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Edward Beyer’s Travels Through America—An Artist’s View is the first English translation of a travel narrative of America in the 1850s, seen through the eyes of a German itinerant artist. It is also a preliminary catalogue raisonne of the artist’s work, profusely illustrated throughout with more than fifty reproductions of paintings, lithographs, maps, and other items in full color. An insightful essay by Al McLean reviews the current state of scholarship and knowledge about Edward Beyer’s life and work. The book contains appendices, including a list of known works by Edward Beyer, and a translation of a letter written by the artist from Lynchburg, Virginia, as well as suggestions for further reading, and an index. Several works of art are published here for the first time, some of them previously unknown to the public.
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The Tale of a Black Sheep is the never-before-published memoir of Stephen Price Maury (1850-1941), the self-proclaimed "black sheep" of the distinguished Maury family of Virginia. From his early memories of life during the Civil War, to his time at the University of Virginia and his travels around the world, this first-person account of his unconventional life provides a fascinating glimpse of another era.
The author has photographed her way up and down the streets of historic districts and dispatched a drone to the top of the award-winning Allied Arts Building—all in an effort to document the life’s work of her favorite architect. Academic researchers and history buffs alike will delight in the number of rarely seen drawings—both architectural plans and renderings—Frazier has pulled from the archives to highlight Stanhope S. Johnson’s talent, knowledge, and versatility.
The author has photographed her way up and down the streets of historic districts and dispatched a drone to the top of the award-winning Allied Arts Building—all in an effort to document the life’s work of her favorite architect. Academic researchers and history buffs alike will delight in the number of rarely seen drawings—both architectural plans and renderings—Frazier has pulled from the archives to highlight Stanhope S. Johnson’s talent, knowledge, and versatility.
Softback: $25
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Originally published in 1977, Harold E. Cox’s entertaining and informative Hill City Trolleys remained popular for decades, serving as the go-to reference for professional researchers and history buffs alike. However, the book has been out of print for years, while the need for a revised edition became increasingly apparent.
In 2017 the author graciously allowed Blackwell Press to develop a twenty-first century iteration of his book—a version featuring a carefully considered combination of new and updated material. This second edition contains more than 100 additional photographs, some in color. Maps have been redrawn over base maps to better illustrate routes in relation to their surroundings. And the text has been revised where necessary.
In short, Cox’s classic is revamped and ready to delight railfans for another forty years hence!
Inside Looking Out:
The Art of Queena Stovall
Curated and with essays by Barbara Rothermel, Ph.D. and Ellen Schall Agnew, M.A.
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Scaisbrooke Langhorne Abbot:
Lynchburg Painter
Compiled by Elizabeth Abbot Langhorne and James Callaway Langhorne
with an essay by Elizabeth Forsyth Harris
Hardback: $75
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S. L. Abbot was Lynchburg's outstanding painter of the twentieth century. Well known for his portraits and still lifes, this remarkable artist produced hundreds of paintings and drawings: a unique record of local life from the 1920s to the 1980s. Portraits painted in England, France, Italy, and New Zealand are represented as well. This limited-edition book includes more than than 400 full-color plates and photographs, reproducing every known example of Abbot's work.
The Canal on the James
An Illustrative Guide to the
James River and Kanawha Canal
by T. Gibson Hobbs
Hardback: $40
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Over a period of thirty years T. Gibson Hobbs, Jr. collected every scrap of information he could find about the James River and Kanawha Canal in Virginia. The Canal on the James is a compilation of his research—the talks he gave, the slides he showed, and the maps on which he meticulously cataloged the works of the canal. Compiled by Nancy Blackwell Marion. Edited by Mary Molyneux Abrams and Thomas G. Ledford. Available in hardback and softback.
C. Warren Falwell
Entrepreneur & Family Man
by Edna "Pee Wee" Falwell Twiddy
From the Food Network to the White House, today’s celebrity restaurateurs are lauded for their localism, creating seasonal menus around their own gardens or buying exclusively from nearby farms. But can these twenty-first century culinary visionaries also fix your car, play host to your elephant, and tow your plane out of a ditch? In this charming childhood memoir, author Pee Wee Falwell takes readers directly “to the top,” to the unassuming man seated at the old roll-top desk in Lynchburg, Virginia.
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Georgia Morgan
Paintings from private collections
curated by Ellen Schall Agnew
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Back There, Then
A historical genealogical memoir by
Marietta Stevens Crichlow
with notes by Linda Crichlow WhitePaperback: $30
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Recorded by Marietta Crichlow, this book chronicles stories of some Glovers, Garlands, Stevens, Crichlows and others....beginning before the Civil War and tied to Nelson, Amherst, and Appomattox Counties, and Lynchburg, Virginia; and continuing in the 20th century to Duquesne, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC—notably LeDroit Park and Petworth. Marietta and family are descended from people who were enslaved by Wilmer McLean at Appomattox Court House. It was in Wilmer McLean’s home that Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ullysses S. Grant in 1865. Our ancestors were there. The stories herein tell some of the trails the family took over the ensuing years.
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Old Soc
Henry Herbert Harris: His Life, Ancestors, and Descendants
by Marjorie K. Huiner
Hardback: $90
The story of a legendary professor and leader among Virginia Baptists, Henry Herbert Harris was born, lived, and died in the 1800s in the heart of Virginia with ancestral roots going back to the antebellum period in Louisa County.
Amherst:
From Taverns to a Town
by Robert C. Wimer & Leah Settle Gibbs
Hardback: $30
Paperback: $20
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What began as a project to sustain the Town of Amherst’s centennial celebration has turned into a book. The original idea was to produce a story every two weeks for publication in the town’s weekly newspaper. In the course of their research, the authors discovered a number of stories they had never heard. They uncovered curious tidbits that had to be part of the history. They found interesting photographs that illustrate the stories and give them life. The book contains more than 200 photos.
In the Shadow of Tobacco Row Mountain:
Elon, Monroe, and other Villages
by Florence Foster Nixon
Hardback: $25
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In the Shadow of Tobacco Row Mountain comprises more than 30 years of researchabout the people and places in the vicinity of Elon, Virginia and showcases more than 500 photos collected from albums and attics.
Remembering Roseland:
Family and Friends During the Great Depression
by James Hight
Paperback: $20
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Families and friends include:
Hight, Stratton, Harvey, Giles, Whitehead, Bryant, Mays, Meeks, Clarke, Lawhorne
Lynchburg 100
An Illustrated Guide to Lynchburg Landmarks
by S. Allen Chambers, Jr. & Nancy B. Marion
$14.95
Lynchburg 100, An Illustrated Guide to Lynchburg Landmarks, is meant for both residents and visitors. Many landmarks will be familiar to residents, but some will not, as they are "off the beaten track," both figuratively and literally. For visitors, Lynchburg 100 will serve as an introduction to the best Lynchburg has to offer, and will whet their appetites to see and learn more about this historic Virginia city on the James.
In his text, architectural historian S. Allen Chambers, Jr., provides succinct descriptions and proper historical perspective for each Lynchburg landmark. In her illustrations, Nancy Marion captures the essence of each of her 100 subjects, all of which are lovingly and elegantly photographed. Two fold-out maps assist in locating the sites.
Hogtown: Memories of Madison Heights, Virginia
by Charles Stinson
$19.95
Established 250 years ago, the Central Virginia community of Madison Heights soon felt the stigma of the second-class status imposed on it by Lynchburg, the city across the James River. Resentful but undaunted by the scorn of being called “Hogtown,” her people flourished from the strength they found in family and communal relationships. After reaching her zenith in the mid-twentieth century, the aging community now faces a new struggle from changes that threaten her continued existence. Hogtown both celebrates the community’s past and suggests that future revitalization is possible through a return to the values that once defined it.
Charles Stinson, a native of Madison Heights, is well qualified to guide us through the town where he spent the first 45 years of his life. A student of Virginia history, he is a retired Baptist minister who now lives in Forest, Virginia.
Hogtown II:
More Memories of Madison Heights, Virginia
by Charles Stinson
$19.95
Established 250 years ago, the Central Virginia community of Madison Heights soon felt the stigma of the second-class status imposed on it by Lynchburg, the city across the James River. Resentful but undaunted by the scorn of being called “Hogtown,” her people flourished from the strength they found in family and communal relationships. After reaching her zenith in the mid-twentieth century, the aging community now faces a new struggle from changes that threaten her continued existence. Hogtown both celebrates the community’s past and suggests that future revitalization is possible through a return to the values that once defined it.
Charles Stinson, a native of Madison Heights, is well qualified to guide us through the town where he spent the first 45 years of his life. A student of Virginia history, he is a retired Baptist minister who now lives in Forest, Virginia.
Abram Frederick Biggers and Biggers School
by Gene W. Tomlin
$12.00
Abram Frederick Biggers was the first superintendent of public schools in the City of Lynchburg, Virginia. In the brief period of his leadership of eight years (1870–1878), fighting against prejudice and opposition for a greater part of the time, he established the schools and brought them to a flourishing condition. The Lynchburg schools were considered as second to none in the state.
This book gives the insight to the life and times of Mr. Biggers and to the school that was named in his honor.
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