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Far Southwest
Virginia:
A Postcard Journey
by Frank Kilgore & Kathy Shearer
2004 ~ $20.00
Take a nostalgic journey through the
cornfields and coalfields of the seven Southwest coal counties
of Virginia via these vintage postcards.
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Life on Chaney Creek
by Rev. Clyde William Carter
2002 ~
$12.00
Step back in time into a remote cove in Russell County, Virginia, where
farming families lived in harmony with one another as they faced the
challenges of a changing economy.
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A Census Companion to
Wilder Days
by Kathy Shearer.
2006 ~ $4.00
Names, ages, and occupations of all the people who
lived in and around these coal towns in 1930, and the South
Clinchfield government plant area in 1920.
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A View from
the Mountain
by Jack Kestner
2006 ~
$16.00
Stray
dogs, hummingbirds, and seasonal cycles at
Hayters Gap: These were trademark topics for
the late Jack Kestner, beloved and respected
columnist for nearly 18 years for the
Bristol
Herald Courier.
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Fire Tower
by Jack Kestner
2007 (First
pub. 1960) ~ $12.00
Now
back in print. This young adult novel is the fast-paced story of a
teenager who is serving as a look-out at a Clinch Mountain fire tower when
an escaped convict kidnaps him and sets the mountain on fire.
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The
River Hills & Beyond
by Lou V. Crabtree. 1998
Published by the Sow's Ear Press ~
$12.00
Poems from the hills of Appalachia by a cherished writer in
Abingdon, Virginia, who was also one of Virginia's Laureates in
Literature. With a forward by author Lee Smith.
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Memories From Dante: The Life of a Coal Town by Kathy
Shearer, 2001.
Published by People Inc. ~
$50.00 Sorry -
Sold Out
First-person accounts and hundreds of old
photos from the glory days of this
Clinchfield Coal Corporation headquarters company town.
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