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This author, who lived in Monroe County and Charleston, was one of the most significant journalists of the early 1800s.
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Which of the following was NOT a poet laureate of West Virginia?
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Author W. E. Blackhurst's novel Riders of the Flood is about which industry?
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Journalist Bruce Crawford served in all these roles except for which one?
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This author wrote two classic novels about the southern coalfields.
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Who wrote the civil rights play Great Gettin' Up Mornin', which was broadcast on CBS-TV?
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Which Davis Grubb book was shot almost entirely on site in Moundsville?
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Which poet laureate wrote a special poem for West Virginia's Sesquicentennial in 2013?
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Hubert Skidmore wrote a novel about this disaster.
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Which one of the following books was NOT written by Harrison County native Meredith Sue Willis?
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