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Book West Virginia Farm Review

Download or read book West Virginia Farm Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Milkweed Ladies

Download or read book The Milkweed Ladies written by Louise McNeill and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 1988-08-19 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Milkweed Ladies, the memoirs of poet Louise McNeill, is written out of deep affection for and intimate knowledge of the lives of rural people and the rhythms of the natural world. It is a personal account of the farm in southern West Virginia where her family has lived for nine generations.Born in 1911, McNeill tells the story of her own growing years on the farm through the circadian rhythms of rural life. She presents the farm itself, "its level fields, its fence row, and hilly pastures . . . some two hundred acres of trees and bluegrass, running water, and the winding, dusty paths that cattle and humans have kept open through the years." She writes movingly of the harsh routines of the lives of her family, from spring ploughing to winter sugaring, and of the hold the farm itself has on them and the earth itself on all of us.By the 1930s, the farm and the surrounding community had been drastically changed by the destruction left by the lumber companies, by the increased access to the outside world resulting from railway and automobile, and by war. McNeill herself left the farm in 1937 to complete her college education and to persue her literary career.Throughout The Milkweed Ladies, McNeill juxtaposes the life of the farm with the larger world events that impinge on it. But the larger world moves closer and closer to the world of the farm as McNeill herself moves away from it. The book concludes with McNeill's perspective on the events of August 5, 1945. As she sits in the Commodore Hotel in New York City, reading the headlines about Hiroshima, she understands that she can never see the farm in the same way again.The Milkweed Ladies is filled with memorable characters - an herb-gathering Granny, McNeill's sailor father, her patient, flower-loving mother, and Aunt Malindy in her "black sateen dress" who "never did a lick of work." With her poet's gift for detail and language, McNeill creates a world, forgotten by many of us, to some of us never known.

Book Wish You Well

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Baldacci
  • Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
  • Release : 2000-10-01
  • ISBN : 0759520127
  • Pages : 357 pages

Download or read book Wish You Well written by David Baldacci and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2000-10-01 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following a family tragedy, siblings Lou and Oz must leave New York and adjust to life in the Virginia mountains--but just as the farm begins to feel like home, they'll have to defend it from a dark threat in this New York Times bestselling coming-of-age story. Precocious twelve-year-old Louisa Mae Cardinal lives in the hectic New York City of 1940 with her family. Then tragedy strikes--and Lou and her younger brother, Oz, must go with their invalid mother to live on their great-grandmother's farm in the Virginia mountains. Suddenly Lou finds herself growing up in a new landscape, making her first true friend, and experiencing adventures tragic, comic, and audacious. When a dark, destructive force encroaches on her new home, her struggle will play out in a crowded Virginia courtroom...and determine the future of two children, an entire town, and the mountains they love.

Book New Deal Photographs of West Virginia  1934 1943

Download or read book New Deal Photographs of West Virginia 1934 1943 written by Betty Rivard and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Upon entering the White House in 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt faced an ailing economy in the throes of the Great Depression and rushed to transform the country through recovery programs and legislative reform. By 1934, he began to send professional photographers to the state of West Virginia to document living conditions and the effects of his New Deal programs. The photographs from the Farm Security Administration Project not only introduced “America to Americans,” exposing a continued need for government intervention, but also captured powerful images of life in rural and small town America.New Deal Photographs of West Virginia, 1934-1943 presents images of the state's northern and southern coalfields, the subsistence homestead projects of Arthurdale, Eleanor, and Tygart Valley, and various communities from Charleston to Clarksburg and Parkersburg to Elkins. With over one hundred and fifty images by ten FSA photographers, including Walker Evans, Marion Post Wolcott, Arthur Rothstein, and Ben Shahn, this collection is a remarkable proclamation of hardship, hope, endurance, and, above all, community. These photographs provide a glimpse into the everyday lives of West Virginians during the Great Depression and beyond.

Book Miscellaneous Publication

Download or read book Miscellaneous Publication written by and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Chickens in the Road

Download or read book Chickens in the Road written by Suzanne McMinn and published by HarperOne. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suzanne McMinn, a former romance writer and founder of the popular blog chickensintheroad.com, shares the story of her search to lead a life of ordinary splendor in Chickens in the Road, her inspiring and funny memoir. Craving a life that would connect her to the earth and her family roots, McMinn packed up her three kids, left her husband and her sterile suburban existence behind, and moved to rural West Virginia. Amid the rough landscape and beauty of this rural mountain country, she pursues a natural lifestyle filled with chickens, goats, sheep—and no pizza delivery. With her new life comes an unexpected new love—"52," a man as beguiling and enigmatic as his nickname—a turbulent romance that reminds her that peace and fulfillment can be found in the wake of heartbreak. Coping with formidable challenges, including raising a trio of teenagers, milking stubborn cows, being snowed in with no heat, and making her own butter, McMinn realizes that she’s living a forty-something’s coming-of-age story. As she dares to become self-reliant and embrace her independence, she reminds us that life is a bold adventure—if we’re willing to live it. Chickens in the Road includes more than 20 recipes, craft projects, and McMinn’s photography, and features a special two-color design.

Book Catalogue of the Library

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  • Author : Massachusetts Horticultural Society
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1918
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 380 pages

Download or read book Catalogue of the Library written by Massachusetts Horticultural Society and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book An Appalachian New Deal

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  • Author : Jerry Bruce Thomas
  • Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
  • Release : 1998-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780813120645
  • Pages : 356 pages

Download or read book An Appalachian New Deal written by Jerry Bruce Thomas and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Depression had already begun in West Virginia before the stock market crash of November 1929 and lasted until the coming of war in 1941. In tracing the responses of the people and government of West Virginia during the Depression, historian Jerry Thomas not only deals with politics and institutions but also tells about ordinary people during the worst conditions in the state's history. 18 photos.

Book Agricultural Finance Review

Download or read book Agricultural Finance Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 938 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bulletin

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1906
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 566 pages

Download or read book Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bibliographical Contributions from the Lloyd Library  Cincinnati  Ohio

Download or read book Bibliographical Contributions from the Lloyd Library Cincinnati Ohio written by Lloyd Library (Cincinnati, Ohio) and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Rowell s American Newspaper Directory

Download or read book Rowell s American Newspaper Directory written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 1572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bibliographical Contributions

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  • Author : United States. Department of Agriculture. Library
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1903
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1428 pages

Download or read book Bibliographical Contributions written by United States. Department of Agriculture. Library and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 1428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Supplement no  1  1901 1905  etc

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  • Author : United States. Department of Agriculture. Library
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1907
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 232 pages

Download or read book Supplement no 1 1901 1905 etc written by United States. Department of Agriculture. Library and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bulletin

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  • Author : United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Library
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1907
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 238 pages

Download or read book Bulletin written by United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Library and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: