Sarvice Mountain (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781530761975)

Bio for Julian Martin An eighth generation West Virginian, his ancestors settled on Big Coal River around 1800. His Dad and Grandpa were Union coal miners and his Grandpa fought at the Battle of Blair Mountain for the United Mine Workers of America. His 1959, West Virginia University, Chemical Engineering degree was his family's first college degree. In 1961, he became West Virginia's first Peace Corps Volunteer and was WVU's first full-time Foreign Student Adviser. He has been a candidate for County Commissioner in Monongalia County and statewide for the United States Congress. He has hitch-hiked up and down the east and west coasts and across Canada. He walked across West Virginian to bring attention to Mountain Top Removal strip mining. He has served on the board of directors of the: West Virginia Highlands Conservancy; Kanawha State Forest Foundation; Committee of Returned Volunteers; Regional Council on International Education; West Virginia American Civil Liberties Union, West Virginia Environmental Education Association and the West Virginia Labor History Association. Awards include: 1999 Grassroots Organizer of the Year from the West Virginia Environmental Council; 2009 Outstanding Achievement In Environmental Education from the West Virginia Environmental Education Association; Sphinx Senior Men's Honorary at WVU; All Conference Football Player at St. Albans High School And what is most important, he is concerned about First Amendment Freedom of Speech, war and peace, the destruction of our mountain and stream environments, and money controlling our politicians. He claims to know who guarded Wilt Chamberlain when "Wilt the Stilt" scored 100 points and he knows why hens cackle when they lay an egg.