Bibliograph

West Virginia, a history, Otis K. Rice, Stephen W. Brown

Type

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West Virginia, a history, Otis K. Rice, Stephen W. Brown

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-325) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

West Virginia

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

719387818

Responsibility statement

Otis K. Rice, Stephen W. Brown

Sub title

a history

Summary

"An essential resource for scholars, students, and all lovers of the Mountaineer State. From bloody skirmishes with Indians on the early frontier to the Logan County mine war, the story of West Virginia is punctuated with episodes as colorful and rugged as the mountains that dominate its landscape. In this first modern comprehensive history, Otis Rice and Stephen Brown balance these episodes of mountaineer individualism against the complexities of industrial development and the growth of social institutions, analyzing the events and personalities that have shaped the state. To create this his

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