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summersville dam construction

September 9, 2016 Dam building / West Virginia / Writers

Book Review: ‘Story of the Summersville Dam’

Stories from descendants of workers on the dam, government officials involved, and families who’d been displaced by the dam’s construction.

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girl from stretchneck holler cover closeup

May 8, 2012 Virginia / Writers

‘The Girl From Stretchneck Holler’ now out as e-book

Excerpt from newly published book ‘The Girl from Stretchneck Holler: Inside Appalachia,’ by Betty Dotson-Lewis and Kathleen Colley Slusher.

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