Appalachian History from Appalachian Book Company

John Alexander Williams's West Virginia: A History is widely considered one of the finest books ever written about our state. In his clear, eminently readable style, Williams organizes the tangled strands of West Virginia's past around a few dramatic events-the battle of Point Pleasant, John Brown's insurrection in Harper's Ferry, the Paint Creek labor movement, the Hawk's Nest and Buffalo… Read more about this item

This study combines the names of settlers from the orginal 1772-1775 Botetourt County courthouse records with the lastest thinking on the conditions and events in the contemporary counties of Monroe, Summers, Greenbrier, and southern Pocahontas, West Virginia. This first permanent settlement included 583 families on an average 200 acre tract, and these were arrayed in 19 diffuse communities along 60 miles… Read more about this item

This book, briefly available in 1991, and finally reprinted over 20 years later, is just as pertinent and captivating as when it came out. A treasure trove of history and photographs of the 1830s onward of the Kanawha River which runs from Gauley Bridge to Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Freight steamers and passenger steamboats were vital to the growth and prosperity… Read more about this item

This is the true story of "Mad" Anne Bailey. In 1791 what is now West Virginia was largely unsettled wilderness, where a storm of savage warfare raged between the Indians, the frontiersmen and the settlers. From the moment she heard the news of her husband's death at the Battle of Point Pleasant, a strange, wild dream seemed to possess her… Read more about this item

12.95This book was originally part of a much larger book called History of Logan County, West Virginia; by G.T.Swain. Except for a handful of minor grammatical changes, and in spite of numerous politically incorrect instances, we have left the book as published in 1927. Princess Aracoma was the daughter of Chief Cornstalk, the leader of the Shawnee Indians. Both Cornstalk and… Read more about this item

Doddrige's history covers the early settlements of western Virginia and Pennsylvania. About one-third of the book chronicles the wars between the Indians and the settlers. In another third of the book Doddrige addresses various aspects of life at this time, including the plants and animals of the region; the settlers' law, morality and religion; illnesses and their cures; modes of… Read more about this item

First published in 1895, Chronicles of Border Warfare details the western Virginia settlers' experiences with Indian unrest and savage killings. The author clearly states first, however, that the Indians' brutality was in direct response to the landlust and selfishness of the English and American settlers. Chronicles of Border Warfare is a fascinating collection of these struggles, almost entirely written from… Read more about this item

McWhorter was an early settler of the Hackers Creek area of West Virginia. Written in 1915, McWhorter is a first hand resource for the history and lore of the area. His stories include the infamous Pringle Brothers living in the sycamore tree, various fugitives and hunters, numerous Indian encounters, and the life of the scout, Jesse Hughes. A rugged wilderness… Read more about this item

Trans Allegheny Pioneers By John P. Hale Paperback, 530 pages Trans Allegheny Pioneers tells the story of the first white settlements west of the Alleghenies. The book focuses on the history of the Ingles family, and on the heroic Mary Draper Ingles, best-known for her courageous escape from Indian captivity. The book also contains historical illustrations of Ingles descendants and other… Read more about this item