Towns of West Virginia: Volume 1 - Couverture souple

Cook, Brad

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798256117603

Editeur : Brad Cook, 2024

Synopsis

Towns of West Virginia: Voume I is the first entry in an ongoing series documenting the histories of small Appalachian communities across the hills and hollers of the Mountain State. Drawing on primary sources, historical archives, newspaper records, firsthand visitation, historical signs, and preservation efforts, this volume traces fifteen communities across southern and central West Virginia. The collection features a secondary focus on how those towns were created and expanded, often growing up around rivers and rail lines, and traces the towns through economic booms, natural disasters, folklore, acts of crime, and the lives of the people, famous and forgotten, who helped to shape them.

ToWV also discusses the paranormal aspect and monsters that have become so prevalent in West Virginia culture as we know it today.

Towns included in Volume One:

1. Glenville
2. Grantsville
3. Frametown
4. Gassaway
5. Sutton
6. Flatwoods
7. Rosedale & Shock
8. Stumptown
9. Sand Ridge, Millstone, and Arnoldsburg
10. Spencer
11. Hinton
12. Thurmond

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Bradley "Brad" Cook is an Appalachian author and local historian. A lifelong West Virginian, he draws inspiration from the hills and hollers, taking in the haunted history of the region to both study it and fuel his creative process. From his work at the Trans-Allegheny, where he serves as a tour guide, researcher and historian, to his adventures and hikes through the foothills of Appalachia, Brad finds beauty in the natural world and can be found with his camera just as often as he can be found behind his screen.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brad Cook
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798256117603
• Reliure: Tapa blanda
• Nombre de pages: 188
• Éditeur: Strange E L
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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