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Stonewall Jackson’s Black Sunday School

Stonewall Jackson's Black Sunday School Known for his leadership in the Confederate army during the Civil War, Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson was more than just a good general.

Rail-Trails: Mid-Atlantic

Railroad passengers once zoomed across dreamy landscapes in the Appalachians, whisking over rivers and sailing past rocky bluffs. Now, though, passenger trains are practically extinct. But many of the great railway passages remain - as trails.

The Round Barns of Madison County

Circular barns, popular a century ago for their efficiencies of materials, labor and use, have largely left the landscape. One, in the foothills of Virginia, has recently been re-upped for the next 100 years.

Redneck Boy in the Promised Land: The Confessions of Crazy Cooter

The best part of this rags to riches autobiography is that Ben Jones leaves no ugly truths lying beneath unturned stones.

Thomas Wolfe: When Do the Atrocities Begin?

Independent scholar Joanne Marshall Mauldin examines in day-by-day detail the final two years of novelist Thomas Wolfe’s life, beginning with his return, in the summer of 1936, to his Asheville, N.C., hometown.

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Known for his leadership in the Confederate army during the Civil War, Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson was more than just a good general.

Stonewall Jackson’s Black Sunday School

Stonewall Jackson's Black Sunday School Known for his leadership in the Confederate army during the Civil War, Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson was more than just a good general.
“Rail-Trails: Mid-Atlantic,” Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, 195 pp., softcover, $15.95. Wilderness Press, 2007. 800-443-7227, wildernesspress.com.

Rail-Trails: Mid-Atlantic

Railroad passengers once zoomed across dreamy landscapes in the Appalachians, whisking over rivers and sailing past rocky bluffs. Now, though, passenger trains are practically extinct. But many of the great railway passages remain - as trails.
Circular barns, popular a century ago for their efficiencies of materials, labor and use, have largely left the landscape. One, in the foothills of Virginia, has recently been re-upped for the next 100 years.

The Round Barns of Madison County

Circular barns, popular a century ago for their efficiencies of materials, labor and use, have largely left the landscape. One, in the foothills of Virginia, has recently been re-upped for the next 100 years.
“Redneck Boy In the Promised Land: The Confessions of Crazy Cooter,” by Ben Jones. 304 pages, $23.95 hardcover, Harmony Books. randomhouse.com, 800-733-3000.

Redneck Boy in the Promised Land: The Confessions of Crazy Cooter

The best part of this rags to riches autobiography is that Ben Jones leaves no ugly truths lying beneath unturned stones.
Independent scholar Joanne Marshall Mauldin examines in day-by-day detail the final two years of novelist Thomas Wolfe’s life, beginning with his return, in the summer of 1936, to his Asheville, N.C., hometown.

Thomas Wolfe: When Do the Atrocities Begin?

Independent scholar Joanne Marshall Mauldin examines in day-by-day detail the final two years of novelist Thomas Wolfe’s life, beginning with his return, in the summer of 1936, to his Asheville, N.C., hometown.
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