General: Truth & Fiction

General: Truth & Fiction
The Beargrass

The Beargrass

By Lawrence J. Fleenor, Jr.

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A Dying Art II: Reveneur’s Memories of Yesteryear’s Moonshiners

A Dying Art II: Reveneur’s Memories of Yesteryear’s Moonshiners

By Jack Allen Powell

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A Dying Art III: Reveneur’s Memories of Yesteryear’s Moonshinrs

A Dying Art III: Reveneur’s Memories of Yesteryear’s Moonshinrs

B y Jack Allen Powell

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Back Packing North Carolina

Back Packing North Carolina

Joe Miller

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Bad John Wright

Bad John Wright

The Law of Pine Mountain

By Phillip K.  Epling

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Beach to Bluegrass

Beach to Bluegrass

Places to Brake On Virginia’s Longest Road

By Joe Tennis

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Black Mountain – Mother of Today

Black Mountain – Mother of Today

By Lawrence  Fleenor, Jr

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Blue-grass and Rhododendron

Blue-grass and Rhododendron

By John Fox Jr.

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Brother’s Once More

Brother’s Once More

By Richard Chaltas and Richard C. Brown

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“Brother’s Once More is a book about taking pride in our heritage and an effort to recall a piece of our history. Our goal was to offer a reflection into the past. We wanted to provide the reader of a vivid image of the tremendous suffering and sacrifices of the mountain people during a time of brother fighting brother….the story evolved from a poem written to honor the Pound Gap Monument project,…We pray that this tragic tale awakens within you a burning desire to rediscover your roots, your heritage and document the stories for future generations.”


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Canary In A Coal Mine

Canary In A Coal Mine

By Bob L. Hayes

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“Travel back to an era during the 1940′s and early 1950′s and experience life in a Southwest Virginia coal camp as seen through the eyes of a young boy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Gentry (Frankie).
Be a witness to the trials and tribulations, the joys and heartaches, and meet the unforgettable characters who contributed to the close-knit environment of the times. It is a story of life and death, happiness and sorrow, but most of all…it is a story of love.”


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Crimes, Criminals and Characters

Crimes, Criminals and Characters

By Roy Sturgill

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Crude Awakening

Crude Awakening

The Matching Heart Series

By Margaret Jessee Phelps

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Dancing On The Mountaintops

Dancing On The Mountaintops

By Kathleen Mullins  Dingus

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Daughters of the Appalachians

Daughters of the Appalachians

By Goodman

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Everything I Know About Success I Learned From Napoleon Hill

Everything I Know About Success I Learned From Napoleon Hill

By Don M. Green

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This book written by Don M. Green, A Wise County Native, who is the executive Director of the Napoleon Hill Foundation. As I understand it Hill was a speech writer for Franklin Delano Roosevelt and it was Hill that formed the phrase “The Only thing we have to fear is fear Itself”. Hill was born in Wise County, Virginia. A historical marker was installed on the road near the Lowe’s place on Highway 23.


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Facing West

Facing West

A Conrad Amberger Story

By Carol Morgan Hunt

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FEUD- Hatfields, McCoys

FEUD- Hatfields, McCoys

Hatfields, McCoys, and Social Change in Appalachia 1860-1900

By Altina L.Waller

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Finding Franklin

Finding Franklin

Mystery of the Lost State of Franklin

By Joe Tennis

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Folk Medicine in America Today

Folk Medicine in America Today

A Guide for a new generation of Folk Healers

By John Heinerman, PHD

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Folk Medicine In Southern Appalachia

Folk Medicine In Southern Appalachia

By Anthony Cavender

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Forgotten Turmoil In Southeastern, Kentucky

Forgotten Turmoil In Southeastern, Kentucky

Ku Klux Klan

By Benjamin F. Luntz

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Ginseng Dreams

Ginseng Dreams

By Kristin Johannsen

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History of the Country Cabin, Norton, Virginia

History of the Country Cabin, Norton, Virginia

By Anna Ruth (Williams, Breeding) Wells

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In Her Sister’s Shadow

In Her Sister’s Shadow

By James Campbell

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John Fox, Jr. Tapes

John Fox, Jr. Tapes

John Fox, Jr.

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Keepsakes of the Heart

Keepsakes of the Heart

By Amelia Townsend & Dink Shacklefield

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Kentucky: Decades of Discord 1865-1900

Kentucky: Decades of Discord 1865-1900

By Hambleton Tapp & James C. Clotter

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Kingsport, Tennessee

Kingsport, Tennessee

A Planned American City

By Margaret Ripley Wolfe

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Laughter and Levity In The Law

Laughter and Levity In The Law

By James C. Roberson

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Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come

By John fox, Jr.

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Man of Constant Sorrow

Man of Constant Sorrow

By Dr. Ralph Stanley and Eddie Dean

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Memories of Mountain Children

Memories of Mountain Children

Memories of Mountain Children. Stories of 30 Authors of growing up in the Appalachian Mountains. 184 pages. Poetry, and Pictures.  $25.00 plus 4.50 S & H. 5% VA Tax applies. Edited by Fannie Steele and Ila Ison.

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Miscellanea: From the Sidelines of the Sixties

Miscellanea: From the Sidelines of the Sixties

By Rachel Riggsby

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Mountain woman: A Collection of Poetry

Mountain woman: A Collection of Poetry

By Dorothy Witt.  A Beautiful little book of poetry that came from the heart.

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Murder in Old Kentucky

Murder in Old Kentucky

By Kevin McQueen

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Natural Tunnell-Natures Marvel In Stone

Natural Tunnell-Natures Marvel In Stone

By Tony Scales

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Never Seen The Moon

Never Seen The Moon

The Trials of Edith Maxwell

By Sharon Hatfield

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Nostalgic Narratives of Southwest Virginia

Nostalgic Narratives of Southwest Virginia

Roy L. Sturgill

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Our Vanishing Heritage

Our Vanishing Heritage

By Fannie Lane Steele

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A Little book for my grandchildren and others who would like to keep our heritage alive for theirs. Much of the material for this book is from my memories of growing up in the mountains on our hillside farm in Duncan Gap, and things imparted to me by my parents, aunts and uncles, older siblings and others who lived in and around our community. I realize with each passing day as older people leave us, a little bit of our history dies with them. The customs and ways of mountain living are fast vanishing away, so I call this book, Our Vanishing Heritage.


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Pioneers In Paradise

Pioneers In Paradise

By V.N.  Bud Phillips

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Samuel Doak

Samuel Doak

By Earle W. Crawford

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Shadow of the Great Rock

Shadow of the Great Rock

By Jimmy Surgenew

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Shadows of the Past

Shadows of the Past

By Ann Goode Cooper

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Slender is the Thread

Slender is the Thread

Tales From A County Law Office

By Harry M. Caudill

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Some Sandy Basin Characters

Some Sandy Basin Characters

By Elihu Jasper Sutherland

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South From Hell Fer-Sartin Ky

South From Hell Fer-Sartin Ky

By Leonard W. Roberts

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Southwest Virginia Crossroads

Southwest Virginia Crossroads

By Joe Tennis

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Spirits of North Fork

Spirits of North Fork

By Ila Ison and John Church

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Swift’s Silver Mine & Related Treasures

Swift’s Silver Mine & Related Treasures

Michael S. Steeley

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Taking Up Sepents

Taking Up Sepents

By David Kimbrough

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Tales From The Moonshine Trade

Tales From The Moonshine Trade

By Kathy Sheaarer

Kathy Shearer who wrote “The Dante Book” and “Post Cards From the Past”has just published a book “Tales from the Moonshine Trade.”

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Tall Tales of the Devil’s Apron

Tall Tales of the Devil’s Apron

By Herbert Maynor Sutherland

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The Women of Country Music

The Women of Country Music

By Charles K Wolfe & James E. Akenson

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The “Connection” In East Tennessee

The “Connection” In East Tennessee

Olga Joned Edwards & Izora Waters Frizzell

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The Appalachians: America’s First and Last Frontier

The Appalachians: America’s First and Last Frontier

Evans, Sanntelli & Warren

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The Breaks

The Breaks

By Tony Scales

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The Devil Amongst the Lawyers

The Devil Amongst the Lawyers

By Sharyn McCrumb

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The Feud – By Tobby Cantrell

The Feud – By Tobby Cantrell

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The Forts of the Holston Militia

The Forts of the Holston Militia

Lawrence Fleenor Jr. & Dale Carter

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The Galax Gatherers

The Galax Gatherers

By Edward O Guerrant

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The Hatfield-McCoy Feud

The Hatfield-McCoy Feud

Myth-Legend-fact

By Thelma R. Crawford

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The Hatfields and the McCoys

The Hatfields and the McCoys

By Otis K. Rice

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The Heart of the Hills

The Heart of the Hills

By John fox, Jr.

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The Heirloom

The Heirloom

Conversation Guide: Easy, Effective, Inexpensive Ways to record a Life Story

By Tracy Wilham

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The Kentucky Encyclopedia

The Kentucky Encyclopedia

By John E. Kleber

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The Life and Adventures of Wilburn Waters

The Life and Adventures of Wilburn Waters

By Charles B. Coole

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The Mountain, The Miner and The Lord

The Mountain, The Miner and The Lord

By Harry Caudill

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The Mystery Chronicles

The Mystery Chronicles

By Joe Nickell

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The Quare Women’s Journal

The Quare Women’s Journal

May Stone & Catherine Pettit’s Summers in the Kentucky Mountains and Founding of Hindman Settlement School

By Jess Stoddart

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The Saga of Jenny Wiley

The Saga of Jenny Wiley

By Harry M. Caudill

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The secrets of Graveyard Hill

The secrets of Graveyard Hill

By James Hibitts and Joe Roberts

264 pages

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The Strange Case of Jonathan Swift and the Real Long John Silvers

The Strange Case of Jonathan Swift and the Real Long John Silvers

By Robert A. Prather

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The Tale of Devil Anse Hatfield

The Tale of Devil Anse Hatfield

The Biography of Devil Anse Hatfield

By Hatfield and Spera

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The Thread that Runs so True

A Mountain School Teacher tells his Story

By Jessee Stuart

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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

John Fox, Jr.

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The Trial of Edith Maxwell

The Trial of Edith Maxwell

Wise County, Virginia – 1935

Transcribed by Fannie Steele

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Traveling the Highway Home

Traveling the Highway Home

Ralph Stanley and the World of Traditional Bluegrass Music

By John Wright

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Two Continents, One Culture

Two Continents, One Culture

The Scotch-Irish In Southern Appalachia

By Brown, Herschman, Maclaran

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Views From the Gap

Views From the Gap

Wise County Historical Society.

Text Setup and Photos by Rhonda Robertson, Wanda Rose and Joyce Turner.

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Photographs of Big Stone Gap and East Stone Gap in Virginia.

Wonderful illustrations and information throughout the book.

6 x 9, 122 pages, softbound. $20.00 plus tax and S & H.


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Washington County -Then and Now

Washington County -Then and Now

By Joe Tennis with the Historical Society of  Washington County, VA

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Boasting three forks of the Holston River and a skyline of mile-high mountains, Washington County lies at the heart of the Virginia Highlands.
Today, many miles of its railroad lines have become trails, and towns like Damascus, Abingdon, and Glade springs have grown from villages among wilderness. Author Joe Tennis has shared Washington County stories in books, magazines and newspapers. Together with the Washington County Historical society, he now presents this scenic and Cultural oasis as a journey through time.


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Where the Eagle Lit

Where the Eagle Lit

Cossie Mullins, Jr.

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Wild North Carolina

Wild North Carolina

By David Blevins & Michael P. Schafale

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Yesterday’s People: Life in Contemporary Appalachia

Yesterday’s People: Life in Contemporary Appalachia

By Jack E. Weller

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