New Books Received
Donna Gayle Akers and Brian Lambeth. Images of America: Watauga County. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2008. 127 pages with bibliography, map, and photos. Trade paperback, $21.99.
Richard G. Anderson. The Charles Town, West Virginia, Confectioner: John Frederick Blessing, His Family, and His Descendents. Parsons, W. Va.: McClain Printing Co., 2008. 52 pages with index of names, photos, footnotes, and appendices. Trade paperback, $16.95.
Fran Ansley and Jon Shefner, eds. Global Connections & Local Receptions: New Latino Immigration to the Southeastern United States. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2009. 364 pages with index, charts, notes, references, graphs, tables, and map. Hardback with dust jacket, $52.00.
James Alex Baggett. Homegrown Yankees: Tennessee’s Union Cavalry in the Civil War. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2009. 444 pages with bibliography, index, and appendix. Hardback with dust jacket, $45.00.
Randy Ball and Rodney Ferrell. Then & Now: Rogersville. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2009. 95 pages with photos, Trade paperback, $21.99.
KB Ballentine. Fragments of Light. Knoxville: Celtic Cat Publishing, 2009. 84 pages. Trade paperback, $15.00.
KB Ballentine. Gathering Stones. Knoxville: Celtic Cat Publishing, 2008. 79 pages with photos. Trade paperback, $15.00.
Cathy Smith Bowers. The Candle I Hold Up to See You. Oak Ridge: Iris Press, 2009. 89 pages with notes. Trade paperback, $14.00.
Robert P. Broadwater. General George H. Thomas: A Biography of the Union’s “Rock of Chickamauga”. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2009. 264 pages with index, bibliography, chapter notes, appendices, maps, diagrams, and photos. Trade paperback, $39.95.
Fred Brown, Jr. Steam in the Heart: Life and Times Along the Morehead and North Fork Rails. Nicholasville: Wind Publications, 2008. 176 pages with bibliography, photos, and illustrations. Hardback with pictorial cover, $22.00.
John R. Burch, Jr. The Bibliography of Appalachia: More than 4,700 Books, Articles, Monographs, and Dissertations, Topically Arranged and Indexed. Jefferson: McFarland, 2009. 222 pages with subject and author index. Trade paperback, $55.00.
Thomas Burton. Beech Mountain Man: The Memoirs of Ronda Lee Hicks. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2009. 133 pages with index, photos, and an introduction by John Shelton Reed. Hardback with dust jacket, $32.95.
Kenneth Butcher. The Middle of the Air. Winston-Salem: John F. Blair, Publisher, 2009. 307 pages. Hardback with dust jacket, $22.95.
Ashley Butler. Dear Sound of Footstep. Louisville: Sarabande Books, 2009. 125 pages with sources. Trade paperback, $15.95.
John Casteen. Free Union. Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 2009. 65 pages with notes. Trade paperback, $16.95.
E. Gail Chandler. Where the Red Road Meets the Sky. Georgetown: Finishing Line Press, 2009. 29 pages. Staple-bound paperback, $12.00.
Billy C. Clark. Sonnets From Sourwood. Nicholasville: Wind Publications, 2009. 104 pages. Trade paperback, $15.00.
Linda Byrd Cook. Dancing in the Flames: Spiritual Journey in the Novels of Lee Smith. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2009. 238 pages with index and works cited. Trade paperback, $39.95.
Alan Cornette. Seven Mountains and the Red Star: Crossing the Dark Void in 2012. Slade, Ky.: Earth MacroVision, Inc., 2008. 170 pages with index and bibliography. Trade paperback, $19.95.
John H. Corns. John C. and Hiley: The Struggle of a Coal Mining Family. Lincoln: iUniverse, 2008. 125 pages with map and notes. Trade paperback, $13.95.
B. D. Couch. Stories From the Hallway. CITY: Booksurge, 2008. 84 pages. Trade paperback, $12.99.
Reuben Cox. The Work of Joe Webb: Appalachian Master of Rustic Architecture. Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 2009. 120 pages with photos. Hardback with dust jacket, $64.95.
Raymond Daugherty. Chuckles and Grins. Mathias, W.Va.: Daugherty, 2009. 93 pages. Trade paperback, $PRICE.
Donald E. Davis, Thomas M. Deaton, David P. Boyle, and Jo-Anne Schick, eds. Voices from the Nueva Frontera: Latino Immigration in Dalton, Georgia. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2009. 189 pages with notes, index, and contributor’s notes. Hardback with dust jacket, $37.00.
William C. Davis and James I. Robertson, Jr., eds. Virginia at War, 1864. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2009. 242 pages with index, bibliography, and notes. Hardback with dust jacket, $35.00.
Robert D. Denham. The Early Poetry of Charles Wright: A Companions, 1960-1990. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2009. 191 pages with index and appendices. Trade paperback, $39.95.
Keith Donnelly. Three Days Dead: A Donald Youngblood Mystery. Gatlinburg: Harrison Mountain Press, 2009. 300 pages. Hardback with dust jacket, $24.95.
Julia Nunnally Duncan. An Endless Tapestry. Greensboro, N.C.: March Street Press, 2007. 59 pages with photos. Trade paperback, $9.00.
Deacon Duvall with Stephen Lipscomb, ed.. Duvall Football: Winning A National Championship. Parsons, W. Va: McClain Printing Company, 2008. 149 pages with index. Tread paperback, $30.00.
Allan W. Eckert. Dark Journey: The Tragedy of the Donner Party. Ashland: The Jesse Stuart Foundation, 2009. 334 pages with map, amplification notes, index of characters, and illustrations. Hardback with dust jacket, $25.00.
Foy Allen Edelman. Sweet Carolina: Favorite Desserts and Candies from the Old North State. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2009. 304 pages with index. Hardback with dust jacket, $25.00.
Fauquier Historical Society with Kathi Ann Brown, Prof. Walter Nicklin, and Prof. John T. Toler, eds. 250 Years in Fauquier County: A Virginia Story. Fairfax: George Mason University Press, 2009. 228 pages with index, appendix, illustrations, footnotes, and photos. Trade paperback, $50.00.
Laura Frantz. The Frontiersman’s Daughter: A Novel. Grand Rapids: Revell, 2009. 413 ages. Trade paperback, $13.99.
Santee Frazier. Dark Thirty. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2009. 82 pages. Trade paperback, $15.95.
Craig Thompson Friend, ed. Southern Masculinity: Perspectives on Manhood in the South Since Reconstruction. Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 2009. 270 pages with contributor’s notes, and notes. Trade paperback, $24.95.
Arnold Fultz. Fixing The Ungodly Mess: A Pathway to Change. Bloomington: AuthorHouse, 2008. 249 pages with bibliography and selected references, as well as footnotes. Trade paperback, $19.50.
Adam Giannelli, ed. High Lonesome: On the Poetry of Charles Wright. Oberlin: Oberlin College Press, 2006. 388 pages with contributor’s notes and bibliography. Trade paperback, $29.00.
Denise Giardina. Emily’s Ghost: A Novel of the Bronte Sisters. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2009. 335 pages. Hardback with dust jacket, $24.95.
Diane Glancy. Pushing the Bear: After the Trail of Tears. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2009. 197 pages with works consulted and illustraions. Trade paperback, $14.95. ADVANCED READER’S COPY- PUBLISHING DATE, OCT. 2009.
Ralph Hall. Why Daddy Sold Old Betsy. New York: Ithaca Press, 2009. 94 pages. Trade paperback, $20.00.
Patti Callahan Henry. Driftwood Summer: A Novel. New York: New American Library, 2009. 357 pages with list of books mentioned and conversation guide. Trade paperback, $15.00.
Charles D. Hockensmith. The Millstone Quarries of Powell County, Kentucky. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2009. 202 pages with index, bibliography, appendices and glossary. Trade paperback, $45.00.
Bruce Hopkins. Hearts in Zion: Steel, Coal, and an Appalachian Family. Nicholasville: Wind Publications, 2008. 206 pages. Trade paperback, $16.00.
Shepard Krech III. Spirits of the Air: Birds & American Indians in the South. Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 2009. 245 pages with index, bibliography, notes, and photos. Hardback with dust jacket, $44.95.
John Lane. Circling Home. Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 2009. 206 pages. Trade paperback, $19.95.
Laura Longsong. Imagine a Door: Poems. Cincinnati: Turning Point Books, 2009. 82 pages with notes. Trade paperback, $18.00.
Rosemary B. Mariner and G. Kurt Piehler, eds. The Atomic Bomb and American Society: New Perspectives. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2009. 457 pages with index, bibliographic note, and notes. Hardback with dust jacket, $42.00.
Jeff Daniel Marion. Father. Nicholasville: Wind Publications, 2009. 75 pages. Trade paperback, $15.00.
Laurie E. Miroff and Timothy D. Knapp, eds. Iroquoian Archeology & Analytical Scale. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2009. 295 pages with index, maps, references sited, contributor’s notes, photos, charts, graphs, and diagrams. Hardback with dust jacket, $48.00.
William Lynwood Montell. Tales from Kentucky Funeral Homes. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2009. 198 pages with biographies of storytellers. Hardback with dust jacket, $24.95.
Robert Morgan. October Crossing. Frankfort: Broadstone Books, 2009. 39 pages. Sewn paperback, $12.50.
Mary Noailles Murfree with Bill Hardwig, ed. In the Tennessee Mountains. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2008. 167 pages with selected bibliography, an introduction by the editor, and photos. Trade paperback, $23.99.
Dale Neal. Cow Across America. Charlotte: Novello Festival Press, 2009. 220 pages. Hardback with dust jacket, $21.95.
North Carolina Birding Trail. The North Carolina Birding Trail: Mountain Trail Guide. Raleigh: The North Carolina Birding Trail, 2009. 190 pages with photos, maps, and diagrams, and site index. Spiral bound paperback, $18.95.
Janice Miller Potter. Psalms in Time. Georgetown: Finishing Line Press, 2009. 29 pages. Staple-bound paperback, $12.00.
Erin E. Pritchard and Todd M. Ahlman, eds. TVA Archaeology: Seventy-five Years of Prehistoric Site Research. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2009. 352 pages with index, contributor’s notes, appendix, references cited, photos, charts, maps, and tables. Hardback with dust jacket, $45.00.
Brett Eugene Ralph. Black Sabbatical. Louisville: Sarabande Books, 2009. 59 pages. Trade paperback, $14.95.
Darren R. Reid, ed. Daniel Boone and Others on the Kentucky Frontier: Autobiographies and Narratives, 1769-1795. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2009. 218 pages with index, notes, diagrams, charts, and illustrations. Trade paperback, $45.00.
William H. Rice. Elkins, West Virginia, 1889: The Magic City of the Wilderness. Parsons, W. Va.: McClain Printing Company, 2007. 256 pages with bibliography, index, and photos. Trade paperback, $35.00.
Roland F. Sharp. Roland Sharp, Country Doctor: Memories of a Life Well Lived. Dunmore, W. Va.: Pocahontas Communications Cooperative, 2008. 262 pages with photos. Trade paperback, $25.00.
Verna Mae Slone. How We Talked/Common Folks: Two classic books, together for the first time. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2009. 332 pages with illustrations by Len Slone, as well as forewords by Michael B. Montgomery and Sidney Saylor Farr. Trade paperback, $25.00.
Barbara Smith. On Golf & Various Other Sports and Non-Sports: poems for study. Louisville: Motesbooks, 2009. 99 pages with illustrations and response notes. Trade paperback, $8.00.
John Sparks. The Last Dance of Gus Finley. Albany, Ky.: Old Seventy Creek Press, 2009. 232 pages. Trade paperback, $12.95.
Jesse Stuart. Stories. Ashland: The Jesse Stuart Foundation, 2008. 83 pages with illustrations. Trade paperback, $12.00.
Jesse Stuart. The Good Spirit of Laurel Ridge. Ashland: The Jesse Stuart Foundation, 2009. 261 pages. Hardback with dust jacket, $24.00.
Dorothy Sutton. Backing into Mountains: poems. Nicholasville: Wind Publications, 2009. 76 pages. Trade paperback, $15.00.
Charles A. Swanson. After the Garden: Selected Responses to the Psalms. Louisville: Motesbooks, 2009. 91 pages. Trade paperback, $9.00.
Linda Tate. Power in the Blood: A Family Narrative. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2009. 229 pages with references. Trade paperback, $22.95.
Welford Dunaway Taylor, ed. Sherwood Anderson Remembered. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 2009. 305 pages with index, notes, and illustrations. Hardback with dust jacket, $42.50.
Toni-Mitchell C. Travis. The Almanac of Virginia Politics 2008. Fairfax: George Mason University, 2009. 307 pages with index, senator and delegates list, legislative records, and 2007 election results. Trade paperback, $40.00.
Dave Waldrop and Lillie Clayton Waldrop Pannell. Am I: A Mother and Son’s Collection of Poems. Webster: Dave Waldrop, 2005. 63 pages. Trade paperback, $9.95.
Gregory S. Wilson. Communities Left Behind: The Area Development Administration, 1945-1965. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2009. 197 pages with index, bibliography, notes, charts, and maps. Hardback with dust jacket, $41.00.
Reprints
Jeff Alt. A Walk for Sunshine: A 2,160 mile expedition for charity on the Appalachian Trail, Expanded 3rd Edition. Cincinnati: Dreams Shared Publications, a 2009 reprint of a 2000 original. 303 pages with post scripts, gear list, ideas for activities, maps, and suggested reading. Trade paperback, $15.95.
Edward L. Ayers, Gary W. Gallagher, and Andrew J. Torget, eds. Crucible of the Civil War: Virginia from Secession to Commemoration. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, a 2009 paperback edition of a 2006 original. 226 pages with contributor’s notes, notes, index, and charts. Trade paperback, $19.50.
Evan Carton. Patriotic Treason: John Brown and the Soul of America. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, a 2009 paperback edition of a 2006 original. 386 pages with index, source notes, and photos. Trade paperback, $19.95.
Violet Gadd Coonts. The Western Waters: Early Settlers of Eastern Barbour County West Virginia. Colorado Springs: Stephen B. Coonts, a 2008 third-edition of an original printed in 1991. 442 pages with map, index, bibliography, notes, and appendices. Trade paperback, $27.95.
Jane Wilson Joyce and Meredith Sue Willis. Quilt Pieces: The Quilt Poems/Family Knots. Frankfort: Gnomon Press, a 2009 reprint of 1984 and 1991 originals, respectively. 37 pages. Trade paperback, $12.50.
Russell B. Olwell. At Work in the Atomic City: A Labor and Social History of Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, a 2008 paper edition of a 2004 original. 165 pages with index, bibliography, notes, and photos. Trade paperback, $24.95.
Barbara Shoup and Margaret-Love Denman. Novel Ideas: Contemporary Authors Share the Creative Process, Second Edition. Athens: The University of Georgia Press, a 2009 reprint of a 2001 original. 334 pages with writing exercises. Trade paperback, $22.95.
Peter Wallenstien and Bertram Wyatt-Brown, eds. Virginia’s Civil War. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, a 2009 paperback edition of a 2005 original. 303 pages with index, appendix, contributor’s notes, and notes. Trade paperback, $35.00.
Patrick Martin Williams, Jr. The Plowboy: Words of Faith and Encouragement. CITY: Xulon Press, a 2008 reprint of an 2007 original. 182 pages with notes. Trade paperback, $14.99.
Children’s Books/Young Adult
John Carter Cash. Momma Loves Her Little Son. New York: Little Simon Inspirations, 2009. 24 pages with full-color illustrations by Marc Burckhardt. Hardback with dust jacket, $16.99.
Helen Groves Hedrick. Life and Times of Ole Roan. Parsons, W. Va.: McClain Printing Co., 2008. 38 pages with black and white illustrations and photo. Trade paperback, $17.50.
Debbie Hobson. Blackberry Bend. Emmalena, Ky.: Ivystone Press, 2009. 75 pages with color illustrations by Miriam Moyer. Trade paperback, $15.95.
Lurlene McDaniel. Breathless. New York: Delacourte Press Books for Young Readers, 2009. 165 pages. Hardback with dust jacket, $10.99.
Carole Boston Weatherford. Birmingham, 1963. Honesdale: WordSong, 2007. 39 pages with notes and photos. Hardback with dust jacket, $17.95.
Melissa Wyatt. Funny How Things Change. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009. 196 pages. Hardback with dust jacket, $16.95.