Otis K. Rice

West Virginia

A History

" An essential resource for scholars, students, and all lovers of the Mountaineer State. From bloody skirmishes with Indians on the early frontier to ...

Frontier Kentucky

Otis Rice tells the dramatic story of how the first state beyond the mountains came into being. Kentucky dates its settled history from the founding o...

The Hatfields & the McCoys

Otis K. Rice, coauthor of West Virginia: A History, sheds new light on the most famous vendetta of the southern Appalachians....

The Allegheny Frontier

West Virginia Beginnings, 1730–1830

The Allegheny frontier, comprising the mountainous area of present-day West Virginia and bordering states, is studied here in a broad context of front...

The Allegheny Frontier

West Virginia Beginnings, 1730-1830

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Charleston and the Kanawha Valley

An Illustrated History

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West Virginia: the State and Its People

A good history by one of the state's leading historians, the book has been adopted for use as a textbook for junior high school students....

A History of Greenbrier County

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The Mountain State

An Introduction to West Virginia

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