John Adkins
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Librarian |
| Location | Charleston, WV, United States |
| Introduction | I am the library director at the University of Charleston where I also teach West Virginia History and Historiography. |
| Interests | Library Science, West Virginia History, Military History, Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature, and Miniature Gaming |
| Favorite books | Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, Hard Times, Lord of the Rings, Moorcock's Elric Saga, 1632 Series by Eric Flint, Harry Dresden Books, Anything by Flint, Weber, And John Ringo Copyrights and Copywrongs and The Anarchist in the Library by Siva Vaidhyanathan, The Five Laws of Library Science by S.R. Ranganathan, How to Read a Book by Adler and Van Doren Nickel and Dimed and Bait and Switch by Barbara Ehrenreich Tudor England by John Guy, Tudor Revolution in Government by G.R. Elton Mother Jones: The Miner's Angel by Fetherling, The Court-Martial of Mother Jones by Steel, Mother Jones: The Most Dangerous Woman in the World by Gorn Just Good Politics: The Life of Raymond Chafin, Appalachian Boss by Chafin and Sherwood, Transforming the Appalachian Countryside: Railroads, Deforestation, and Social Change in West Virginia, 1880-1920 by Lewis, The Americanization of West Virginia: Creating A Modern Industrial State, 1916-1925 by Hennen, The West Virginia Mine Wars: An Anthology by Corbin, Appalachia in the Making: The Mountain South in the Nineteenth Century by Pudup, Billings, and Walker, Miners, Millhands and Mountaineers: The Industrialization of the Appalachian South by Eller, Transnational West Virginia: Ethnic Communities and Economic Change, 1840-1940 by Lewis and Fones-Wolf, Life, Work, and Rebellion in the Coal Fields: the Southern West Virginia Miners, 1880-1922 by Corbin |