10 Must-Read Books Set In West Virginia
- BOOK LISTS
- January 31, 2018
Get to know hardscrabble Appalachia with these 10 must-read books set in West Virginia. 1. Lee Maynard’s Crum trilogy “In Crum, a gritty coal town on the West Virginia-Kentucky border, the boys fight, swear, chase and sometimes catch girls. The adults are cramped in and clueless, hemmed in by the mountains. The weight of wonder,
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READ MOREThe Vietnam War occurred between 1955 and 1975 and killed almost 4 million people including 58,220 U.S. service members. These 10 nonfiction and fiction books about the Vietnam War define the conflict and explore the lives of those who were impacted by it. 1. Dereliction of Duty by H.R. McMaster “McMaster’s only book, Dereliction of
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