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August 2012

The editor, on Reddish Knob, west of Harrisonburg, Va.

Editor’s Column: Living the War

We are standing on battle ground. Whether we’ve walked Antietam, New Market, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, or just followed mountain trails...
Ty Cobb reached the big-league Detroit Tigers in 1905 at age 18, three weeks after the death of his father. Photo: from the National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress.

Reader Favorites: Ty Cobb: Death in the Dark

Ty Cobb was among the best baseball players ever. What contributed to his success and uncompromising style on the field and in life?
Mark Thompson, of Starr Hill Brewery in Charlottesville, Va.

Beers of the Blue Ridge

After months of grueling research, newspaper columnist and book author Joe Tennis reports on the growing community of microbrews in the mountains.
Grace Toney Edwards is director of the Appalachian Regional Studies Center at Radford University in Virginia. She lives in Christiansburg, Va. and Knoxville, Tenn. Edwards was the recipient of the 2006 Educational Service to Appalachia Award and was senior editor of “A Handbook to Appalachia” (2006).

Grace Toney Edwards

Grace Toney Edwards is director of the Appalachian Regional Studies Center at Radford University in Virginia. She lives in Christiansburg, Va. and Knoxville, Tenn. Edwards was the recipient of the 2006 Educational Service to Appalachia Award...
Morgan is author of 18 books of poetry and fiction, including “Gap Creek,” a New York Times bestseller and Oprah Book Club selection. He is currently Kappa Alpha Professor of English at Cornell University.

Robert Morgan

Morgan is author of 18 books of poetry and fiction, including “Gap Creek,” a New York Times bestseller and Oprah Book Club selection. He is currently Kappa Alpha Professor of English at Cornell University.
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