{"product_id":"historic-photos-of-west-virginia-gerald-swick-9781684421084","title":"Historic Photos of West Virginia","description":"\u003cp\u003eWest Virginia is a state of overwhelming beauty. Shared traditions, shared tragedies, and shared histories bind its people to the land and each other with a strong sense of place, family, and home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn striking black-and-white photos culled from state and national archives, accompanied by text from an award-winning writer, \u003cem\u003eHistoric Photos of West Virginia\u003c\/em\u003e captures the history of this remarkable state. Even readers unfamiliar with its history will find a compelling drama in its tumultuous birth in the Civil War, its growth as a center for extraction industries and manufacturing, its role as a new homeland for immigrants, and its history as the birthplace of Mother's Day and of heroes like Charles \"Chuck\" Yeager. The triumphs of natives like Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck and tragedies like the Monongah mine disaster-all are depicted here as part of the complex, compelling story of the Mountain State and its people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerald Swick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 168442108X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781684421084\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Turner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.75d","brand":"Gerald Swick","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44051763101951,"sku":"9781684421084","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_82eb7a4e-7825-4949-a5b1-3f255131f213.jpg?v=1685015022","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/historic-photos-of-west-virginia-gerald-swick-9781684421084","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}