Mountaineers Are Always Free: Heritage, Dissent, and a West Virginia Icon - Paperback
Mountaineers Are Always Free: Heritage, Dissent, and a West Virginia Icon - Paperback
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by Rosemary V. Hathaway (Author)
"The West Virginia University Mountaineer isn't just a mascot: it's a symbol of West Virginia history and identity that's embraced throughout the state. Folklorist Rosemary Hathaway explores the figure's early history as a backwoods trickster, its deployment in emerging mass media, and finally its long and sometimes conflicted career-beginning officially in 1937-as the symbol of West Virginia University"--
Author Biography
Rosemary V. Hathaway is an associate professor of English at West Virginia University, where she teaches folklore, American literature, and young adult literature.
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