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• Tumult on the Mountains

  … by "Roy B. Clarkson":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1250, a native of the lumber town of Cass. Also the author of a history of Cass, _On Beyond Leatherbark_ (1990), Clarkson worked at the large sawmill operation in Cass before earning a …

• James Morton Callahan

  … West Virginia celebrated a half-century of statehood, Callahan wrote the popular _Semi-Centennial History of West Virginia_. Later he was the author of a three-volume _History of West Virginia, Old and New_, a work in the traditional mode of one volume of …

• Alexander Campbell

  … http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1171, Alexander Campbell (September 12, 1788-March 4, 1866) was a preacher, philosopher, author, scholar, publisher, orator, statesman, college founder, and sheep farmer. Throughout his adult life, he worked to bring …

• Fanny Kemble Johnson

  Author Fanny Kemble Johnson (May 22, 1868-February 15, 1950) was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, and began her writing career shortly after moving to West Virginia in 1897. Johnson married Vincent Costello two years later. They moved from Charleston …

• West Virginia State Rail Authority

  … seven-member board governs the Rail Authority. The state secretary of transportation, … Washington. The West Virginia State Rail Authority holds seven abandoned rail lines … In October 2014, the State Rail Authority assumed responsibility for the operation …

• Billy Edd Wheeler

  … http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/710, and 15 other plays. He authored several books of poetry, including the hauntingly beautiful _Song of a Woods Colt_, and he co-authored with Loyal Jones of Berea College a popular series of …

• Oliver Perry Chitwood

  … 40 years at WVU, Chitwood established his reputation as an authority on American colonial history. His _History of Colonial America_ ( … years a leading college textbook in that field. With co-authors, Chitwood wrote _A Short History of the American People_, …

• Elsie Clapp

  … residents resented the community school because it was run by outsiders. Elsie Clapp left Arthurdale in 1936, and the school became part of the Preston County public school system. Clapp authored the book, _Community Schools in Action_, in 1939.

• John Knowles

  … and has achieved the status of a modern classic. _A Separate Peace_ was nominated for the National Book Award and earned its author a Rosenthal Award and the William Faulkner Award for best first novel. Knowles’s other published works include _Morning in …

• Roy B. Clarkson

  … retired as professor emeritus in 1992. Clarkson authored "_Tumult on the Mountains: Lumbering … of the timber industry. He co-authored four books on botanical subjects, authored numerous articles, and was the recipient of several research grants. His …

• Meredith Sue Willis

  Author Meredith Sue Willis was born in "Clarksburg":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1204 … York University's School of Continuing and Professional Studies. Willis authored three books on the teaching of writing—_Personal Fiction Writing_ …

• Franklin D. Cleckley

  … College (1962). Cleckley served during the Vietnam War era in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General Corps. The author of _Evidence Handbook for West Virginia Lawyers_ and _West Virginia Criminal Procedure Handbook_, Cleckley in 1972 became the first …

• Jean Lee Latham

  Author Jean Lee Latham (April 19, 1902-June 13, 1995) was born in Buckhannon. She pursued a number of careers before beginning to write books for children and young adults. After graduating from "West Virginia Wesleyan College":http://www. …

• Carter G. Woodson

  … Woodson (December 19, 1875-April 3, 1950) spent his formative years in West Virginia. He was a historian, an author, and a publisher who began the systematic collection and dissemination of Black historical information. He was often called the ‘‘Father of …

• World War II

  … during the war. Buckhannon native Jean Lee Latham learned to repair radio equipment for the Signal Corps. The award-winning author found herself writing directions, lectures, and course material for the inspection of radio gear. The 201st Infantry of …

• Laurence Yep

  Author Laurence Michael Yep has written more than 50 works of fiction, mostly for young readers. Yep grew up in San Francisco, where he was born June 14, 1948, but has roots in West Virginia. During the Depression, Yep’s maternal relatives moved from China …

• Literature

  … wvencyclopedia.org/articles/308 (1845–1925) authored _The History of Kanawha County_ … http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2105, author of acclaimed coalfields novels _Storming … . Three West Virginia children’s authors have received the prestigious Newbery …

• Daniel Bedinger Lucas

  Daniel Bedinger Lucas (March 16, 1836-July 24, 1909) was a lawyer, soldier, author, and member of the West Virginia "House of Delegates":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/502 and a "Supreme Court":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ …

• William Alexander MacCorkle

  … /1104, which he served as chairman. In World War I, MacCorkle was state chairman of the Liberty Loan campaigns. He was the author of _Some Southern Questions_, _The Personal Genesis of the Monroe Doctrine_, and _The Book of the White Sulphur_, as well as …

• Jim Comstock

  … was Mr. West Virginia in the hearts of many Mountaineers. He spearheaded the purchase and preservation of Nobel Prize-winning author "Pearl Buck’s":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/676 birthplace at Hillsboro, helped pay for the rescue of …

• Phil Conley

  Author, editor, and publisher Philip Mallory ‘‘Phil’’ Conley (November 30, 1887-August 1, 1979) was born … for many years a popular public school textbook and with various co-authors has passed through several editions. He presented numerous radio programs …

• Catherine Marshall

  Author Catherine Marshall (September 27, 1914-March 18, 1983) was born Catherine Sarah Wood in Johnson City, Tennessee, to Presbyterian minister John Ambrose Wood and his missionary wife, Lenora Whitaker Wood. The family moved to West Virginia and lived in …

• Walter Dean Myers

  Author Walter Dean Myers (August 12, 1937-July 1, 2014), regarded as one of the most influential writers of juvenile fiction, was born Walter Milton Myers in Martinsburg. After his mother's death when he was three years old, he was raised by foster parents …

• Stephen Coonts

  Author Stephen Paul Coonts, born July 19, 1946, in Morgantown, became a best-selling action and adventure novelist with the 1986 publication of _Flight of the Intruder_, introducing the fictional naval aviator, Jake Grafton. Coonts grew up in Buckhannon …

• Hu Maxwell

  … Mingo Indians_ (1921). With Richard E. Fast, he wrote _The History and Government of West Virginia_ (1906), and he co-authored the three-volume classic, _West Virginia and Its People_ (1913), with Thomas Condit Miller. Maxwell combined his knowledge of …