Many of the highlanders in Virginias western mountains live in small communities with names such as Stonebruise, Novelty, and Wangle Junction, and here their stories are chronicled by one of their own, Floyd County native and Pulitzer-nominated journalist Rex Bowman, roving reporter for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Colorful characters abound, from folks in Independence who have a decades-old tradition of racing outhouses, to the brawlers in St. Paul who once gave the town a reputation for world-class wickedness, to the purveyors of Roanokes Texas Tavern who have never in seventy years put ketchup on their hamburgers. Blue Ridge Chronicles is a delightful look at how the lively have lived in Southwest Virginias backcountry.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Haints and Hollers
- Frontier Town
- Ambulance #1½
- Wangle What?
- Sergeant Major
- Art for the Dead
- Star City Star
- The Camps
- Crockett
- Overnight Sensation
- The Runs
- Home for Dinner
- The Redoubt
- How Goose Pimple Got Its Name
- Historic Shootout
- Diet and Exercise
- Hanging Out
- Metamorphosis
- Life and Death of a Motel
- The Cost of a Dam
- A Better Maple Syrup
- Is This Some Sort of a Joke?
- Not Fade Away
- Churches of Rock
- Soul of the Hero
- “On the Other Side”
- “A Very Enjoyable Thing”
- Where New Year’s Is a Blast
- ’Shine Town
- Old Fiddlers
- “Gone for a Good While”
- Pickin’ Butter Beans
- About the Author
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