Category Archives: Books

Morgantown to San Francisco

Posted on November 6, 2018 by

An excerpt from my new book Morgantown to San Francisco, available on Amazon.com. While running for the West Virginia House of Representatives in 1952, Robert Byrd said that he was no longer a member of the Klan. As a West Virginia … Continue reading →

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Open For Business

Posted on October 24, 2018 by

An excerpt from my soon to be published memoir, Morgantown to San Francisco.  Open for Business It is so crazy, blowing up the mountains in the mountain state. Governor Joe Manchin changed the state motto appearing on billboards welcoming visitors … Continue reading →

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Jesuit Slave Trade

Posted on October 4, 2018 by

An excerpt from Morgantown to San Francisco, my book in progress: As foreign student advisor [at WVU] I became involved in the Regional Council on International Education.  At one of our University of Pittsburgh meetings, we were addressed by a … Continue reading →

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Small World

Posted on April 10, 2018 by

An excerpt from my work in progress memoir, Morgantown to San Francisco After the Peace Corps, when I was just getting started at WVU as Foreign Student Advisor, I learned that John Maxwell was teaching history. We had met as … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 21, 2017 by

An Excerpt from Damn Yankee Buttons, a book I am working on: ….my experience calls into question some of the fairly blatant generalizations you made back in 1994. Shortly into your observations about humans in the Appalachian Mountains, you grab … Continue reading →

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Names for sale

Posted on August 5, 2017 by

An excerpt from Sam’s Branch Essays, a book I am working on. I despair at the commercialism that causes ball parks and bowl games to be named for whatever company puts up the money.  Poor Watt Powell.[1] It’s getting as bad … Continue reading →

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Homeplace under siege

Posted on May 26, 2017 by

An excerpt from Damn Yankee Buttons: Essays and Short Stories, a book I am writing Our home place is now under siege by a blight on the land. Bull Creek is empty of people, hardwood trees, ginseng, yellow root, and most … Continue reading →

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Robert Byrd

Posted on May 15, 2017 by

An excerpt from Damn Yankee Buttons, A book of essays and short stories I am working on: Near the end of his life, after a political career of supporting the coal industry, Senator Robert Byrd expressed misgivings about mountain top … Continue reading →

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Some Favorite Quotes

Posted on May 12, 2017 by

A Few of My Favorite Quotes  “They put their hand to the flinty rock, and overturn mountains by the roots. They cut out channels in the rocks, and their eyes see every precious thing. The sources of the rivers they … Continue reading →

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Four-Letter Words

Posted on May 3, 2017 by

An excerpt from my next book Damn Yankee Buttons “We will cease to be so angry once we cease to be so hopeful. – Alain de Botton, The Consolations of Philosophy   Alain de Botton’s take on Montaigne is worth … Continue reading →

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