Roars from the Mountain seeks to address why so many people died at Mount Lamington by examining the large amount of published and unpublished records that are available on the 1951 disaster.

" This is a history not simply of famous personages but of those who have worked and shared and contributed their creative spirit to give musical expression to West Virginia's values and heritage.

The present book is the first comprehensive survey of the field from a literary perspective to appear for forty years.

Charts the making of colonial spaces in settler colonies of the Pacific Rim during the last two centuries.