* From Russ in West Virginia about The Spine of the Virginias

Wow!  What a book!  You put the words together very well. I enjoyed all of them.  I particularly liked your introduction to each county -- size, population trends, higher education, stoplights, miles of four-lane highway -- these are the important things that really define an area.  Also liked your interviews of the people of the region.  A good mix of all the people.