Hillside Fields: A History of Sports in West Virginia

Hillside Fields provides a broad view of the development of sports in West Virginia, from one of the first golf clubs in America at Oakhurst Links to the Greenbrier Classic; from the first girls basketball championship in 1919 to post Title IX; from racially segregated sports to integrated teams; and from the days when West Virginia Wesleyan and Davis & Elkins beat the big boys in football to the championship teams at WVU, Marshall, West Virginia State and West Liberty.

About the Author:

Bob Barnett taught sport history at Marshall University in West Virginia for 35 years. He has published over 300 articles in publications such as "Saturday Evening Post, American National Biography," the "Washington Post," "Sports Heritage, and the Dallas Cowboy News," has been a section editor for the "Journal of Sport History" and the "Encyclopedia of Appalachia," and has written two documentaries for West Virginia Public Television. Barnett is the author of "Growing Up in the Last Small Town: A West Virginia Memoir."