Non-Fiction
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Novels & Histories of Appalachia and the South
Stories that stay rooted in the ground they came from.
Russell A. Hill writes about the ridges, creeks, and small towns of Appalachia and the South — where the past never quite lets go of the present.
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Newest Releases
The two most recent books from Russell A. Hill.
Historical Fiction
The House on Borrowed Ground: Living Inside the Trail of Tears
A retired couple's new home near Chickamauga Lake starts with strange noises — and leads them to discover the Trail of Tears happened on their own ground.
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The Catalog
Novels, novellas, and histories — each card links to Amazon for pricing and formats.
Appalachia: From the First Ridge
by Russell A. Hill
Three generations of one family — a Scots-Irish frontiersman, his Cherokee wife, and their son caught between worlds — carry a mountain valley through removal, war, and change.
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America's New River
by Russell A. Hill
A 300-million-year journey along Appalachia's oldest river — from Native fish weirs and coal mines to the C&O Railroad and the legend of John Henry.
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If the Covered Bridge Could Talk
by Russell A. Hill
Interwoven stories of a Southwest Virginia covered bridge — bootleggers, young lovers, a soldier's homecoming — a quiet keeper of history.
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Sheriff, Who's the Sheriff?
by Russell A. Hill
Voted out after sixteen years, Lars Andersson finds retirement doesn't last when Bardsville needs a kind of justice a badge alone can't give.
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The Mobster Next Door
by Russell A. Hill
A misdelivered letter reveals the quiet man across the street has a past — and Maple Street must decide if mercy is stronger than suspicion.
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She's Just A Girl
by Russell A. Hill
At seventeen, Lizzie Dunbar inherits her father's company and builds it into a thriving enterprise — proving Haleyville, Kentucky wrong about "just a girl."
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Book One of Three
Boo Boo Creek
by Russell A. Hill
A WWII veteran's carefully mapped-out future takes an unexpected detour, in this heartwarming story of plans yielding to fate.
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Book Two of Three
Boo Boo Creek Ranch
by Russell A. Hill
Henry Bailey inherits Boo's farm and builds a new life with Mary Ann, raising a family through drought and hard-won victories on a postwar Kentucky ranch.
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Book Three of Three
Boo Boo Creek: Vol. III — The Ranch of Renewal
by Russell A. Hill
Maggie Bailey uncovers long-buried family truths as a troubled veteran finds healing on the ranch that raised her.
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Boo Boo Creek: The Complete Trilogy
by Russell A. Hill
All three Boo Boo Creek novellas in one volume — the full saga of the Bailey family and the land that shaped them.
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The Man Who Lived In A Woodie
by Russell A. Hill
A preacher's kid's rocky start in a new Georgia hometown turns out to hold a few blessings — and a few local mysteries — in disguise.
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The Mansion on Arbor Lane
by Russell A. Hill
A young stranger arrives in a small Georgia hamlet and unlocks secrets the town has kept buried for a generation or more.
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Hell's Hole
by Russell A. Hill
After a string of painful losses, Katy faces a life-altering choice — and discovers just how deep the troubled waters around her really run.
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Bertie's Place
by Rayford E. Hammond & Russell A. Hill
A young journalist sent to investigate a small-town sheriff's conviction uncovers a conspiracy — and falls for a woman tangled in the story he's chasing.
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A Trilogy: Ringgold and the Civil War
by Russell A. Hill & Richard Kent Streeter
Three stories set in and around Ringgold, Georgia, during the Civil War.
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