Books
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Floyd County Moonshine
About Floyd County Moonshine is a print literary and arts magazine localized in Floyd, Virginia and the New River Valley. We publish poetry, short stories, essays, novel excerpts, literary criticism, book reviews, interviews, artwork, and photography. Mission Over 5 years in production, brewing up smooth home-distilled literature. The mission of Floyd County Moonshine is to publish thought-provoking, well-crafted, free-thinking, uncensored prose and poetry. Our literature explores the dark and gothic as well as the bright and pleasant in order to give an honest portrayal of the human condition. We aspire to publish quality literature in the local color genre,…
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Collection of Recipes from Virginia
This book was written by one Virginia girl who has loved to cook since taking my first Home Economics class in high school. Growing up the youngest of 5 children to a widowed Mother in south west Virginia/Appalachian Mtns. after World War II where food was scarce played an important role in wanting to always have plenty of food to share with family and friends. The recipes are good, if you are from the South, North, East or West and the book was released in conjunction with Jamestown's 400th Anniversary. The recipe for "Chocolate Cream Pie" is out of…
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This Pleasant Land: A Blue Ridge History
by Max S. Thomas
published posthumously by Harvestwood Press
ISBN 978-0-9703758-2-7
This Pleasant Land is a 250-year chronological history of the border areas of Floyd, Franklin, and Patrick Counties in the Blue Ridge of southwestern Virginia.
The book is a local history but is written within the context of what was happening in the outside world during the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The paperback book has about 200 pages and begins with the first settlers coming to the area. The book goes on to explain how certain events… -
The Spirit of Children
The Art and Life of Karen Carrino
A Book compiled by Deborah Carrino,with an Introduction by Marilyn Green
Published by Prometheus Books, 59 John Glenn Drive, Amherst, NY 14228, www.prometheusbooks.com.
Karen Carrino's ink & pencil drawings, oil & watercolor paintings, & clay sculptures of children reveal a depth of feeling & a level of craft that are remarkable in such a young artist. Her tragic death in a 1972 car accident, just a few days after her 19th birthday, is all the more poignant in view of the artistic legacy she… -
Guide to the Crooked Road
A GUIDE TO THE CROOKED ROAD
VIRGINIA’S HERITAGE MUSIC TRAIL
Author: Joe Wilson
Edited by: Deborah Blue
ISBN #0-89587-327-3
Copyright 2006
Published by John F. Blair Publisher, Winston-Salem, NC -
Slow Road Home
SLOW ROAD HOME
a blue ridge book of days
Author: Fred First
ISBN #0-9779395-0-2
Copyright 2006
Published by Goose Creek Press, Floyd, VA -
The History of Floyd County
FLOYD COUNTY
A History of Its People and Places
Author: Dr. Amos D. Wood
Edited by: Ann Scott Swain
ISBN #0-89227-040-3
Copyright 1981
Published by Commonwealth Press, Inc., Radford, VA
You can order the book from The Old Church Gallery here in Floyd.
The Old Church Gallery
PO BX 41
110 Wilson St SE
Floyd, VA 24091
540-745-2979
http://www.oldchurchgallery.com/
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The Man Who Moved a Mountain
THE MAN WHO MOVED A MOUNTAIN
Author: Richard C. Davids
ISBN #0-8006-1237-X
Copyright 1970
Published by Fortress Press, Philadelphia, PA