Rivers, Ridges, and Valleys

- Essays on Rural Pennsylvania -  Whether we are native born or have come to settle in Pennsylvania, there is something in the state that seeps into us, that becomes part of us. This collection contains twenty-seven essays. The contributors are all established writers with a variety of publishing credits, and through their writing readers can feel their connection to the rivers, ridges, and valleys of the state. The writers vary in age, representing a couple of generations. About two-thirds are native Pennsylvanians. Those who came to the state came from places as wide ranging as Ohio, North Carolina, Utah, California, and the Philippines. There are several essays dealing with environmental issues such as the aftermath of coal mining and more recent hydraulic fracturing. Some essays celebrate the outdoors whether the adventure is in a backyard or an isolated trout stream. Other essays deal with family legacy and loss, and still others focus on the history of people and places. The essays all have a strong sense of place and represent rural areas in the north, south, east, and west of the state. It is my hope that you will enjoy reading them and learn, as I have, even more about the commonwealth.    Edited by Jerry Wemple and Anne Dyer Stuart Page Count: 192 Trim Size: 6 x 9 Publish Date: March 4, 2025  Imprint: Catamount Press Genre: Anthologies In this volume:           Charisse Baldoria - Elements                        Aurora Bonner - Fractures          David Allan Brooks - Frantz Hill          Grant Clauser - In the Boughs of Trees          Bill Conlogue - Driving          Todd Davis - What the Old Ones Show Us          Kacie A. England - A Circle Drive Obituary          Michael Garrigan - Anthracite Country          Crissandra George - Uncovering the Voices, Sounds, and Words of Rural Pennsylvanians          Jimmy Guignard - A Rye Sense of Place          Lilace Mellin Guignard - Judging Distance          Michael Hardin - Build          Patrick Thomas Henry - Playing in the Lost Woods: Splinters and Pixels          Alison Condie Jaenicke - What Are You Famous For?          Rachel Kesselman - When Are You Coming Back?          Leonard Kress - Centralia Mine Fire          Claire T. Lawrence - Bear          Shu-Jiang Lu - The Sound of My Rural Home          Marjorie Maddox - Pennsylvania Round in Four Parts          Abby Minor - Rooms          Bathsheba Monk - A Rock and a Hard Place          Matt Perakovich - The Bear          PJ Piccirillo - On Leaving          Steve Schneible - The Old Guard of the American Summer          Nick Stanovick - My Father Turns Sixty Today          Elizabeth Tussey - On Tussey Mountain          Jerry Wemple - The True and Complete Story of Orange