West Virginia - State & Local History

West Virginia: A History

Name: West Virginia: A History
Author: John Alexander Williams
ISBN: 9780393301823

by John Alexander Williams, American Association for State and Local

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Synopsis

John Alexander Williams's West Virginia: A History is widely considered one of the finest books ever written about the state.

About the Author, John Alexander Williams

John Alexander Williams received his doctorate in history from Yale University in 1966, having studied with the eminent American historian, C. Vann Woodward. He taught at the University of Notre Dame and the University of Illinois at Chicago before joining the Department of History at West Virginia University in 1972. He is now Professor of History at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, having also directed the Center for Appalachian Studies for seven years. He is the author of West Virginia and the Captains of Industry, a West Virginia University Press classic.