W. E. Blackhurst Writer

Warren Elmer "Tweard" Blackhurst was an author and a lifelong resident of the Cass community who centered on the culture of eastern West Virginia where the higher elevations supported northern pine forests. "Riders of the Flood" which he is arguably the most well-known of Blackhurst's books, for it centers on the world of the late 19th to early 20th-century logging industry in eastern West Virginia through the Greenbrier River and its tributaries.

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W. E. Blackhurst
Birth dateOctober 10, 1904
Birth nameWarren Elmer Blackhurst
Birth place
Cass West Virginia , Arbovale West Virginia
Date of deathOctober 05, 1970
Place of death
Cass West Virginia

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