Volume 26, Number 4
    
Knothead, a Walker hound belonging to Jerry Shaffer, trees a
raccoon in rural Kanawha County. Photograph and hand-tinting by
Michael Keller. 
Published by the 
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA 
Cecil H. Underwood, Governor 
Department of Arts, Culture and History 
John Lilly, Editor 
Cornelia Crews Alexander 
Circulation Manager 
Anne H. Crozier 
Colleen Anderson 
Designers 
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Winter 2000
  2 Letters from Readers 
- 7 Current Programs, Events,
Publications
 
- 10 Coondog
Heaven
 
- By John Blisard
 
- 18 What Is a Coondog, Anyway?
 
- 20 Raccoon Tales
 
- Interview by Patricia Workman
 
- 24 Straight Talk On Coondogs:
 
- Clennie Workman On the Air
 
- 28 Turning and
Learning:
 
- Paul Weinberger's Woodshop
 
- By Dave Shombert
 
- 35Passing It On: West Virginia Folks
Arts
 
- Apprenticeship Program
 
- By Gerald Milnes
 
- 38 "Where the
Rails Turn Up":
 
- Slovenes in Richwood
 
- By Nancy Svet Burnett
 
- 46 A Dream Fulfilled:
 
- The Life and Times of Parthenia Edmonds
 
- By Pauline Haga
 
- 52 Memories of a
Mining Family:
 
- Tony Armstead Recalls Four Generations
 
- By Sharon L. Gardner
 
- 58 Butchering As Ritual
 
- By Lillian Poe Beeson
 
- 62 Christmas in Canebrake
 
- By Ross W. Marrs
 
- 64 Mountain Music Roundup
 
- By Paul Gartner
 
- 69 GOLDENSEAL 2000 Index
 
 
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