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The Beargrass
By Lawrence J. Fleenor, Jr.
Wise County Virginia
By Charles A. Johnson. Hardback, 6 x 9, 442 pgs.
$28.00 plus 4.50 S & H.
A History of Scott County,Virginia
By Robert M. Addington
A Short History of extreme Southwest Virginia
By Hugh L. Sulfridge
America’s First Western Frontier: East Tennessee
A story of Early Settlers and Indians in East Tennessee
By Brenda C. Calloway
Annals of Southwest Virginia 1746-1870
2 volume set
By Summers
Appalachia: Spirit Triumphant
A Cultural Odessy of Appalachia
B.L.Dotson-Lewis
Appalachian Anthology
Lwerence J.Fleenor, Jr.
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Appalachian Genesis
By Richard Lee Fulgham
Back Packing North Carolina
Joe Miller
Beach to Bluegrass
Places to Brake On Virginia’s Longest Road
By Joe Tennis
Between Brothers: Civil War Soldiers of Wise and Dickenson Counties
Between Brothers byLillian Gobble and Rhonda Robertson
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A beautiful book about the Civil War Soldiers who were from Wise and Dickenson Counties in Virginia. 490 pages, 8 x 11, soft-bound. Many pictures of the soldiers, military records, and other information. Price: $35.00 plus tax and S&H.
Black Mountain – Mother of Today
By Lawrence Fleenor, Jr
Blue Ridge Chronicles
A Decade of Dispatches from Southwest Virginia
By Rex Bowman
Bristol, Virginia/Tennessee
By V.N. Bud Phillips
Civil & Political History of Tennessee
By Haywood
Crimes, Criminals and Characters
By Roy Sturgill
Dropped Stitches In Tennessee History
By John Allison
Early History of Wise County
By Addington
Elishia Wallen: The Long Hunter
By Carolyn D. Wallin
Finding Franklin
Mystery of the Lost State of Franklin
By Joe Tennis
Forgotten Turmoil In Southeastern, Kentucky
Ku Klux Klan
By Benjamin F. Luntz
Heritage of Wise County and the City of Norton Vol. 2 -1856-2001
The Heritage of Wise and the City of Norton Vol. 2-1856-2001 by Wise County Historical Society
$65.00 plus tax and postage. See “More”
For a limited time this book is priced at $35.00
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This book is a collector’s item and will be an heirloom one day. Contains 1133 pages, numerous photos, 9 x 12, hardbound, forest green with gold trim.
A MUST if you have roots in Wise County or the surrounding area.
Historic Coal Towns of the Big Sandy River Valley
By George D. Torok
History of Southwest Virginia 1746-1786
Lewis Preston Summers
History of Tazewell County, Virginia 1748-1920
And Southwest Virginia
By William C. Pendleton
History of the Country Cabin, Norton, Virginia
By Anna Ruth (Williams, Breeding) Wells
John Sevier As A Commonwealth Builder
By James R. Gilmore
Kentucky’s Last Frontier
By Henry P. Scalf
Kentucky: Decades of Discord 1865-1900
By Hambleton Tapp & James C. Clotter
Kingsport, Tennessee
A Planned American City
By Margaret Ripley Wolfe
Legend and Legacy of Lee
By David Chaltas
Life In the Coal Camps of Wise County
Paul Kuczko and The Office on Youth
Life of General John Sevier
As a Commonwealth Builder
By Turner
Music of Coal-Mining songs
By The Office on Youth – Jack Wright, Paul Kuczko & Others
$35.00 Plus$5.50 S&H. 5 % VA Tax.
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Music of Coal: Mining songs from the Appalachian Coalfields. Stories and pictures of miners, song writers and singers of the mountains. Lyrics of the songs and 2 CD’s of music. Hardback.
Natural Tunnell-Natures Marvel In Stone
By Tony Scales
Nostalgic Narratives of Southwest Virginia
Roy Sturgill
Our Community Heritage: Banner, Virginia
Our Community Heritage: Banner Virginia -A Home Worth Coming Home To.
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Banner, Virginia, a little town and its people, Numerous photos of people and places. 231 pages, soft-bound, 8 1/2 x 11. Sold for 40.00 and has been reduced to $20.00 plus tax & S&H.
Russell County – Images of America
By Andrew Chafin
Sago Mine Disaster
Featured Story
Appalachian Coalfield Stories
By B.L.Dotson and Lewis
School and Community History of Dickenson County
By Dennis Reedy & Mountain People and Places
School Bells From the Past
Billy R. Porter
Shadow of the Great Rock
By Jimmy Surgenew
Southwest Virginia Crossroads
By Joe Tennis
The “Connection” In East Tennessee
Olga Joned Edwards & Izora Waters Frizzell
The Appalachians: America’s First and Last Frontier
Evans, Sanntelli & Warren
The Breaks
By Tony Scales
The Forts of the Holston Militia
Lawrence Fleenor Jr. & Dale Carter
The History of the Pound
By Robertson and Brown (editors). Published by Pound Historical Society
The History of the Pound Volume 3
By Pound Historical Society
The History of the Pound Volume II
Early Photographs of the Pound
By Pound Historical Society
The History of the Pound Volume IV
More Photographs of the Pound
By Pound Historical Society
The Kentucky Encyclopedia
By John E. Kleber
The Life and Adventures of Wilburn Waters
By Charles B. Coole
The Making of America
By Eric Foner
The Quare Women’s Journal
May Stone & Catherine Pettit’s Summers in the Kentucky Mountains and Founding of Hindman Settlement School
By Jess Stoddart
The Saga of Jenny Wiley
By Harry M. Caudill
The Shakers Communities of Kentucky
Pleasant Hill and South Union
By James W. Hogan
The Story of American Freedom
By Eric Foner
The Story of Wise County Virginia
By Luther F. Addington. Hardback, 311 pages including index. 6 x 9.
$28.00 plus 4.50 S&H. VA tax.
The Trial of Edith Maxwell
Wise County, Virginia – 1935
Transcribed by Fannie Steele
Two Continents, One Culture
The Scotch-Irish In Southern Appalachia
By Brown, Herschman, Maclaran
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.
Watauga County, North Carolina
With Sketches of Prominent families
By John Preston Arthur
Western North Carolina: A History
John Preston Arthur
When the Trains came to Norton
Wise County in Old Virginia in 1891
By Press Adkins
Wise County and The City of Norton Vol. 1 – 1856-1993
By Wise County Historical Society
This book sold for $65.00. Now out of print.
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Hardback, 9 x 12, 515 pages with Index.
Contents: Wise County Historical Society,Formation of Wise County, Civil War, World War 1, World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War, Clinch Valley College, Mountain Empire Community College, Wise County Technical School, Lonesome Pine Airport, D.A.R. Order of the Eastern Star, Wise County, Shrine Club, Wise County Photographers, Jesse Stuart, Towns and Communities, Family Histories, Tributes, Memorials, Businesses, Frontier Forts, Family Records and Family Tree.
Wise County’s Apple Blossoms of Yesteryear
Wise County’s Apple Blossoms of Yesteryear by Denver J. Osborne and Apple Orchard Book Committee
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Wise County Virginia was know for their delicious apples. The largest output for Wise and for the state occurred in 1945, when the harvest of the state reached nearly 14 million bushels. Wise County’s share of the total output in Virginia was above 1.5 percent during much of the century, and peaked at nearly 3 percent in 1950. This book tells of the apple growers of Wise County and shows pictures of their orchards. Hardback, beautiful dust cover showing apple blossoms of Wise County. 214 pages, 6 x 9. $20.00
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