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Book Synopsis Historic Photos of West Virginia by : Gerald D. Swick
Download or read book Historic Photos of West Virginia written by Gerald D. Swick and published by . This book was released on with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Historic Photos of West Virginia written by and published by Historic Photos. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: West Virginia is a state of overwhelming beauty. Shared traditions, shared tragedies, and shared histories bind its people to the land and each other with a strong sense of place, family, and home. In striking black-and-white photos culled from state and national archives, accompanied by text from an award-winning writer, Historic Photos of West Virginia captures the history of this remarkable state. Even readers unfamiliar with its history will find a compelling drama in its tumultuous birth in the Civil War, its growth as a center for extraction industries and manufacturing, its role as a new homeland for immigrants, and its history as the birthplace of Mother's Day and of heroes like Charles "Chuck" Yeager. The triumphs of natives like Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck and tragedies like the Monongah mine disaster--all are depicted here as part of the complex, compelling story of the Mountain State and its people.
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Download or read book Historic Photos of West Virginia written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: West Virginia is a state of overwhelming beauty. Shared traditions, shared tragedies, and shared histories bind its people to the land and each other with a strong sense of place, family, and home. In striking black-and-white photos culled from state and national archives, accompanied by text from an award-winning writer, Historic Photos of West Virginia captures the history of this remarkable state. Even readers unfamiliar with its history will find a compelling drama in its tumultuous birth in the Civil War, its growth as a center for extraction industries and manufacturing, its role as a new homeland for immigrants, and its history as the birthplace of Mother’s Day and of heroes like Charles “Chuck” Yeager. The triumphs of natives like Nobel Prize–winning author Pearl S. Buck and tragedies like the Monongah mine disaster—all are depicted here as part of the complex, compelling story of the Mountain State and its people.
Book Synopsis New Deal Photographs of West Virginia, 1934-1943 by : Betty Rivard
Download or read book New Deal Photographs of West Virginia, 1934-1943 written by Betty Rivard and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Upon entering the White House in 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt faced an ailing economy in the throes of the Great Depression and rushed to transform the country through recovery programs and legislative reform. By 1934, he began to send professional photographers to the state of West Virginia to document living conditions and the effects of his New Deal programs. The photographs from the Farm Security Administration Project not only introduced “America to Americans,” exposing a continued need for government intervention, but also captured powerful images of life in rural and small town America.New Deal Photographs of West Virginia, 1934-1943 presents images of the state's northern and southern coalfields, the subsistence homestead projects of Arthurdale, Eleanor, and Tygart Valley, and various communities from Charleston to Clarksburg and Parkersburg to Elkins. With over one hundred and fifty images by ten FSA photographers, including Walker Evans, Marion Post Wolcott, Arthur Rothstein, and Ben Shahn, this collection is a remarkable proclamation of hardship, hope, endurance, and, above all, community. These photographs provide a glimpse into the everyday lives of West Virginians during the Great Depression and beyond.
Book Synopsis The Civil War in West Virginia by : Stan Cohen
Download or read book The Civil War in West Virginia written by Stan Cohen and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis History of West Virginia, Old and New by : James Morton Callahan
Download or read book History of West Virginia, Old and New written by James Morton Callahan and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 1192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Big Band Jazz in Black West Virginia, 1930–1942 by : Christopher Wilkinson
Download or read book Big Band Jazz in Black West Virginia, 1930–1942 written by Christopher Wilkinson and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Association of Recorded Sound Collections Awards for Excellence Best Research in Recorded Jazz Music–Certificate of Merit (2013) The coal fields of West Virginia would seem an unlikely market for big band jazz during the Great Depression. That a prosperous African American audience dominated by those involved with the coal industry was there for jazz tours would seem equally improbable. Big Band Jazz in Black West Virginia, 1930-1942 shows that, contrary to expectations, black Mountaineers flocked to dances by the hundreds, in many instances traveling considerable distances to hear bands led by Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Andy Kirk, Jimmie Lunceford, and Chick Webb, among numerous others. Indeed, as one musician who toured the state would recall, "All the bands were goin' to West Virginia." The comparative prosperity of the coal miners, thanks to New Deal industrial policies, was what attracted the bands to the state. This study discusses that prosperity as well as the larger political environment that provided black Mountaineers with a degree of autonomy not experienced further south. Author Christopher Wilkinson demonstrates the importance of radio and the black press both in introducing this music and in keeping black West Virginians up to date with its latest developments. The book explores connections between local entrepreneurs who staged the dances and the national management of the bands that played those engagements. In analyzing black audiences' aesthetic preferences, the author reveals that many black West Virginians preferred dancing to a variety of music, not just jazz. Finally, the book shows bands now associated almost exclusively with jazz were more than willing to satisfy those audience preferences with arrangements in other styles of dance music.
Download or read book West Virginia written by Otis K. Rice and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2010-09-12 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " An essential resource for scholars, students, and all lovers of the Mountaineer State. From bloody skirmishes with Indians on the early frontier to the Logan County mine war, the story of West Virginia is punctuated with episodes as colorful and rugged as the mountains that dominate its landscape. In this first modern comprehensive history, Otis Rice and Stephen Brown balance these episodes of mountaineer individualism against the complexities of industrial development and the growth of social institutions, analyzing the events and personalities that have shaped the state. To create this history, the authors weave together many strands from the past and present. Included among these are geological and geographical features; the prehistoric inhabitants; exploration and settlement; relations with the Indians; the land systems and patterns of ownership; the Civil War and the formation of the state from the western counties of Virginia; the legacy of Reconstruction; politics and government; industrial development; labor problems and advances; and cultural aspects such as folkways, education, religion, and national and ethnic influences. For this second edition, the authors have added a new chapter, bringing the original material up to date and carrying the West Virginia story through the presidential election of 1992. Otis K. Rice is professor emeritus of history and Stephen W. Brown is professor of history at West Virginia Institute of Technology.
Book Synopsis Semi-centennial History of West Virginia by : James Morton Callahan
Download or read book Semi-centennial History of West Virginia written by James Morton Callahan and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Images of the Civil War in West Virginia by : Terry Lowry
Download or read book Images of the Civil War in West Virginia written by Terry Lowry and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This amazing book has over 475 photographs, images, and drawings - all made during the Civil War or very soon thereafter, and all related to West Virginia. This is the largest collection of images ever put together on West Virginia during the war. In addition to photos, it includes broadsides, veteran reunions, and miscellaneous paper items. Many of these pictures are from private collections and have never before been published. Also includes a short chronology of battles and events, giving a reference for the images. The book is printed on high quality glossy paper. A must for all Civil War buffs. Review by Marina Hendricks of the Charleston Gazette: TERRY Lowry was but a junior high school student when West Virginia and the Civil War marked their respective centennials back in the 1960s. Around the same time, the magazine Civil War Times Illustrated debuted. "I saw a copy of that floating around the school, and I was intrigued," Lowry recalled. The more he learned about the colorful uniforms, larger-than-life personalities and the Mountain State's role in the Civil War, the more he wanted to know. "Almost every American has an [ancestor] who fought in the Civil War. So there's that personal connection. And then the fact that the Civil War took place all over, in some places we haven't even thought of," he said. To feed that thirst for knowledge, Lowry earned a bachelor's degree in history from West Virginia State College, pursued graduate studies in Civil War history at Marshall University, toured battlefields and built a collection of Civil War memorabilia. He also authored several books, including the 1996 release "Last Sleep: The Battle of Droop Mountain November 6, 1863." Lowry teamed with Charleston native Stan Cohen on his most recent project, the newly released "Images of the Civil War in West Virginia." The book will make its debut as part of the second annual Col. George S. Patton Memorial Civil War Weekend, held Friday and Saturday at Craik-Patton House in Daniel Boone Park on U.S. 60. Cohen, who operates Pictorial Histories Publishing Co., has authored or co-authored 68 books and published more than 250. Together, Lowry and Cohen set out to showcase photographs, sketches, illustrations and paintings that depicted the role West Virginia and its citizens played in the war. "That was the idea, to track down everything we could," Lowry said. The co-authors faced a number of challenges in the five years that Lowry estimated it took to put together the book, which sells for $19.95 at all West Virginia bookstores. During the Civil War, for example, the state's rugged, mountainous terrain made it hard for photographers to lug around the heavy equipment they then needed to practice their craft. So other than portraits, Lowry and Cohen were able to find few photographic records of that time period in West Virginia. And time itself hindered the duo's efforts, as more than a few of their discoveries were in poor physical condition. Despite the difficulties, Lowry and Cohen unearthed some real gems, including a soldier's rough sketch of the Battle of Charleston and a photograph of several members of the 34th Ohio Regiment in their distinctive (and flamboyant by soldier standards) Zouave garb. "It's the only known photograph we've seen of them in the particular uniform they wore," Lowry said. "Later on, they switched to regular uniforms." The co-authors also were able to correct a mistake on a series of photographs from the state archives. The photographs, which depict the Gauley Bridge area, originally were thought to have been taken after the war. Lowry and Cohen determined by their subject matter, however, that they did indeed date back to the war itself. By the time they completed the book, they believed they had assembled as complete a visual history of the Civil War era in West Virginia as possible.
Book Synopsis History of the Early Settlement and Indian Wars of Western Virginia by : Wills De Hass
Download or read book History of the Early Settlement and Indian Wars of Western Virginia written by Wills De Hass and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis West Virginia: A History by : John Alexander Williams
Download or read book West Virginia: A History written by John Alexander Williams and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1984-08-17 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Alexander Williams's West Virginia: A History is widely considered one of the finest books ever written about the state. In his clear, eminently readable style, Williams organizes the tangled strands of West Virginia's past around a few dramatic events—the battle of Point Pleasant, John Brown's insurrection in Harper's Ferry, the Paint Creek labor movement, the Hawk's Nest and Buffalo Creek disasters, and more. Williams uses these pivotal events as introductions to the larger issues of statehood, Civil War, unionism, and industrialization. Along the way, Williams conveys a true feel for the lives of common West Virginians, the personalities of the state's memorable characters, and the powerful influence of the land itself on its own history.
Book Synopsis West Virginia Photographs by : Kanawha County Public Library. Reference Department
Download or read book West Virginia Photographs written by Kanawha County Public Library. Reference Department and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Printout of a database describing a collection of historic photographs focusing primarily on Kanawha County and environs. Access is by broad subject areas and by date, if indicated on photo. Photographs are available for viewing at the Main library. Policies and procedures for copying and having photographic copies made are outlined. All copyright laws apply.
Book Synopsis West Virginia National Guard, 1898-1919 by : Brian Stuart Kesterson
Download or read book West Virginia National Guard, 1898-1919 written by Brian Stuart Kesterson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The formation of what would eventually become the West Virginia National Guard has its roots intertwined in the Old Virginia Militia system of the early and mid-1700s. This militia system spanned the Indian hostilities of the French and Indian War, American Revolutionary War, 1780s and 1790s Indian Wars, and Civil War. Images of America: West Virginia National Guard covers the time span between 1898 and 1919. This period of guard history was chaotic, to say the least, and was typified by turbulent social, economic, and political unrest.
Book Synopsis Shinnston Tornado by : John L. Finlayson
Download or read book Shinnston Tornado written by John L. Finlayson and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-09-22 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "John L. Finlayson collected and published photos and personal accounts of the people who lived through and responded to what became known as the Shinnston Tornado ... The storm system that created the tornado outbreak remained one of the most devastating storms in our nation's history for many decades."--Amazon.com.
Book Synopsis A Photographic History of Ridgeley and Carpendale, West Virginia by : Gary Lee Clites, Jr.
Download or read book A Photographic History of Ridgeley and Carpendale, West Virginia written by Gary Lee Clites, Jr. and published by Createspace Indie Pub Platform. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once the westernmost outpost of civilization in the American colonies, the towns of Ridgeley and Carpendale, West Virginia began their lives as a trading post called Fort Ohio in the 1750's. In the late 1800's, the area began to develop into a bedroom community for the nearby city of Cumberland. The photos in this book start around the time of the Civil War, with early photos of the Calmes mansion, the Potomac Club, and early businesses like the Ridgeley Brothers' Icehouse. The book includes historic photos of Ridgeley and Carpendale businesses, schools, floods, parades, sports teams, civic organizations like The American Legion and Volunteer Fire Department, the town's two championship football teams, and much more. Chapter List 1. The Potomac Club and the Early Development of Ridgeley 2. The Growth of Ridgeley 3. Dreyer's Beach and the Potomac River 4. Carpendale and Wiley Ford 5. Floods 6. Schools 7. The Class of Ridgeley 8. The Ridgeley Volunteer Fire Department 9. The American Legion Post 10. The Ridgeley Boy's Club 11. People 12. Town Government 13. Early Football 14. Champions: The First and the Last 15. Basketball 16. Baseball 17. Ridgeley's Greatest Generation 18. Ridgeley's National Hero With over 230 pages of historic photos and text (and nearly 500 photos), the book is a comprehensive look back at the development of this small town along the Potomac River.
Book Synopsis History of Harrison County, West Virginia by : Henry Haymond
Download or read book History of Harrison County, West Virginia written by Henry Haymond and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: