In this first volume of the series, Carl E. Feather introduces readers to a dozen of the West Virginians he wrote about for Goldenseal magazine over the decades. The subjects include a West Virginia History Hero who helped build the state's first electric chair, Wheeling's night vigilante Moon Dog, and Reno Calemine of Keyser, a cobbler who spent his entire working life "saving soles." Chapters are: Moundsville Pen Executioner; Hammel’s License Plate Forest; Pansy’s Country Store Opry; Petersburg’s Minnie Pearl;Friendly; Moon Dog (Wheeling); Wheeling Suspension Bridge; Dingess Tunnel & Cabwaylingo, Bloody Mingo;Keyser cobbler; Coalwood; Crazy Bear; Pleasure Valley; Chapel for a Little Boy; Reed’s Mill (Monroe County).