La Virginia

Boats built with PVC boards; log boat has major overhaul.(SOUTH)
National Fisherman; 12/1/2009; 1038 words; ...England. England, a longtime boatbuilder turned house contractor, has also been a key player in keeping boatbuilders in Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina stocked with good boat lumber. He owns J.D. England Co., which specializes in selling juniper...

Vietnam at War: the short course.(Book review)
Vietnam; 12/1/2009; 953 words; ...which could have been written in a postwar American novel about a small coal mining town in Pennsylvania, or in southwestern Virginia, but it is not. These are the words of veteran Bao Ninh, from his 1991 novel Sorrow of War. If, indeed, there is a chapter...

The 2010 George C. Edwards III Dissertation Award.(ANNOUNCEMENTS)(Brief article)
Presidential Studies Quarterly; 12/1/2009; 816 words; ...section_315.cfm Direct questions to the chair of the Award Committee Prof. Karen Hult Department of Political Science Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University 537 Major Williams Hall Blacksburg, VA 24061 khult@vt.edu Other members...

Shooting for standards: a look at the philosophies and methods used by some of the country's top schools.(shooting schools)
Handguns; 12/1/2009; 3219 words; ...word that comes to mind when I think about the Crucible Learning Center (CRUCIBLESECURITY.COM) outside of Fredericksburg, Virginia. Founded by former Marine and counter-terrorism specialist Kelly McCann, The Crucible is a school about fighting, not...

Virgil Earp was a strong second fiddle: although overshadowed by brother Wyatt, he was no slouch.(EDITOR'S LETTER)
Wild West; 12/1/2009; 1004 words; ...Tombstone but didn't do any fighting; he accompanied Morgan's body to Colton, Calif., where their parents, Nicholas and Virginia Earp, lived. Only half-brother Newton Earp (born to Nicholas' first wife, Abigail, in 1837) was completely removed...