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  • Recent Publications
  • Harold M. Forbes

This is a listing of books, articles, dissertations, and theses published in 2005 and 2006. My intent has been to assemble a bibliography of readily accessible works that provide fresh insight into West Virginia's history or that expand the availability of primary documentation for the study of the state's heritage. If I have overlooked any pertinent recent or current resource, please call it to my attention.

  • Adler, Bill. Yesteryears, vol. 6. Jane Lew, WV: Hacker's Creek Pioneer Descendants, 2006. 250 pp. Accounts of historical events of Lewis Co. as published in early Weston Democrat newspapers.

  • Akin, William E. West Virginia Baseball: A History, 1865-2000. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2006. 229 pp.

  • Alderman, Leanna, and Eleanor Mahoney. Above the Smoke: A Family Album of Pocahontas County Fire Towers. Dunmore, WV: Pocahontas Communications Cooperative Corp., 2005. 128 pp.

  • Allan, Randy. Lemuel Chenoweth, 1811-1887: Bridging the Gaps. Beverly, WV: Randy Allan, 2006, and Parsons, WV: McClain Printing Co., 2006. 166 pp.

  • Anderson, Colleen, and Michael Keller. "The Pepperoni Roll: State Food of West Virginia." Goldenseal 32 (Spring 2006): 10-14. Text by Colleen Anderson, photography by Michael Keller.

  • Archer, William R. "Bill." McDowell County. Images of America. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2005. 128 pp.

  • _______. Princeton. Images of America. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2006. 128 pp.

  • _______. Welch. Images of America. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2006. 127 pp. [End Page 91]

  • Bailey, Kenneth R. Alleged Evil Genius: The Life and Times of Judge James H. Ferguson. Charleston, WV: Quarrier Press, 2006. 210 pp. Nineteenth-century Logan County, WV, lawyer and politician.

  • Beckman, James A. Harpers Ferry. Postcard History Series. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2006. 127 pp.

  • Berger, Miles B. A West Virginia Family in World War II. Master's thesis, West Virginia University, 2005. 90 pp. Examines the correspondence of a West Virginia brother and sister (E. Steve Fisher, Anna Marie Fisher) during their service in World War II. Includes an overview of the Women's Army Corps.

  • Black, Dan, Terra McKinnish, and Seth Sanders. "The Economic Impact of the Coal Boom and Bust." Economic Journal 115, no. 503 (April 2005): 449-76. Impact of the 1970s coal boom and the subsequent 1980s coal bust in Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

  • Booker, Clyde G. Dying for a Job: African Americans, Industrial Hegemony, and the Hawk's Nest Tunnel, 1930-1936. PhD diss., University of Kentucky, 2005. 282 pp. Examines cultural, political, and economic issues that contributed to the death of hundreds of workers while laboring on a hydroelectric project.

  • Brand, Irene B. "Harmony Church: Witness and Worship in Mason County." Goldenseal 31 (Spring 2005): 30-35.

  • Bumgardner, Stan. Charleston. Postcard History Series. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2006. 127 pp.

  • Byrd, Robert C. Robert C. Byrd: Child of the Appalachian Coalfields. Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 2005. 817 pp.

  • Carney, Brent. Oglebay Park. Images of America. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2005. 128 pp.

  • Casto, James E. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. Images of Rail. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2006. 127 pp.

  • _______. Marshall University. The Campus History Series. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2005. 128 pp.

  • Clarke, Alan R. The Western Maryland Railway in West Virginia: The Photographs of G. H. Broadwater. Charleston, WV: Quarrier Press, 2006. 176 pp. [End Page 92]

  • Condee, William Faricy. Coal and Culture: Opera Houses in Appalachia. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2005. 210 pp.

  • Cox, Connie Loraine. Our Place in History: Southwestern Preston County, West Virginia. Terra Alta, WV: Headline Books, Inc., 2005. 288 pp.

  • Crouser, Brad. Arch: The Life of Governor Arch A. Moore Jr. [Chapmanville, WV]: Woodland Press, 2006. 672 pp.

  • D'Agostino, Sara Lynn. An Examination of Celebratory Violence: WVU Football Season 2004. Master's thesis, West Virginia University, 2005. 49 pp. Fan behavior of college students at West Virginia University football games in 2004.

  • Dailey, Robert A. History of the Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Consumer Sciences: Synopsis and Analysis of Academic Programs. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2006. 148 pp. The Davis College is part of West Virginia University.

  • DiBacco, Jerry, and John Warner. "Night of the Raging Waters: Parsons and the 1985 Flood." Goldenseal 31 (Fall 2005): 14-22. Text by Jerry DiBacco, photography by John Warner.

  • Domitz, Carrie, and Gerald Domitz...

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