Blue Ridge Traditions Marketplace - Essays written about Virginia or by Virginia authors.

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Simple Living Frank Levering & Wanda Urbanska A lovely story about one couple’s decision to leave the corporate world of CA for rural life on an apple farm. See their other books, all carried on this site. Paperback, 267 pages. Qty: $12.95	Notes from the Sausage Factory A collection of observations, photos, and essays about Virginia politics and politicians edited by the two authors, Barnie Day and Becky Dale. Mr. Day was a Delegate to the Virginia House of Representatives. Paperback, 403 pages. Qty: ~~$19~~ $12.00	Daniel Way, M.D. Intimate and thought-provoking photo-journalism and interviews of everyday people/patients by their observant doctor in rural New York State. Dr. Way has the same artistic vision and ability to capture the essence of a scene and personality as his painter sister Anne Way Bernard in rural Virginia. Hardcover, 132 pages. 8 x 10 Qty: ~~$26~~ $5.00
The Jamestown Adventuree Accounts of the Virginia Colony, 1605-1614 Edited by Ed Southern Contemporary with the founding of Jamestown, these 20 accounts of the first successful colony were written from 1605 through 1614. Given the popularity of the new [2006] film, “The New World,” everyone should really read this book to sort the history from the fiction and appreciate what actually happened in the first colony, what John Smith and John Rolfe did, and what Pocahontas did. Here are the first-hand accounts, nicely edited and presented with footnotes and bibliography to encourage one to keep on researching and studying the facts of this great adventure. Paperback, 250 pages. Qty: $11.95	Bloodroot A collection of essays by Appalachian Women Writers. Paperback, 297 pages. Qty: $18.00	The Spirit of the Mountains Emma Bell Miles A book originally published in 1905 is a must-read for all fascinated by mountain culture of Appalachia. "The Spirit of the Mountains" by Emma B. Miles* is illustrated by her own paintings of mountain scenes and people. It "is one of the few books about Appalachia and its people which neither romanticizes nor condescends," says David E. Whisnant, from the Introduction to the edition in 1975. Ten chapters cover music, religion, legends, the effects of commercial development, types of people, traditions, the relations and expectations between women and men in the mountains, and other aspects of a culture. Paperback, 201 pages. Qty: ~~$18~~ $12.00
Nothing's Too Small to Make a Difference Frank Levering & Wanda Urbanska A charming book of ideas from a couple whose lifestyle and values reinforce a rich, ecological and wise philosophy of life in a too-busy world. Hardcover, 178 pages. 7 x 9 Qty: ~~$21~~ $12.95