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Author: Dave Tabler

a necessary war bookcover
August 27, 2013 Military / Museums / South Carolina / WWII

World War II book to be published by Anderson County [SC] Museum

The Anderson County Museum will publish a book this fall that contains the World War II experiences of twenty county residents.

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cherokee warrior points gun at viewer
August 22, 2013 Cherokee Nation / Politics / Writers

Book Excerpt: ‘A Demand of Blood’

Back to a time when the fields & woodlands of the mountains were filled with explosions of musketry, war cries & the dark silence following.

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ring around the rosie illustration
August 21, 2013 Childrens games / Childrens literature / Educators/teachers / West Virginia

“Mountain Mother Goose” Open House & Book Signing Set for Aug. 25

Stretching from the early 20th century, this collection of melodies traces the regional attitudes & traditions of American children at play.

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detail from cover of 'stories of kentucky feuds'
August 7, 2013 Feuds / Kentucky

Bloody Breathitt Finds Its Scapegoat

T. R. C. Hutton investigates instances of individual and mass violence in the late 19th century Breathitt County of eastern Kentucky.

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Aracoma performance Chief Logan Park; photo Riding WV
August 1, 2013 Love and romance / Shawnee nation / West Virginia

The Aracoma Story –an Appalachian ‘Romeo & Juliet’

Shawnee princess marries a white settler in an 18th century WV version of the Montagues – Capulets. Tragedy follows true love in short order.

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