006. 217 pages. Trade paperback. $5.95.

Deborah L. Duvall. How Medicine Came to the People: A Tale of the Ancient Cherokees. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2003. 32 pages with illustrations by Murv Jacob. Hardback in dust jacket. $14.95.

Holly George-Warren. Honky-Tonk Heroes & Hillbilly Angels: The Pioneers of Country & Western Music. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2006. 31 pages with illustrations by Laura Levine. Hardback in dust jacket. $16.00.

Doris Grove. My Mother Talks to Trees. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers, Ltd., 2006. Oversized hardback with color illustrations. $15.95.

John McCutcheon and Henri Sørensen. Christmas in the Trenches. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers, Ltd., 2006. Pages ??? with color pictures, music text and CD. Oversized hardback in dust jacket.

John McCutcheon. Mightier Than the Sword. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers, Ltd., 2006. CD. Price ???

Ann. Rinaldi. An Unlikely Friendship: The Childhoods of Mary Todd Lincoln and Elizabeth Keckley. Pre-release Copy. San Diego: Harcourt, 2007. 256 pages with bibliography. Hardback. $17.00.

Cynthia Rylant. Ludie’s Life. New York: Harcourt, 2006. 128 pages. Hardback. $16.00.

Bettye Stroud. The Patchwork Path: A Quilt Map to Freedom. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2005. 32 pages with illustrations by Erin Susanne Bennett. Hardback in dust jacket. $15.99.

Cynthia Rylant. The Van Gogh Café. San Diego: Harcourt, 2006. 53 pages. Trade paperback. $5.95.

Tim Tingle. Crossing Bok Chitto. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press, 2006. 40 pages with illustrations by Jeanne Rorex Bridges. Hardback in dust jacket. $17.95.