Jim F. Comstock (1911–1996)
Auteur van Hardesty's West Virginia Counties:Early West Virginia Monroe,Putnam,Tyler (Hardesty's West Virginia Counties, Volume 1)
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Hardesty's West Virginia Counties:Early West Virginia Monroe,Putnam,Tyler (Hardesty's West Virginia Counties,… (1973) 5 exemplaren
West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia Supplemental Series: Hardesty's West Virginia Counties Volume 3: Calhoun,… (1969) 4 exemplaren
West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia Volume Seven; Hardesty's Gilmer, Ritchie, Lincoln, Wayne (1972) 3 exemplaren
West Virginia Songbag 3 exemplaren
West Virginia women 2 exemplaren
West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia Volume Five; Hardesty's Mason, Pleasants, Lewis, Roane 2 exemplaren
West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia Volume Twenty-four; Stories & Verse of West Virginia II, The 1 exemplaar
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Hardesty's West Virginia Counties Doddridge Marion Upshur Wetzel, Vol. 2 (1973) — sommige edities — 2 exemplaren
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Algemene kennis
- Officiƫle naam
- Comstock, James Franklin
- Geboortedatum
- 1911-02-25
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1996-05-22
- Graflocatie
- Richwood, Nicholas County, West Virginia, USA
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Richwood, Nicholas County, West Virginia, USA
Beaver, Nicholas County, West Virginia, USA
Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA - Opleiding
- Marshall University (BA, English, 1934), Huntington, WV, USA
- Organisaties
- West Virginia Heritage Foundation
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Golden Horseshoe Award 1980
- Korte biografie
- Born into a large family in Richwood, WV, Jim Comstock developed a love of books and writing while very young. After graduation from Marshall University, he taught in public school. During World War II, he briefly worked in a factory, then joined the Navy, serving as a decoder in Guam. He attained the rank of Lieutenant. As a journalist, he contributed to several newspapers before starting the West Virginia Hillbilly, a newspaper that combined news, humor, and articles pertaining to the history and culture of the state and its people. With the West Virginia Heritage Foundation, he compiled and edited some 50 volumes of West Virginia Heritage materials that are prized today by historians and genealogists. This project took 20 years, and 3000 sets were produced; all sold. Jim married Julia Ola Stowers, and they had two daughters and one son. Jim's autobiography, published in 1982, is Seven Decades.
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