Mountain State Press

Current Book Titles

  • The Well Ain't Dry Yet by Belinda Anderson: Twilight Dawn sits at the quilt frame in her living room, creating something whole from the scraps people bring of their lives. She opens the book, then steps aside to allow her customers to come forward & tell their own stories. They sneak in and out of each other's tales, bound by the quilter & a mysterious old man in a jaguar. ($12.50) 

  • The Bingo Cheaters by Belinda Anderson: The continued adventures of Twilight Dawn and a cast of new characters from Hope County. ($14.95)http://www.belindaanderson.com/

  • House Calls in the Hills by Jay Banks, M.D.: Travel down the country roads of WV with this doctor who began his practice in rural Raleigh County. Meet the amazing array of characters he encountered in his years of family practice. This collection of short episodes will bring you into the homes of down-home country folks. Sit back and read a spell! ($10.95)

  • Trophies I Can't Hang on the Wall by Jay Banks: Read about the joys of hunting and fishing and the friendships formed along the way. ($12.95)

  • Behold the Man by Jean Battlo:  A lyrical reflection on the developing Christ-consciousness in the life of Jesus Christ. This work explores a question that has been spiraling the centuries: Was Jesus born believing Himself the Messiah, or did He come to that knowledge through His prayers and experiences? ($10.95)

  • This Holler Is My Home by Alyce Faye Bragg: Life in rural Clay County, centering around home and family. Life in these hills is often humorous, sometimes sad, but hardly ever dull.  ($12.95)

  • Homesick for the Hills by Alyce Faye Bragg: Life, love, and sadness from the standpoint of  rural Clay County, where everything centers around home and family. Learn a little, cry a little, laugh a little and learn to appreciate the simple things in life. ($12.95).

  • The Hills Are Calling by Irene Brand: Winner of the Christian Writers Fellowship Koala Award for Quality Fiction, this novel is a skillful blend of suspense and inspiration in an Appalachian setting. A young minister and a troubled young woman meet and fall in love in depression-era rural West Virginia. ($4.95)

  • Scribbling and More by Shirley Young Campbell: A collection of columns written for the West Virginia Hillbilly newspaper form August 1991 to February 1994. The essays present the author's sharp perception of the struggles most of us face in our daily lives and the reflections necessary to make sense of our day to day existence. Full of humor, wisdom, and down home advice a read worth reading. ($10.95)

  • Ideas That Built America by Daniel Crowder, Ph.D.: An inspiring perspective on American history, showing the evolution of American attitudes and philosophy into the 20th Century.  This includes a free- separate Supplemental Readings and Resource Guide. ($17.95)
  • Lucinda's Mountain by Adda Leah Davis: Lucinda Harmon struggles to break away from the sheltering bonds of family and from the mountain traditions to which McDowell County still clung to during the 1950s.  Her goal was a bigger and broader world through the realm of education.  In striving for her goal, she encounters resistance from family, religious strictures, and traditional roles for women.  She also struggles with the love of two men, one who challenges her to risk the unknown, and another who overwhelms her with possessive love. ($14.95)
  • Family Spirit by Jill Thompson Decker: Family Spirit is an action-filled romp through the mid 1920s.  "An exciting time to be be a growing boy," according to the main character, Tad De Wolfe.  Indeed! Rogues, rascals, and dewy-eyed innocents encounter Prohibition, Woman's Suffrage, the automobile, snake-oil salesman, the "talkies," politics as usual, and spiritualism, that was all the rage in this land and in Britain. ($12.95)

  • Hears The Wind by d. Kate Dooley:  While written for teenagers, adults will see this book as a tool to help their young through the turbulent formative years.  The story is of a young Native American as he struggles to preserve his identity in the face of bigotry and the maturing of a shy young girl who sees the world through the eyes of a dreamer.  ($12.95)

  • The Conversion of Big Jim Cane by Robert Elkins: Rough and ready Big Jim finally agrees to a dunking.  The whole hollow turns out to witness the event.  In this work of fiction, the story of Big Jim leads one through many tales of the hills and hollows, feuds and resolutions, life and death. ($12.95)

  • Vietnam Snapshots by Craig Etchison: A composite of events that occurred during the American intervention of the Vietnam conflict. Readers emerge with an increased understanding of why veterans returned home as they did. ($12.95)
  • Hero of the Rhine by Ken Heckler: Available through Mountain State Press. ($5.00)

  • John Young Lt. at Elk by Orton Jones: Indian fighter and scout, survivor of the massacre at Tackett's Fort, and ancestor of countless Kanawha Valley Citizens, John Young epitomized the courageous frontiersman. Jones' book provides historical and genealogical material of interest to all West Virginians and history buffs. ($9.95)

  • My Loop Creek Country Friends by John Kincaid: Take some down-home storytelling, mix in a little poetry and a lot of country common sense, and you've got yourself a real West Virginia treat. John Kincaid's Loop Creek friends share their insights on life, liberty, and the wearing of shoes. ($9.95)

  • Cargo of Memories-Saga of the Majestic Showboat by Catherine Reynolds King: An inside account of life aboard an operating showboat reveals a way o of life filled with danger and glamour. The Majestic plied the waters of the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers during the first half of the 20th century making history as well as giving pleasure to its passengers. ($12.95).

  • Reflections of a nonagenarian by Sydney M. Kleeman: Vignettes in this collection are reflections of a nonagenarian, a man in his 90's. The "reflections" are not exactly poems and not exactly meditations. They are a glimpse at an intriguing journey, which has reached a summit; they are notions of a man who has lived an exciting life over which he has had a great deal of command. Some are humorous, some are deadly serious, and some are full of self-mockery, but all are worth the read. ($14.95)

  • Seedlings by Shirley Klien: Powerful word pictures deliver the author's message that appearances and reality don't always coincide in this, her second volume of poetry. ($3.75)

  • Mom & Ramps Forever by Barbara McCallum: Amusing and entertaining commentary on a special West Virginia cultural icon. Ramps.  A great souvenir or gift, with recipes that have been featured in  Gourmet Magazine. ($4.95)

  • Peaceful Patriot by Bonni McKeown: The story of WVU student Tom Bennett who won the Medal of Honor as a combat medic in Vietnam. ($10.00)

  • The Roads That Brought Us Home by Edward, David, & Roger Morris: Three WV born brothers chronicle their rise from poor farm boys to positions of national prominence in their professions. They also reflect on how their varying ambitions & political differences separated them emotionally until the illness & death of their mother brought them together again in middle age as close-if still contentious friends. ($14.95)

  • Under the Shade of the Trees: Thomas (Stonewall) Jackson's Life at Jackson's Mill by Dennis Norman: Little attention has been given to young Tom Jackson during his formative years. This is the story of the exceptional boy who, through determination, hard work, and a little good luck, overcame his disadvantages to become the legendary Gen. Stonewall Jackson, an honored leader of men. ($10.95)

  • The Gospel in the Gospel by Robert S. Weaver: A collection of 16 meditations on the parables of Luke 15, with four on each parable. Weaver offers in-depth, new, and fresh viewpoints. ($12.95)

  • From Generals to Gorillas by Claude Ramsey: A journey of an extraordinary man from his time in the war under Gen. MacArthur, to the Morris Animal Foundation years with Betty White, to a gorilla named Ziz.  ($12.95)

  • Mel Street, A Country Legend by Dennis Schuler Sr. and Larry J. Delp:  A biography of country music singer and composer that details his rise from a local performer in southern West Virginia to the national stage.  Many photographs.  ($16.95)

  • The Circumstance of Death by Barbara Smith: Set in Appalachia amidst poverty & family tensions a murder has been committed...or has it? A novel of suspense, family, and the human spirit. ($12.50)

  • Old Land, Dark Land, Strange Land by John F. Suter:  John Suter's last compilation of stories before his death.  Introduction by Sharyn McCrumb.  A mystery reader's read; ordinary people in small town America commit extraordinary crimes motivated by greed, lust, and revenge.  This book features Uncle Abner and Arlan Boley stories.  ($18.50)

  • The Gospel in the Gospel by Robert S. Weaver: A collection of 16 meditations on the parables of Luke 15, with four on each parable. Weaver offers in-depth, new and refreshing lines of interpretation. ($12.95)

WV Writers Anthologies:
  • Catching the Crow-1982:  Award winning entries from the 1982 Writers contest ($5.00)

  • And Now the Magpie-1983:  Award winning entries from the 1983-1986 contests ($5.00)

  •  Beyond the Magpie-1987 to 1990:  Award winning entries from the 1987-1990 contests ($5.00)

  • The Best of WV Writers 1991-1995:  Award winning entries from the 1991-1995 contests ($5.00)

    *All Four Anthologies for $12.00*