WEST VIRGINIA COLLECTION
Do you want to learn more about West Virginia? Would you
like to find books by West Virginia authors, but aren't sure where to start?
Whether you are a longtime West Virginian or just moved into the area, the
Martinsburg library's West Virginia Collection will help you to brush up on
your knowledge about our state.
The West Virginia Collection is located on the second
floor of the library near the reference section. It includes both nonfiction
and fiction genres. The nonfiction section offers books on many facets of West
Virginia. Books range from general works on West Virginia history to glances
into the West Virginia educational system, to folktales written by West
Virginia authors, and to biographies of famous West Virginians. The nonfiction
section even includes books specifically about the plants that are native to
West Virginia. If you want more information about any aspect of West Virginia,
then the nonfiction section presents some wonderful resources.
The fiction section includes novels set in West Virginia
and books by West Virginia authors. Some novels are written by more famous
authors; we have a number of books written by Pearl S. Buck, a West Virginia
author who won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Others are by newer writers such
as John Michael Cummings, whose novel, The
Night I Freed John Brown, won the Paterson Prize for Books for Young
People. If you are interested in stories about West Virginia, the West Virginia
fiction section is a great place to start reading.
Submitted by
Elizabeth Johnston
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