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Author Spent Nearly A Decade Researching Dolly Parton’s Songwriting

Lydia Hamessley is a professor of music at Hamilton College in New York and the author of "Unlikely Angel, The Songs of Dolly Parton." She spent nearly a decade researching Dolly's music catalog. Inside Appalachia Associate Producer Abby Neff talked with Hamessley.

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A Guidebook For Visiting Ancient Earthworks, This West Virginia Morning

Indigenous people created hundreds of earthen monuments in what is now Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia. John E. Hancock, a professor of architecture and design at the University of Cincinnati, spent years studying these earthworks. He published a guidebook for visiting them. Inside Appalachia’s Bill Lynch spoke with Hancock about the book.

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New Book Looks At Wellsburg Through Architectural Lens

State Sen. Ryan Weld, R-Brooke, has written a history of the Northern Panhandle town of Wellsburg by looking at 14 homes in the town and the people who lived in them

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Author Describes How His Love For The Appalachian Trail Began In New Book, This West Virginia Morning

Mills Kelly is a lifelong hiker and Appalachian Trail scholar. He shares the trail’s history and more on "The Green Tunnel Podcast." He’s also written several books, including his most recent, called "A Hiker’s History of the Appalachian Trail." Inside Appalachia’s Bill Lynch spoke with Kelly to learn more.

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