Clinch Mountain Press
specializes in stories
from the Appalachian mountains of Southwest Virginia. Some of these are in
the form of oral history, vintage photographs, and memoirs. Some stories
are told through poetry. Everyone has a tale to tell, and the stories from
these mountains are particularly rich in the rhythms of life lived close
to the land and deep in the coal. Welcome!
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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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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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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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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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Work in Progress:
An oral and
pictorial history of
Cleveland, Virginia.
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