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Which classic movie was based on a novel by Moundsville native Davis Grubb?
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Which of the following was NOT a poet laureate of West Virginia?
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W. E. R. Byrne wrote a class book about this river.
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Porte Crayon was the pen name of what author?
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Which Davis Grubb book was shot almost entirely on site in Moundsville?
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Novelist Mittie Frances Clarke Point wrote under this pen name.
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The mythic lumberjack Tony Beaver was created by this author.
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This Keyser native wrote the memoir Colored People
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What style of writing was Ruth Ann Musick best known for?
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This Huntington native's books include The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart and A Hanging at Cinder Bottom.
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