Julia Davis
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West Virginia-born author, journalist, and social worker Julia Davis is best known for her writings about the history of western Virginia and the role of her family in shaping that history. She was born in Clarksburg in 1900. Julia Davis published her first book, Sword of the Vikings, in 1927. She followed that publication with more than twenty other books, primarily history and fiction, though she also published two autobiographical works—Legacy of Love, a memoir of her West Virginia childhood, and The Embassy Girls, a memoir of her time as an ambassador’s daughter in England. She also published two novels, The Devil’s Church and Cruise with Death, under the pseudonym F. Draco. Julia Davis died January 30, 1993, in Ranson, WV. Source: Library of West Virginia Wesleyan College
Books
Mark Rothko
"Mark Rothko was not only one of the most influential American painters of the twentieth century; he was a scholar, an educator, and a deeply spiritual human being. Born Marcus Yakovlevich Rotkovitch, he emigrated from the Russian Empire to the United States at age ten, already well educated in the Talmud and carrying with him bitter memories of the pogroms and persecutions visited upon the Jews of Latvia. Few artists have achieved success as quickly, and by the mid-twentieth century, Rothko's artwork was being displayed in major museums throughout the world. In May 2012 his painting Orange, Red, Yellow was auctioned for nearly $87 million, setting a new Christie's record. Author Annie Cohen-Solal gained access to archival materials no previous biographer had seen. As a result, her book is an extraordinarily detailed portrait of Rothko the man and the artist, an uncommonly successful painter who was never comfortable with the idea of his art as a commodity"--
Mount up
Based on an original manuscript of a soldier's reminiscences, this is an account of a young Virginian's participation in the Civil War, from Fort Sumpter to Appomattox.