A Letter from Home

A Letter from Home

February 16, 2022

A Letter from Home: World War II Home Front Newsletter, 12 February 1944 – 26 May 1945, published by Arthurdale Heritage, Inc.

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African American Life in Preston County, West Virginia

February 16, 2022

This book tells the history of Preston County’s small but vibrant African-American community.   Their story is told here through family photographs, documents, and memories. Vintage images from as early as…

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No items Annie’s Appalachian Adventures: The Letter Book

Annie’s Appalachian Adventures: The Letter

February 16, 2022

Children’s Book: “Life is difficult sometimes – even for Annie, who loves going on adventures and using her imagination. Annie was living with her mom, but due to her mom’s…

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cover of Arthurdale photo book

Arthurdale Book

February 16, 2022

By Amanda Griffith Penix Published by Arcadia Publishing in 2007, this 128-page pictorial history illustrates the history of the historic community of Arthurdale from its inception to the present preservation…

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Arthurdale Heritage Cookbook

February 16, 2022

The Arthurdale Heritage cookbook has a collection of old family recipes from original homesteaders, their descendants, and friends of Arthurdale. It is a wonderful collection of classic American cooking, just…

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Chilly Billy-bookcover

Chilly Billy

February 16, 2022

Chilly Billy by Melinda Chambers and illustrated by Sue Ann Maxwell Spiker

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Eleanor book, story and pictures

Eleanor by Barbara Cooney

February 16, 2022

Eleanor, Story and pictures by Barbara Cooney

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FDR Kodachrome Book

February 16, 2022

Small kodachrome booklet with pictures of FDR National Historic Site in Hyde Park, New York.

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Fraidy Cat book

Fraidy Cat

February 16, 2022

Fraidy Cat by Melinda Chambers and Sue Ann Maxwell Spiker

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Frederick and the Thunderstorm by Raquel Galford

Frederick and the Thunderstorm

February 16, 2022

Autographed by the author! Children’s book by Raquel Galford – a delightful story to share with young children. Written for and illustrated by children, it is a beautiful example of…

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Heroes of America: Eleanor Roosevelt book

Heroes of America: Eleanor Roosevelt

February 16, 2022

Heroes of America: Eleanor Roosevelt

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Daddy Listen to Bob Marley

Me and My Daddy Listen to Bob Marley

February 16, 2022

Originally from Romney, WV, Ann Pancake is an American fiction writer with a focus on Appalachian stories. Her writings address themes of poverty, social class, and rural American societies. She…

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No Ordinary Time book

No Ordinary Time

February 16, 2022

By Doris Kearns Goodwin, No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Homefront in World War II. No ordinary time is historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s classic Pulitzer Prize winning narrative…

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Off the Beaten Path: West Virginia

Off the Beaten Path: West Virginia

February 16, 2022

The essential guide to extraordinary travel! Whether you’re a visitor or local looking for something different, let West Virginia off the beaten path show you the Mountain State that you…

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stories from WV civil rights history

Stories from West Virginia’s Civil Rights History

February 16, 2022

Stories from West Virginia’s Civil Rights History by Thomas W. Rodd contains “A New Home for Liberty” and “J.R. Clifford and the Carrie Williams Case”

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Strange as this Weather Has Been Book cover

Strange as this Weather Has Been

February 16, 2022

Originally from Romney, WV, Ann Pancake is an American fiction writer with a focus on Appalachian stories. Her writings address themes of poverty, social class, and rural American societies. She…

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