July 2009
New Books Received

Richard G. Anderson. The Charles Town, West Virginia, Confectioner: John Frederick Blessing, His Family, and His Descendants. Parsons, WV: McClain Printing Company, 2008. 52 pages with Appendices and Index. Trade Paperback, $ 16.95.

Robert P. Broadwater. General George H. Thomas: a Biography of the Union’s “Rock of Chickamauga”. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., Inc., 2009. 272 pages. Trade Paperback, $39.95.

Thomas Burton. Beech Mountain Man: The Memoirs of Ronda Lee Hicks. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2009. 133 pages with Index. Hardcover with dust jacket, $32.95.
John Casteen. Free Union. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2009. 88 pages. Trade Paperback, $16.95.

Reuben Cox. The Work of Joe Webb: Appalachian Master of Rustic Architecture. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2009. 132 pages with photos. Hardcover with dust jacket, $64.95.

Donald E. Davis, Thomas M. Deaton, David P. Boyle, & Jo-Anne Schick, eds. Voices from the Nueva Frontera: Latino Immigration in Dalton, Georgia. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2009.  189 pages with index and notes. Hardcover with dust jacket, $37.00.

Robert D. Denham. The Early Poetry of Charles Wright: a Companion, 1960-1990. Jefferson, NC:  McFarland & Co., Inc., 2009. 199 pages. Trade Paperback, $39.95.

Keith Donnelly. Three Days Dead. Gatlinburg, TN: Hummingbird Books, 2009. 303 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket, $24.95.

Laura Frantz. The Frontiersman’s Daughter: a Novel. Grand Rapids, MI: Revell, 2009. 415 pages. Trade Paperback, $13.99.

Arnold Fultz. Fixing the Ungodly Mess: A Pathway Change. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, Inc., 2009. 251 pages with notes and selected bibliography. Trade Paperback, $23.50.      

Denise Giardina. Emily’s Ghost: a Novel of the Brontë Sisters. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., 2009. 335 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket, $24.95.

Shepard Krech III. Spirits of the Air: Birds and American Indians in the South. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2009. 264 pages with illustrations. Hardcover with dust jacket, $44.95.

John Lane. Circling Home. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2009. 224 pages & 1 map. Trade Paperback, $19.95.

Laura Longsong. Imagine a Door: Poems. Cincinnati: Turning Point, 2009. 83 pages. Trade Paperback, $18.00.

Rosemary B. Mariner & G. Kurt Piehler, eds. The Atomic Bomb and American Society: New Perspectives. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2009. 447 pages with photographs, bibliographical essay, index, and contributors list. Hardcover with dust jacket, $42.99.

Laurie E. Miroff & Timothy D. Knapp, eds. Iroquoian Archaeology & Analytic Scale. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2009. 328 pages with Illustrations, Introduction, References Cited, and Index. Hardcover with dust jacket, $48.00.

Pocahontas Communication Cooperative. Roland Sharp, Country Doctor – Memories of a Life Well Lived. Parsons, WV: McClain Printing Company, 2008. 262 pages. Trade Paperback, $25.00.

Barbara Shoup & Margaret-Love Denham. Novel Ideas: Comtemporary Authors Share the Creative Process. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2009. 344 pages. Trade Paperback, $22.95.

Verna Mae Slone. How We Talked and Common Folks. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2009. 328 pages. Trade Paperback, $25.00.

Jesse Stuart. Stories. Ashland, KY: Jesse Stuart Foundation, 2009. 83 pages. Trade Paperback, $12.00.

Reprints

Violet Gadd Coonts. The Western Waters: Early Settlers of Eastern Barbour County, West Virginia. Colorado Springs: Stephen P. Coonts, 1991. 445 pages with Index and Notes. Trade Paperback, $27.95.

Patrick Martin Williams, Jr. The Plowboy: Words of Faith and Encouragement. Longwood, FL: Xulon Press, 2007. 182 pages with notes. Trade paperback, $14.99.\

Children’s Books

John Carter Cash. Momma Loves Her Little Son. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2009. 25 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket, $16.99.

Helen Groves Hedrick. Life and Times of Ole Roan. Parsons, WV: McClain Printing Company, 2009. 38 pages. Trade Paperback, $17.50.

Debbie Hodson. Blackberry Bend. Emmalena, KY: IvyStone Press, 2008. 75 pages. Trade Paperback, $12.95.

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