WEST VIRGINIA: A HISTORY Paperback - 2003
by ohn Alexander Williams
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- Title WEST VIRGINIA: A HISTORY
- Author ohn Alexander Williams
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: first
- Condition New
- Pages 239
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher West Virginia University Press, Morgantown, West Virginia
- Date 2003-10-23
- Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # 211
- ISBN 9780937058565 / 0937058564
- Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7 in (21.34 x 13.97 x 1.78 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Southeast U.S.
- Cultural Region: South
- Geographic Orientation: West Virginia
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001093429
- Dewey Decimal Code 975.4
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From the rear cover
John Alexander Williams's West Virginia: A History is widely considered one of the finest books ever written about our 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.