Southwest Virginia Crossroads explores a 17 county region adjacent to the Blue Ridge Parkway and explains how more than 750 places took their names, including Haysi, Frog Level, Whitetop, Goose Pimple Junction, Butcher Knife, Burke's Garden, Lebanon and Fancy Gap. Featuring 39 maps and 138 original photographs, this illustrated history and guide also points the way to rivers, lakes, museums, roadside oddities, historic sites, fishing spots and 50 waterfalls from Blacksburg to Abingdon, Bristol, and Big Stone Gap.
Reviews
Abingdon Virginian
It's a mesmerizing, detailed, brilliantly researched account of our region which will make the public proud of where they came from.
—C. Robert Weisfeld
Country Current
It gives Southwest Virginia a voice, and illustrates the charm and beauty of our locality.
—Maggi Elliott
Kingsport Times-News
Fascinating and well-illustrated.
—George Thwaites
Style Weekly
The kind of book you want to own.
—Valley Haggard
The Roanoke Times
Possibly the most comprehensive body of work on the rural mountainous western part of the state.
—Lynn Davis
The Virginian-Pilot
A crackerjack guidebook ... A jewel box of wayfaring treasure.
—Bill Ruehlmann