New Books Received
Laura Benedict and Pinckney Benedict, eds. Surreal South: an Anthology of Short Fiction and Poetry. Winston-Salem: Press 53, 2007. 378 pages. Trade paperback, $19.95.
James Braziel. Birmingham, 35 Miles. New York: The Bantam Dell Publishing Group, 2008. 292 pages. Trade paperback, $12.00.
Shirley Stewart Burns. Bringing Down the Mountains: The Impact of Mountaintop Removal on Southern West Virginia Communities. Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 2007. 214 pages with photos and map. Trade paperback, $27.50.
Avery Chenoweth. Empires in the Forest: Jamestown and the Beginning of America. Earlysville, Va.: The Rivanna Foundation, 2006. 207 pages with photos by Robert Llewellyn and introduction by Mark R. Warner. Hardback with dust jacket, $49.95.
Judith Clarke. That’s All She Wrote. Blacksburg: Pocahontas Press, 2007. 240 pages. Trade paperback, $15.00.
Thomas W. Dixon, Jr., compiler. Chessie System: Railroads in West Virginia. Clifton Forge, Va: The Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society, 2007. 64 pages with photos. Trade paperback, $22.95.
Rand Dotson. Roanoke, Virginia, 1882-1912: Magice City of the New South. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2007.338 pages with photos and maps. Hardback with dust jacket, $42.00.
Phyllis M. Eagletree. Roll the Wheel: The Abundang Life and Wisdom of Mae Phillips. Louisville: ForSight, 2007. 135 pages with foreword by N. Scott Momaday and photos. Trade paperback, $24.95.
Melinda M. Hicks and C. Belmont Keeney, eds. Defending the Homeland: Historical Perspectives on Radicalism, Terrorism, and State Responses.Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 2007. 233 pages with foreword by Jeffrey H. Norwitz and photos. Trade paperback, $27.50.
Life in the Coal Camps of Wise County. Big Stone Gap: Lonesome Pine Office on Youth, 2006. 177 pages with foreword by Brian D. McKnight and photos. Hardback with pictorial cover, no price listed.
Jon Lohman. In Good Keeping: Virginia’s Folklife Apprenticeships. Charlottesvile: The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, 2007. 227 pages with photos by Morgan Miller. Hardback with trade paperback, $49.95.
Hullihen Williams Moore. Shenandoah: Views of Our National Park. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2003. 89 pages with photos. Trade paperback, $22.95.
Heidi Muller, ed. Patchwork Dreams: Stories, Songs and History from Big Ugly Creek and Harts Creek, West Virginia. Charleston: Step by Step, Inc., 2007. 202 pages with photos, music, two teaching CDs, and preface by Michael Tierney. Spiral bound, no price listed.
Walter Hines Page. The Southerner: A Novel. Columbia: The University of South Carolina Press, 2008. 424 pages with introduction by Scott Romine. Trade paperback, $16.95.
Arlene Sanders. Tiger Burning Bright. Lookout Mountain: Jefferson Press. Pre-release copy.
M.W. Smith. Fishing the Greenbrier Valley. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2005. 82 pages with photos. Trade paperback, $12.95.
M.W. Smith. Fishing the New River Valley. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2002. 94 pages with photos. Trade paperback, $12.95.
M.W. Smith. Fishing the Roanoke Valley. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2003. 78 pages with photos. Trade paperback. $12.95.
M.W. Smith. Fishing the Shenandoah Valley. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2005. 90 pages with photos. Trade paperback, $12.95.
REPRINTS
Martin Wach and Delia Wach. The Great West Virginia Snow Adventure: Teddy Bear Guiardians of the Rain Forest. Terra Alta, W. Va.: Headline Books, Inc., a 2008 reprint of a 2007 original. 30 pages with illustrations. Hardback with pictorial cover, $16.95.
John Quincy Wolf. Life in the Leatherwoods. Fatetteville: The University of Arkansas Press, a 2000 reprint of a 1974 original. 219 pages with photos and illustrations. Trade paperback, $20.00.
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Robert Broyden. Scalesters. Blacksburg: Pocahontas Press, 2007. 43 pages with illustrations. Staple-bound, no price listed.
Tracy S. Kincaid. The Adventures of Casey the Lost Suitcase. Terra Alta, W. Va.: Headline Books, Inc., 2008. 32 pages with illustrations. Hardback with pictorial cover, $16.95.
Kerry Madden. Louisiana’s Song. New York: Penguin Group, 2007. 278 pages. Hardback with dust jacket, $16.99.
J.D. Stahl. Climbing Daddy Mountain. Blacksburg: Pocahontas Press, 2007. 26 pages with illustrations by Joni Pienkowski. Trade paperback, $7.95.
Martin Wach and Delia Wach. An Adventure in Writing. Terra Alta, W. Va.: Headline Books, Inc., 2007. 32 pages with illustrations. Trade paperback, $14.95.
Martin Wach and Delia Wach with 2nd and 4th Grade Franklin Elementary Center Students. The Cat Has Class! Terra Alta, W. VA.: Headline Books, Inc., 2008. 32 pages with illustration. Hardback with pictorial cover, $16.95.
Martin Wach and Delia Wach with the children of Appalachia. Teddy Bear Helps on the Farm. Terra Alta, W. Va.: Headline Books, Inc., 2008. 64 pages with illustrations and activities. Trade paperback, $14.95.