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The Song of Annie Moses

Guideposts Books
320 pages
$15.99


The Song of Annie Moses is the story of speaker, songwriter, and mother, Robin Donica Wolaver. It recounts how one mother, born in mountain poverty and seclusion, developed her musical heritage, and then led her children, through hard work and spiritual development, to The Juilliard School and ultimately to the founding of the Annie Moses Band — igniting a fire of purpose and spiritual excellence within them.”

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The Song of Annie Moses

Something Pretty, Something Beautiful

Outpost19
262 pages
$16


“Elegantly constructed and lovingly, tenderly, savagely written… the most harrowing portrait of American boys careening into manhood that I’ve ever read. And the truest.”

Benjamin Whitmer

Something Pretty, Something Beautiful

Smoky Joe Wood: The Biography of a Baseball Legend

University of Nebraska Press
440 pages
$34.95


“With details culled from interviews and family archives, this biography, the first of this rugged player of the Dead-ball Era, brings to life one of the genuine characters of baseball history.”

Bob Edmonds, McCormick Messenger

Smoky Joe Wood: The Biography of a Baseball Legend

Secret City

Bella Books
264 pages
$11.95


“A moving story set in the shadow of World War II for readers of all ages from the author of Finding H.F.

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Secret City

Second Hand Rose: A Smoky Mountain Novel (Book Five)

Canterbury House Publishing
256 pages
$15.95


“A compelling story with homegrown flavor. Lin Stepp’s words flow across the page like a soft spring breeze in the Smokies, leaving behind traces of wildflowers and wood smoke. For me, reading her books is like going home.”

Andrea Chapman, author of Reading Lark

Second Hand Rose: A Smoky Mountain Novel (Book Five)

Scotty and Elvis: Aboard the Mystery Train

University Press of Mississippi
304 pages
$49.50


“With both Bill Black and Elvis gone, Scotty Moore is the only one left to tell the story of how Elvis and Scotty transformed popular music and how Scotty created the sound that became a prototype for so many rock guitarists to follow. Thoroughly updated, this edition delivers guitarist Scotty Moore’s story as never before.”

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Scotty and Elvis: Aboard the Mystery Train

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