Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

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We open today’s show with the story of Zelda Fitzgerald’s final years. On the night of March 10, 1948, a fire started in Highland Hospital.

Instead of telling you why Union County’s history is interesting, she shows you detail by detail why it has such a hold on her.

Excerpt from Dr. Jerry Bruce Thomas lecture on ‘West Virginia: Guide to the Mountain State,’ published by the West Virginia Writers’ Project.

Fiction writer James Roberts Gilmore endeavored to cross over into the world of non-fiction to explore the extraordinary life of John Sevier.

Picture little Ed Haley, suffering from measles, stumbling and grasping in an ever-darker world without the words to express himself.