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Laura Wright
Biography
Appalachian Curiosities is a copious compendium of creatures, characters, crimes, and conundrums. Curiosities features information that most history books won't discuss. The volume highlights five central Appalachian states, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Kentucky, and West Virginia, with a strong focus on Southwestern Virginia and Northeastern Tennessee.
Dr. Jay was an esteemed physician in North Carolina, until addiction overtook him and he enacted one of the most heinous massacres in the history of the state. Edward Wentz, a Virginia mining magnate, disappeared in 1903. His body was found in 1904, but puzzling circumstances surrounding the case leaves researchers baffled even today. Is Virginia's Black Mountain really the Appalachian Bermuda Triangle? One Kentucky establishment is rumored to have its own "Portal to Hell." What are the facts behind the legend?
Curiosities proves there's no shortage of mysteries and wonders to be found, not just in history, but in the history of the Appalachians.
This volume contains a plethora of beautiful, and often humorous, vintage artwork from the author's own library.
Dr. Jay was an esteemed physician in North Carolina, until addiction overtook him and he enacted one of the most heinous massacres in the history of the state. Edward Wentz, a Virginia mining magnate, disappeared in 1903. His body was found in 1904, but puzzling circumstances surrounding the case leaves researchers baffled even today. Is Virginia's Black Mountain really the Appalachian Bermuda Triangle? One Kentucky establishment is rumored to have its own "Portal to Hell." What are the facts behind the legend?
Curiosities proves there's no shortage of mysteries and wonders to be found, not just in history, but in the history of the Appalachians.
This volume contains a plethora of beautiful, and often humorous, vintage artwork from the author's own library.
Books
Appalachian Curiosities
by Laura Wright
Price:
$8.99 USD.
Words: 142,650.
Language:
English.
Originally Published: December 3, 2015
by
Black House Books.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Social Science, Nonfiction » Social Science » Mythology, folklore, & legend, Nonfiction » History » Social history, Nonfiction » Social Science » Regional studies, Nonfiction » Social Science » Customs & Traditions
Appalachian Curiosities is a copious compendium of creatures, characters, crimes, and conundrums. Curiosities features information that most history books won't discuss. The volume highlights five central Appalachian states, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Kentucky, and West Virginia, with a strong focus on Southwestern Virginia and Northeastern Tennessee. Dr. Jay was an esteemed physician...
Black Diamond
by Laura Wright
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 25,960.
Language:
English.
Originally Published: March 16, 2022
by
Black House Books.
Categories:
Fiction » Children’s books, Fiction » Children’s books » Monsters, Fiction » Children’s books » Paranormal
They say he's doomed to run the train for eternity, and if you're caught, he'll take you with him. They say his only love was his precious Black Diamond. They say because of his cruelty in life, his death would be the cruelest imaginable. They say now he's merely a captain on a train that transports the devil. Josie is a sole survivor of a prank gone wrong and finds out that some histories are...