Contents
Prologue: Planet West Virginia
Book One: Famous Old Daddy
The Girl With No Face
Town Boy
Scientific Boy
Shadow Boy
Outlaw Boy
The Real Beginning of My Famous Life
The Highest Traditions of the American Soldier
Belt of Orion
Book Two: Famous Little Sister
The Sweet Safety of the Rest of Our Lives
That Place Luck Goes When It Is Finished with Us
Blind Dog
Ugly Baby
Body Parts
Pulling Up Aces
Crippled Flasher
A Multitude of Bills
Delivering the Body of the Dead Star
Stalking the Story
My Bad Side
Beerjoint Ballerinas
Bogeymen in Love
Book Three: Famous Feudists
Sweet Suicide
Hillbilly History
Goddamned Rhododendron
That Sweet Anarchy We Call Youth
Mountain Law
Blind Tourist
A Dead-End Town Named Romance
Big Iron
Book Four: Famous Ancient Indians & Mothmen & Momma
Land of the Sky People
Ghost of the Indian Under the Tree
Pictures of the Dead
The Story of My Mother's Life in Her Own Words
Girl on the Red Bike
Mystery Midgets and Other Bizarre Beings
Body in the Woods
Girl by the Road in the Rain
Book Five: Famous Dancing Outlaw
Shot Through the Heart
The Preacher's Porch
Elvis in the Land of Shadow Men
The Secret Lives of Elvis
Stranger Stew
Tell Me About It
The King is Back
That Bright New Skin We Call Fame
Book Six: Famous Family Life
Ghost Rock
Road-Kill Cafe
Carrot Boy
Total Wreck
The Right to Stand with Men
Hotel Angel
King of Pork
Bear in the Woods
Book Seven: Famous Lost Love
Lost World
The Unknown Confederate Dead
Sixteen Tons
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
The Secret Inner Life of West Virginia
Book Eight: Famous Mystery Tour
Knocked Up
Interiors Impossible to Speak Of
Wishbone
Point of Honor
Missing Angels
Mystery Hole
Store-Bought Angel
Book Nine: Famous Last Dance
Ghosts of the Headless Coeds
Ghost Mayor
Different Creek
Ghost Geography
Stars and Bars
A Part of This World and A Part of Another
Acknowledgments
About The Author