Welcome! We specialize in books that preserve the stories and images from the Appalachian mountains of Southwest Virginia. Everyone has a tale to tell and the stories from these mountains are particularly rich in the rhythms of life lived close to the soil and deep in the coal. Click on any title below for more information. Orders may be made by credit card through PayPal or by check using the mail order form.  Questions? Call: 276-944-5355. 

Several of these books are available at the following locations:
Abingdon: Holston Mountain Artisans (276-628-7721), Historical Society of Washington County (276-623-8337).
Lebanon: Russell County Public Library (276-889-8044) and Family Drug (276-889-1919)
Cedar Bluff: Appalachian Arts Center (276-596-9188)

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Clinch Mountain Press
P.O. Box 117
Emory, Virginia 24327
clinchmtn@gmail.com

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WORKING FOR STUARTS . . . Life on the one of the oldest and largest cattle farms East of the Mississippi. By Kathy Shearer. Paperback, 576 pages. $40.00

CLEVELAND ON THE CLINCH....Life in an old Russell County railroad town. By Kathy Shearer. Hardcover, 472 pages. $28.00

LIFE ON CHANEY CREEK Memories from the early timber days in this Russell County Hollow. By Rev. Clyde Carter. Paperback., 96 pages. $6.00. JUST TWO COPIES LEFT!

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WILDER DAYS . . . Life in four Russell County coal towns: Wilder, Clinchfield, South Clinchfield, and Dixie Splint. By Kathy Shearer. Paperback, 336 pages. $35.00

Memories From Dante:
​The Life of a Coal Town 
by Kathy Shearer

​Oral histories and hundreds of pictures from this old Clinchfield Coal Corporation company town in Russell County, Virginia. First published in 2001 by People Inc, this book has been reprinted in paperback and is sold by the non-profit Dante Lives On organization as well as Clinch Mountain Press to raise money for its activities in the town. Paperback, 525 pages. $35.00 plus S&H. Call 276-495-1903 or 276-944-5355
to order.

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