| 单词 | Virginia |
| 例句 | He also wrote Elsie Lavender, a Gary High School classmate who had moved on her own to Florida, to come back to West Virginia and marry him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z In Virginia, I knew they’d always lived in their sections of town, and us in ours. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I had pulled us over into Slaty Fork, West Virginia, if the road signs were to be trusted. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The first time Grover came, Helen, feeling bad, had sent up a giant bowl of shrimp and peas with Virginia ham. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Any more questions, Virginia?” he asks, shutting his book. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Ten minutes later, on the way out the door, Jaimito is still asking me questions about oysters, when Nino Carlitos looks me over from head to toe, and says, “Virginia stays in the house.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Would I send a crate of gold to Virginia—gold, man.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z In the summer and fall of 1776, more than five thousand rangers from Virginia, Georgia, and North and South Carolina stormed through Cherokee territory. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z It was enough to let him know he was really in the backwoods of Virginia, an area the signs kept telling him was the Blue Ridge Mountains. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The refugees sought shelter as “contraband of war” in the Union stronghold at Fort Monroe, located at Old Point Comfort, on the tip of the Virginia Peninsula. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He loves Virginia above all, the mystic dirt of home. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Virginia, why don’t you go back upstairs and sweep the living room.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Clinton had ordered Cornwallis to establish a stronghold in Virginia. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z That was just about the truth for a lot of West Virginia miners. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Among the notes of the interviewers putting together a history of West Virginia, I came across this entry. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Pay equalization might have been a battle in Virginia, but West Virginia got on board without a fight. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z As soon as the Army of Northern Virginia began retreating from Petersburg, Grant had ordered part of his army to head north -9 8 K- and capture Richmond. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Over the course of twelve years, Virginia Tucker, the labs Head Computer, had ascended from a subprofessional employee to the most powerful woman at the lab. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Beside a mountain stream, O’Dell and I worked at a clear place, picking and shoveling rich, black West Virginia loam into the truck. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z James A. Johnson, born in rural Suffolk, Virginia, had moved with his family to Hampton as an adolescent. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z A former teacher in Newport News’s public schools, he had taken the Newsome Park job after being fired for joining what was one of the most bitter and contentious of all of Virginia’s teacher-pay-equalization lawsuits. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z In West Virginia, they were always there, setting real, physical boundaries between the towns and the people. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z His aunt Virginia had started Job Corps but didn’t finish. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z By the end of the month, half the steel industry, including almost all the mills in Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Johnstown, Pennsylvania; Wheeling, West Virginia; Lackawanna, New York; and Youngstown, Ohio, had shut down. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Since there was nothing on the back but a map of Virginia, he handed it back to me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I love you, Virginia The Doctorita spends most of the afternoon by the door as neighbors come to say farewell. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole community Caitlin—especially the students and teachers at Virginia Dare Middle School. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The day would come when he would leave West Virginia and move to Florida, where he would be electrocuted while cleaning a swimming pool. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “The British Lord Dunmore in Virginia offered freedom—total freedom—to any slave who escapes to his camp.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z But upstairs he puts his hand on my shoulder, and says, “What an honor, Virginia! I’m proud of you. Of course you can miss some work.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Before she has a chance to not recognize me, Papito says, “It’s Virginia.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Golden, still getting maximum usage from his beloved Grade Sorter, raved about the design to one of his former classmates, the director of a big city think tank in Richmond, Virginia. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “We are now led by men from Virginia, I am told,” she said, “land of my birth. I assure Your Honor that in Virginia, we do not tolerate the rebellion of slaves.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Ann and Virginia will return to James Town tomorrow with the barge. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He was educated in a one-room schoolhouse and raised on a farm in Henrico County, near Richmond, Virginia, and his family, the Jordans, were easygoing folks. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z And, from Soraya, I learned the details of what had happened in Virginia. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Across the West Virginia state line, in Pennsylvania’s Alle-Kiski Valley, known as Black Valley, some of the richest corporations in America piled up profits. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z On March 29, 1924, with Priddy’s help, the Virginia Senate authorized eugenic sterilization within the state as long as the person to be sterilized had been screened by the “Boards of Mental-health institutions.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Night in West Virginia is as dark as black can be. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1951 they were transferred to Norfolk, Virginia, at which point Chapter Eleven’s egg sac next door to mine began to vibrate. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I turn my attention to the excitement at hand—have we really found Virginia? Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Against the tangerine blush of the afternoon sun, it looked like the apocalypse had already touched down in Virginia. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Some years he found work closer to home at the Greenbrier, the luxury resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, which was a destination for wealthy and fabulous people from around the world. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The temperature and humidity inside the army facility were so intense that slipping outdoors into the 100-plus degrees of the central Virginia June summer invited relief. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The ironclads Monitor and Virginia fighting in the Battle of Hampton Roads. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “How do you feel, Virginia? Now that you’re finally home with your family?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They bathed in a curve of the Susquehanna and then wandered in a southerly direction, keeping to fields, woods, stream beds, and little-used paths, headed, they thought, for Virginia, where Macon believed they had people. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Lee was not buried at his beloved Virginia home, Arlington, which had been confiscated during the war and redesignated as a U.S. military cemetery. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, Virginia, no, little sister. It’s just that it’s—it’s been so many years.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z On November 2, 1962, an encrypted message arrived at the secure communications center deep inside the newly constructed CIA headquarters on an enormous campus in Langley, Virginia, housing thousands of employees. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The Social Security number turned out to be genuine and placed McCandless’s permanent residence in northern Virginia. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The law had caught up with a station master in southern Virginia, he said, who gave up the name of Martin’s father. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “The Virginia Company lies to them—about how it is paradise here, and how they will find mountains of gold. And they believe the lies.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z On the seat next to me was a small map of Virginia with the town of Suffolk circled on it, and a hand-drawn map Mommy had given me. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Caesar had seen trains in Virginia; Cora had only heard tell of the machines. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Tom Geisbert had heard about the sick monkeys in Virginia, and he wanted to take photographs of the meat to see if he could identify any simian- fever-virus particles in it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Like Jefferson and the other members of the Virginia dynasty, he regarded any explicit defense of slavery in the mode of South Carolina and Georgia as a moral embarrassment. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “The future of this favored section of Virginia is made,” crowed the local newspaper. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He left Virginia, he said, to spare his children the ravages of prejudice and its bully partner, violence. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It seemed more and more that it could have been one of the cousins from Virginia who had killed Clara. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z George Washington was an officer in the Virginia militia, the small army that Dinwiddie controlled in the king’s name. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z When I come back in the living room the news lady is talking about the Virginia Dare shooter. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, the Virginia Resolutions described the Alien and Sedition Acts as “alarming infractions” of the Constitution that violated the free speech guarantees of the First Amendment. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z During the first hundred years after the English arrived in 1607, over 90 percent of Virginia’s native population was killed either in warfare and massacres or by the new diseases the Europeans brought with them. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z They had come to Virginia in the eighteenth century and then moved west into the Appalachians in search of land. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “So I picked you,” Davis said to Katherine that day outside her classroom; two men, then working as principals in other parts of West Virginia, would join her. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z And Ben knew that south of Alexandria, Virginia, white boys didn’t learn anything from black boys. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But they didn’t because Devon said, You may be the best artist in Virginia, and Dad said so too. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The final regular season football game ended with Big Creek winning big over Tazewell High School, just across the Virginia border. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Why are you being like this, Carlos? Virginia is coming with us. And that’s that.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The law wasn’t for the black man in Virginia in those days, it was against him. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When I went to Big Creek, Coach Merrill Gainer, the winningest coach in southern West Virginia history, took one look at me lost inside the practice gear and ordered me off his football field. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Chicago and Petersburg, Virginia. I got me a cousin in Petersburg. He work in a library down there.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They fell in love, and before she headed off to West Virginia, they got married, telling no one. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Although Corps members rarely participated in Klan demonstrations, Butler and some others once joined a delegation of local Klansmen on a trip to Richmond, Virginia, to protest school busing. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Harpers Ferry itself changed hands eight times during the war, though the record in this regard belongs to Winchester, Virginia, a few miles south, which managed to be captured and recaptured seventy-five times. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Clinton ordered General Cornwallis in Virginia to send reinforcements to New York, a move that weakened Cornwallis’s force. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The rock musician known as Kenna grew up in Virginia Beach, the child of Ethiopian immigrants. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Tobacco grew well in Virginia and sold well in England, and finally there was hope that the colony would make a profit for the Virginia Company of London. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z West Virginia and Virginia aren’t all that different, even though Virginians would have you believe otherwise. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Mr. Chris seemed to be thinking about them, too, for he said, “The Virginia creepers seem to like the whole family at home at once, like us. Little ones and big ones, all together.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Overcome with emotion, Booth shouted out, “I’m safe in glorious old Virginia, thank God!” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a chance that the PSFs could catch up to us, that I’d be back in camp or dead before we even got to Virginia. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “They have an apartment in northern Virginia. Maybe he’s staying there.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The antebellum plantation system had never taken root in West Virginia the way it had farther east and south. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “The music is a nice touch, Virginia,” she said, “but I thought you didn’t know how to work the stereo.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “She was just passing light. Your family from Virginia knew, though. Her mother had worked for your aunt.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z He and his wife, Virginia, had just built a four-bedroom contemporary home, complete with a swimming pool, on Cedar Gap Ridge. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z What really grabbed me was footage of Clover, an old plantation town in southern Virginia, where some of Henrietta’s relatives still seemed to live. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “But I love you, Virginia. What about me?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The political deal Jefferson described would never go down in Virginia, where assumption was regarded as a “fatal poison” and the Potomac location “of but little importance” in comparison. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z John Smith claimed to have ridden through the Virginia forest at a gallop. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Virginia, tell this man! Isn’t it true that you want to come with us?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The intervening year helped her make the transition to everything but the Virginia heat; many was the night she pined for White Sulphur Springs’ brisk summer nights. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z And true to his word, he arranged to have the Fifteenth Cavalry from Fort Myer, Virginia, moved to the western perimeter of Washington, DC, to be ready to assist if trouble developed. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Now one of them spoke to the Negro with the Virginia license and the northern accent. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The top half of Virginia is bisected by the Rappahannock River, which meanders from the Blue Ridge Mountains in the north and empties into Chesapeake Bay. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “Oh, mercy, mercy. The boy is always looking for some excuse to say I can’t take care of myself so he can drag me over to his big house in Virginia.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z I have forty-six quarters in my State Quarters Map now because Virginia is coming out to cut the oak tree. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, finally, on May 13, 1607, seventeen days after we first landed in Virginia, our explorers bring us the news we have been waiting for: They have chosen a place for us to settle. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Now Grant is general in chief—the commander of all the Union armies from Virginia down to New Orleans. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I was just going to take a slice of mushroom and cheese casserole when Miss Volker came out complaining about how some people were selling their houses to Eleanor, West Virginia. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The boy had said his name was Alex—he’d declined to give a surname—and that he came from West Virginia. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tell Virginia how much you want her to come home,” the Doctorita urges. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, “So what did you do in Virginia before you came here?” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At the computer lab Mrs. Johnson says, Our project is on the state of Virginia. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z In some vaguely general fashion, they understood this, regarding the construction of the District of Columbia on the Potomac as a statement of Virginia’s enduring influence over the federal government. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Madison’s position on slavery captured the essence of what might be called “the Virginia straddle.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Once there was a girl named Virginia, she says. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Betsy made it all the way from the Virginia tobacco fields to Trenton. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z My favorite novel is Orlando, by Virginia Woolf. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She’d been four when we moved to West Virginia, and it was all she really knew. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z When the papers printed that Sputnik was going to fly over southern West Virginia, I decided I had to see it for myself. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I journeyed with John Carter, gentleman adventurer from Virginia, to “Bar- soom,” as Mars was known to its inhabitants. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She said it was nice and safe in Virginia. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Many of their closest friends and colleagues in Virginia had urged them to regard Hamilton’s program as clinching evidence of a foreign takeover of the national government that fully justified a withdrawal from the union. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I remembered once he was involved with a pen-pal program and got a letter from some kid in Logan, West Virginia. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z At this last, an officer joked that the next fox would be a tall sort from Virginia, by the name of George Washington. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He is a long way from Virginia, and even longer from Eden. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z During the war, he had ferried hundreds of men, and the occasional female spy, across the Potomac River between Maryland and Virginia. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z That evening when Dad returned from West Virginia he came into my room. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Dad came bounding up the stairs two at a time, as excited as any time I had ever seen him, with the possible exception of when the West Virginia coaches came to see Jim. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “General Washington,” said Charles, “he hear we take Virginia, he come back down, defend his house, his land, his all these thing.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The case Madison had tried to make for the Potomac was simultaneously crafty and driven by romantic illusions about its prowess that were shared by Jefferson, Washington, and most members of the Virginia dynasty. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Now he can add that we finally landed in Virginia, but that the natives do not want us here. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z It was very different in Virginia where my father had been in charge of building a new refinery on the banks of the Elizabeth River. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing less than depriving him of life or liberty will secure peace to Virginia, as motives of resentment actuate his conduct to a degree equal to the total destruction of the Colony…. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “How could you do this to our Virginia?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Hamilton also took note of the implicit secessionist threat contained in Virginia's statement. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z There would soon be twenty-one thousand National Guard troops in the area, coming from all over the country—West Virginia, Utah, New Mexico, Missouri. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I couldn’t ask my dear and patient wife to take two days to drive me back to Virginia or Pennsylvania, so I decided to drive myself. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “He has more empty houses to truck to West Virginia. And knowing him, he won’t pass up the chance to make this town disappear so he can fly out of here for good.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Three of the scheduled anointed speakers did not show, among them church founders Rev. Thomas McNair, my godfather, and Sister Virginia Ingram, both having pleaded illness or scheduling conflicts. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Doctorita said she’d give me a diploma. And my own house. And I don’t think it’s worth it to leave after so many years of suffering and—” “Virginia!” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Further enticement was provided by a beautiful psychology grad student named Julia Mae Green, who after graduation would be returning to her native Virginia. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z All of us rocket boys would go to college, something not likely in pre-Sputnik West Virginia. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z At 2 P.M., the entire school shuffled into the auditorium, where each of us eighth graders was awarded a certificate and a discount coupon to Kings Dominion, an amusement park down in Virginia. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z All I can say is it will take my whole entire life to get some wood cut out of that oak tree with my Virginia quarter. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, with the surrender of Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia, Booth’s plans have changed. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I wish this was Virginia again, my own green country, my own black soil. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Van Riper lives just outside Williamsburg, in Virginia, in the kind of immaculate, orderly house that one would expect of a career military man. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I know only that, in the course of negotiations, they elected to deliver Pro Bono as a garnish to a gentleman donor in the Virginia Colony. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Up to Abingdon, Virginia, I can reel back the trip like film. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Some states, like Virginia, simply refused to comply: in 1936, a black student from Richmond named Alice Jackson Houston applied to the University of Virginia to study French, but she was denied admission. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z If the world were fair, I suppose I would have married him, but there was no way that could happen in Virginia. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I'd flown to South Dakota, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Arkansas, Virginia, Wisconsin, and California to argue cases on behalf of condemned children over the preceding months. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, Virginia. I’ve never heard of that place. Is it very small? Where is it? Is that where you’re from?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Byrd, a former governor, descended from a “First Family of Virginia,” one of the state’s multigenerational ruling elite. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “The investors of the Virginia Company were raving mad when they chose the men for this journey.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Once the all-purpose solution, Washington was now the still-potent problem, a kind of Trojan horse planted squarely in the Virginia fortress. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z In early July, Martin Luther King Jr., one of Johnson’s biggest allies in the struggle to end racial discrimination, spoke out against the war while addressing civil rights leaders in Virginia. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z His grandma had been, raised on a farm in Virginia and had come to New York when she married his grandfather. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Do you remember what your life was like? Before, I mean? Not back in Virginia, but here at Daffodil Manor.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Virginia Tucker and all the women who had helped revolutionize aeronautics, with their work and their dogged presence at the NACA. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I’m wearing my old, beat-up tennis shoes and a T-shirt that says: Virginia is for Lovers. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z “Every week or so my son over in Virginia comes and brings a lady to vacuum a little. It’s really all I need.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z For Christmas, Carol gives me some Friendship’s Garden bath salts and Grace gives me a coloring book of Virginia Mayo. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “There was a couple in Virginia who’d been convicted of a crime for marrying, and your G’pop wasn’t willing to take the risk of marrying in secret,” she says. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z In 1957 southern West Virginia, you wouldn’t likely starve if you didn’t have any money. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I pointed to a dot on the western end of Virginia. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “I thought the definition of a West Virginia virgin was one who could outrun her brother. What’s your problem?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Pat, a vivacious college beauty queen just two months graduated from Virginia State College, was marrying her college sweetheart, a young army corporal named Walter Kane. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I thought it was fairly brave—or stupid—considering the commonwealth of Virginia had never considered it a priority to install lights on its highways and roads. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The only possible exception to this rule was the Upper South, to include the states of Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z That was the West Virginia way, and they were better at it than I was. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She was insulted and told her son Wilse Howard, and the following week he exchanged gunfire with another of Turner’s grandsons, young Will Turner, on the road to Hagan, Virginia. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z When Virginia left the Union she bore his home away as surely as if she were a ship setting out to sea, and what was left behind on the shore was not his any more. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Postcards of authors are taped to the wall over her desk, Oscar Wilde and Virginia Woolf. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He thought, This is going to be an awful problem for that town in Virginia and those people there. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wonderful, Virginia!” she says, and puts me in charge of the whole production—writing, directing, casting, everything. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The coastal communities that stretched from Virginia and eastern Maryland to lower Delaware were unapologetically Southern. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z For a time, they lived in Virginia City, Nevada. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z And who would guess that the southern city of Hampton, Virginia, was the place to find it? Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Captain Newport has also brought orders from the Virginia Company to place an English crown on Chief Powhatan’s head, making him a prince under King James and making all of his people English subjects. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z For three years, from sixth to eighth grade, Ben would go to the courts adjacent to the Centre Theater in Alexandria, Virginia, to learn the fundamentals from boys much older and stronger than he. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z This time they were sentenced to thirty days in the Occoquan Workhouse in rural Virginia. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The Army of Northern Virginia is cornered in a quiet little village called Appomattox Court House. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Investigators were dispatched to the man’s home in Virginia, and it was eventually determined that he didn’t pose a “real threat.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z She actually wobbled around on the floor and picked up shards of the cups and cried, “Oh, Momma. Oh, dear Gawd. It’s Momma’s china from Virginia. Oh, Momma, I sorry.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “My mama gave me this before I left Virginia, a long, long time ago. And I suppose you already figured that I’ve got some salt.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z News of Fannie’s leadership in the garment workers’ union reached coal miners in Colliers, West Virginia, and she was asked to visit. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z I guess my mother was homesick for Virginia, where no one talked Dutch, and there was no smell of gas or oil, and there weren’t as many black people around. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Virginia Tucker was a respected manager, but unlike Doris Cohen, she hadn’t pursued the researcher’s path and had no research credit to her name. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She could hardly get through a day without Mrs. Caruthers talking about their family plantation back in Virginia. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z At Yale, Lawrence’s closest research collaborator was Jesse Beams, another rural Midwesterner—his grandparents had migrated from West Virginia to Kansas in a covered wagon. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She was seven years old again, alone in her bedroom in Richmond, Virginia. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He plucked a beggar’s lice—endemic in West Virginia—off his pants leg and inspected the tiny fuzzy seed that hitched rides on anything or anybody who walked through the woods. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The case climbed to the Virginia Supreme Court, where Priddy’s request to sterilize Buck was affirmed again. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The size of the order makes it worth the farmer’s while to deliver, in Joel’s case sometimes as far as Virginia Beach or Bethesda—half a day’s drive. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Hidy, Miss Eggers,” he said, tipping an imaginary hat and sliding into the southern West Virginia vernacular. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Dinwiddie had sent a special message to London, advising that French troops had marched out of New France and built two forts in the Ohio Valley, land claimed by Virginia. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He had died long ago in Virginia, but his bondage had carried on into his death, so that his spirit was forced to follow the mistress of the manor when she moved north. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Caleb’s noise didn’t help any more than knowing my father must have driven the Wildcat as far as Virginia by now. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “And are you liars? Were you lying when you signed your contracts with the Virginia Company?” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The padlock on its double doors was huge, more suitable for the gates of heaven or hell, I thought, than a little West Virginia church. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Is it your plan, then, Sonny my boy, to disgrace the entire state of West Virginia with your confounded ignorance?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Virginia, held that segregation on interstate buses was illegal. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z It was not something that good young women from Virginia did. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z What’s more, as John Adams so nicely put it, “in Virginia all Geese are Swans,” meaning that Virginia’s elite genuinely believed that it had almost singlehandedly launched and led the war for independence. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The state of Virginia, on the other hand, hoisted the Jim Crow flag even higher. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z At last, Captain Smith has been given the position that the Virginia Company assigned to him. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z On April 3, 1865, Richmond, Virginia, capital city of the Confederate States of America, fell to Union forces. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe Mr. DiAngelo had it, over at that apartment in Virginia. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z She did, and by the end of October, just before cold weather set in, she was on her way to West Virginia, which was close anyway, according to her geography book. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z It is not a huge number, but Virginia administrators call it a start. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Would she miss the rolling blue hills of Virginias Piedmont, or fall in love with the great expanse of the Chesapeake Bay and the many rivers, inlets, and wetlands that embroidered the Virginia coast? Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Lawrence had died the year before, and George had become the heir to Mount Vernon and the thousands of acres that his brother had owned elsewhere in Virginia. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Why he at first refused to come to West Virginia with us and only at the last possible moment overcame his reluctance and jumped into the car. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Silvia always looks at me deeply, with kind eyes that really see me, that really look, and when she asks, “How are you, Virginia?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In a packed courtroom in Alexandria, Virginia, the judge sentenced Ames to life in prison, without the possibility of parole. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z King George II, ignoring French claims to the Ohio River valley, had given permission for colonizing the area to the Ohio Company, a group of Virginia landowners and London merchants. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z But not in Virginia, and they own the water near the mouth of the bay. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Mr. Dubonnet could have probably also stayed in West Virginia, but instead joined the Army. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Although the sectional battle lines were clearly drawn in the debate, the position of the Virginia delegation was equivocal. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It was up to her, therefore, to make certain I would not embarrass Big Creek High School or, for that matter, the entire state of West Virginia in Indianapolis. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Have we crossed the wide ocean only to be shot by the natives the minute we set foot in Virginia? Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “After the war, why did you come back to West Virginia if it’s so bad?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He concealed the car as best he could beneath a brown tarp, stripped it of its Virginia plates, and hid them. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z May used to laugh about moving here to Deep Water, West Virginia. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Virginia, in short, was being asked to trust its fate to the collective wisdom and virtue of the central government. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I risked loosening die thermos cap a litde more, and a fresh burst of wind sent us rocketing around the northern tip of Virginia Beach into Chesapeake Bay. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Professor Maurice Brooks of the University of West Virginia, an authority on the birds of the Appalachian region, reported that the West Virginia bird population had undergone “an incredible reduction.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z If West Virginia agreed to vote for one or the other of the men, food was apparently going to come into the state in dump-truck loads. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z And he mouths Adios, Virginia, and waves a mournful wave. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was time to return south—back home to Virginia and farther, wherever the work led—and he came with a gang. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Sir Edward Maria Wingfield. A very high-ranking gentleman, and a member of the Virginia Company. Remember who he is.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He knew he had gotten me in trouble with Mom and so he quickly wrangled a construction job in West Virginia for a couple days of paid work. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z On June 2nd he was escorted to the Long Wharf in Boston and put aboard a revenue cutter and sent back to Virginia. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z But he was truly rare within the political elite of Virginia in leaving this question open. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z One of the most famous battles of the American Civil War took place in the spring of 1863 in the northern Virginia town of Chancellorsville. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z A few days later Washington himself began preparing to leave for Virginia. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Instead, each day after he finished work at the Pentagon, Bull went to the coach of every Little League team in Arlington, Virginia, and asked them if they were short any players. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His broken leg notwithstanding, these three days in Virginia, with its pro-Confederate citizens and custom of hospitality, have made him think that escape is a possibility. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Like the new capital, it would become an extension of Virginia, or at least the Virginia vision of what the American Revolution meant and the American republic was therefore meant to be. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z According to the West Virginia history books, no one had ever lived in the valleys and hills of McDowell County before we came to dig out the coal. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He had been born on a small farm in Virginia owned by a petite old widow. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Finally, at the bus station, Santiago says, “What they did to you was illegal, Virginia. A crime. Even though you signed that paper, you might be able to press charges and sue them.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Far away from Virginia, fall had already come. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, “We’ll bury you in Virginia, next to your second husband.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Circe said that Macon and Sing had boarded that wagon in Virginia, where they both came from. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the southern states, Virginia among them, had paid off the bulk of their wartime debts. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z For almost all the leading members of the Virginia dynasty, the answer was clear and negative. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z At least in Virginia, lynch mobs maintained a pretext of spontaneity. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z As explained by historian Edmund Morgan, in colonies like Virginia, the planter elite, with huge land grants, occupied a vastly superior position to workers of all colors. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In Virginia, for example, fees paid to court-appointed attorneys for representing someone charged with a felony that carries a sentence of less than twenty years are capped at $428. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z T A he next day, they took him to Salem to dispatch him in a coaster bound for Virginia. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The women served their time at the Occoquan Workhouse in northern Virginia or the District Jail in Washington, DC. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The masters in Virginia kept their distance those festival days. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z We could have still been in Virginia, for all I knew. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Two days after the president left, and even before he reached his Virginia home, a meteorite fell out of the morning sky and thudded into Third Street. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Because shortly after breakfast, the relatives from Virginia began to arrive. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z He fled Virginia around 1927 or so, with Jim Crow hot on his tail, so to speak. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He knows the fleet proves that the French plan to seize more Virginia land. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Sherman was always wondering what it was like to live somewhere else other than West Virginia. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Picked this one up at a gas station in West Virginia, bargain price,” Lee said. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z This was the way he had traveled after escaping the League, how he had navigated through most of Virginia—how he hoped to get home. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He sat down to help me draw up a list of intelligent questions so I wouldn’t embarrass myself in front of this greatest of West Virginia’s native sons. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z That money was no small thing to Francis Gary Powers, who had grown up the son of a coal miner in Virginia during the Great Depression, in a home with no electricity or running water. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Turning from the principal’s office window were two uniformed men, the patches on their arms identifying them as West Virginia State Police. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z That strapping man from Virginia has a mischievous look, don’t you think? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z For that city, and the name it was destined to carry, symbolized the conspiracy that threatened, so Jefferson and his followers thought, all that Virginia stood for. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Harry said, “Too bad. I’d have liked to see him in the pet show. Step right up, folks, come and see Calpurnia Virginia Tate and her giant pet moth!” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Clover sits a few rolling hills off Route 360 in southern Virginia, just past Difficult Creek on the banks of the River of Death. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Ann is sitting quietly watching him while baby Virginia sleeps in her cradle. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Virginia, listen to me. What are they going to do to us? We’re your family. We have every right to claim you.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Within a week, the protests, inspired by the nonviolent actions of India’s Mahatma Gandhi, spread to other cities in North Carolina, and then crossed the borders into Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She’d spent time in Louisiana and Virginia, where her father opened colored institutions of learning, and California. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “From the first time I saw you, Virginia, I liked you a lot.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She to Virginia of the West, me to The Angels. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z He moonlights as a smuggler, ferrying mail, contraband, and people across the broad Potomac into Virginia. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Right there she knew she must decide on whether to get to Virginia or settle in a town where she would probably have to wear shoes. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z At CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, Burton Gerber was reading a classified cable sent directly from Rome. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Shadow bought a pack of Virginia Slims from the machine. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z At last we are allowed up on deck for our first sight of Virginia. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The first was George Myers, my biological father, who had left West Virginia and settled in an apartment with his new wife and family in Harlem, a short distance from me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “You West Virginia girls are one tough breed,” he said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The fear of Communism was a bonanza for segregationists like Virginia senator Harry Byrd. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Mudd also gave Booth the name of a doctor on the Virginia side in case his leg continued to trouble him. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They were living in Virginia, someone told Mom at work. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The economic injustice toward Virginia and most of the southern states—South Carolina was the exception, since it had not retired much of its debt was bad enough. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z But there were no sidewalks here in North Hill, Virginia. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The plane circled over Norfolk, Virginia, for nineteen minutes, above Atlantic City for twenty-nine minutes, and forty miles south of Kennedy Airport for another twenty-nine minutes. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z During the Civil War, the mountain state seceded from Virginia and joined the Union. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Take your hat!” said Grandma, still somewhere back in Virginia. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’m going to go look for them, Virginia,” he says, jogging out of the room. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Virginia, go take a shower to calm down. I’ll fix you a cup of tea.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They lingered in South Carolina for only five days, flew over North Carolina, and came down for a day in Virginia. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z To them, I am Virginia the scientist and singer and dancer and star student and advice giver. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Jaimito shrugs off his backpack and asks, “Where were you this morning, Virginia?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Henry had been with the family a very long time, even coming up with them from Virginia. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Camilla took Charles down to Virginia the day of Henry’s funeral. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The sorority had been a constant in her life since her days as a fifteen-year-old freshman at West Virginia State; she had spent more weekends than she could remember attending sorority activities or meetings. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Simon and Nick both got into Wesleyan and Haverford, and both got rejected from the University of Virginia. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z On September 10, again urged by Priddy, the Board of the Virginia State Colony reviewed Buck’s case during a routine meeting. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He also mobilized the Virginia militia to invade the Ohio Valley, instructing them to destroy Shawnee towns and provisions and to “distress them in every other way that is possible.” An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Lafayette had been assigned a Virginia slave named James Armistead, whose master had given him permission to join the war. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The great hooves of his horse beat a tattoo on the bad roads and forest trails of central Virginia. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Madison wanted to take slavery off the national agenda because he believed that decisive action would result in the destruction of either the Virginia planter class or the nation itself. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “I have to move that house to West Virginia so I was just using it to practice my dive-bombing technique.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z That was the mission of John Blackburn, Virginia’s easygoing admissions dean, when he rented a car and took to the road in the spring of 2005. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I hope Reverend Hunt is not too disappointed that his first time trying to convert a Virginia native to Christianity did not work out. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The quote is from Virginia Woolf’s suicide note to her husband, but I think it fits the occasion. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z As Lee rides back to his lines, the Army of Northern Virginia spontaneously gathers on both sides of the road. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Hundreds of steel cylinders, each of them six feet in diameter, were manufactured specially in Virginia and then transported by ship to the West German port of Bremerhaven. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Didn’t we walk around every day waiting for one of their H-bombs to be dropped on us out of the sky, even down here in southern West Virginia? October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He was still determined to capture Benedict Arnold, whose Loyalists were on a rampage in Virginia, looting Richmond and raiding communities where Patriot supplies were stored. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z If any national plan for ending slavery was to succeed, Virginia needed to be in the vanguard. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z There was a company-store system in most of the towns in southern West Virginia. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “She looks like Nola that win the field trials in Virginia last year. She a Virginia dog, Captain?” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the golden age of rock and roll, even for us kids in deepest West Virginia. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z They drove back to Virginia on Friday, and Dan headed over to the monkey house to see if there had been any changes. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Years earlier, before her marriage, Anna had taught school in Lynchburg, Virginia, but she lacked the credentials needed to teach in Philadelphia. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Once you get your belly full, you can walk all over West Virginia before you’re hungry again. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know exactly. Something’s wrong. We have to get there right away. Monsters have been chasing me all the ' way from Virginia, trying to stop me. Have you had a lot of attacks?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Even Central Park wasn’t as dangerous as people in West Virginia thought. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z On the map, the division line between slave and non-slave societies occurs in Virginia, broadly anticipating the Mason-Dixon line that later split slave states from free. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Mary Gearhart, a small, pleasant woman, worked at a number of restaurants before finding a job in a German hotel in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Nationally, Virginia’s white teachers ranked in the bottom quarter in public school salaries, and their black counterparts might earn almost 50 percent less. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Are you saying we leave out all the trail between here and Virginia? Not walk it? Skip it?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I remind myself I am the Virginia with spunk, the Virginia who never rolls belly-up, the Virginia who stands tall like a radish flower. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In a separate correspondence about the same time with John Taylor, another prominent Virginia planter and political thinker who had also questioned Adams’s views on aristocracy, Adams called attention to the irony of the situation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Near Abingdon, in the dog-leg of Virginia, at four o’clock of a windy afternoon, without warning or good-by or kiss my foot, my journey went away and left me stranded far from home. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1966, he settled on a surprise choice: the Marshall Library in Lexington, Virginia. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z When I’m wrong, she says, “Good try, Virginia,” but most of the time I’m right, and she says, “Excellent, Virginia.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He moves his head close to mine and whispers low enough that the children won’t hear, “You wouldn’t leave the boys, Virginia.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the state motto of Virginia: “Thus always to tyrants.” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Luckily he got an offer to run a synagogue in Suffolk, Virginia. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m probably the best artist in the state of Virginia. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He consulted his list and called out, “In third place, Novice Tatting, Miss Calpurnia Virginia Tate!” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Dorothy’s friends and former Moton colleagues watched helplessly as their children’s futures were sacrificed in the battle over the future of Virginia’s public schools. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Cliff Garret, Henrietta’s cousin, lived in his farmhouse in Clover until 2009, when his failing health required him to move in with his son in Richmond, Virginia, where he currently lives. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z And Courtney’s letter had, in turn, brought the little lady up from Virginia to spy her out. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Although Lincoln does not know this, 120 miles south of Washington, at the important railroad and communications center of Petersburg, Virginia, a siege that started in June 1864 is nearing its end. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “He spread the government out between Virginia and New York for its protection. To make sure none of the fugitive Psi groups or the League got any ideas about wiping it all out at once.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The old Antifederalist coalition that Madison had opposed so effectively at the Virginia ratifying convention in 1788 believed with some justification that their cause had never really been defeated, merely outmaneuvered. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Have always felt at home everywhere, even in Virginia, where they hate me. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The river was the Rappahannock in Virginia; the little town lying on the river was Fredericksburg. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first period, I had West Virginia history. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The Abbey building was covered across its south face by that type of ivy known as Virginia creeper. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I walk over to the cradle where baby Virginia is sleeping. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z For much of his fifteen years as Virginia’s president, Casteen has focused on raising money and expanding the university, the most prestigious in the state. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Then in August 1781 came a report that de Grasse had decided instead to sail to Chesapeake Bay to fight British forces in Virginia. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z West Virginia might have come to equalization, but it still held the line on barring married women from the classroom. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The me that hauled hay in Virginia and handled a four-mule team in the brace. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Once the applause calms, Dona Amelia says, “And now for the Queen of Water ... Maria Virginia Farinango!” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But I now knew the limits of my caring, the reach of its powers, etched by an enemy old as Virginia. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Me, Maria Virginia Farinango, world-famous lock picker, the expert who flies around the globe, opening locks in the nick of time. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned his face north toward Virginia, where he had been free of his hometown for a time. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z At a modest high school in the Tidewater city of Portsmouth, not far from John Casteen’s boyhood home, a guidance-office wall filled with college pennants does not include one from rarefied Virginia. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z In the fall he burned brush piles and raked leaves for Virginia Gatewood, a stick figure at twilight in cloth gloves and a threadbare mackinaw coat ragged at the elbows. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He would help Booth and Herold cross the Potomac River to Virginia, but they must leave it to him to decide when and how they would make the attempt. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z My real parents and brothers and sisters live far away—farther away than West Virginia or even Ohio. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z He lived in a spare bedroom with the family of a friend he’d made during his year in college in Virginia. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z No sign of Rabbi Shilsky, whom I traced to a Brooklyn address in the 1960s, where he apparently landed after wandering through Norfolk, Virginia; Belleville, New Jersey; and Manhattan. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, the point was, Genie hoped Ma had gotten some sleep on the way to Virginia, because the one thing he thought he knew about Virginia, he was right about. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Well, what I don’t understand is, if you’re going to live with your aunt in Virginia, what are you doing here?” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In March of 1941, after three serious breakdowns, Virginia Woolf wrote a note to her husband and walked to a nearby river. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The centrifuge, which was being pursued by Lawrence’s old friend Jesse Beams at the University of Virginia, persistently underperformed its expected enrichment yield; it would be the first method abandoned outright. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “He is fled his master in Virginia” This is cause for rejoicing; but I do not call it so. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z His father had been born a slave in Virginia and had risen to the position of overseer. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z No one else runs up to me, no family or friends, but plenty of people I don’t even know are cheering and calling “Maria Virginia!” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she slapped me and said in a low, dangerous voice, “Virginia. Never do that again. Never. You hear? We are indi'gena. We will always be indi'gena. Nothing will change that.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mike was the only one from Liam’s old room, but there were two Blue girls, one Yellow boy, and a Green who had somehow made it all the way to eastern Virginia. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She was still worried about Clara, and what might happen once the relatives from Virginia arrived, but she tried to push it all to the back of her mind. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z In Logan County, Virginia, summer ended when school started. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Of course there were massive accounting problems in calculating the different state debts, not the least of the difficulties being sloppy records kept by several southern states, with Virginia topping the list for administrative disarray. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Hungry Mother State Park in nearby Virginia was a popular destination for miners and their families, and also the Smoky Mountains farther south in Tennessee. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I think all of the kids with me were from Virginia, but there was no way to be sure, because there was only one big rule: and that was Silence. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Jefferson had the all-consuming duties of the presidency, then two major retirement projects—the completion of his architectural renovations of Monticello and the creation of the University of Virginia. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He dropped out before he got to Virginia, so we never did see him. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Dorothy supported herself and contributed to the family by working as a waitress at a hotel in Richmond, Virginia, until 1931, when she got word of a job at the school in Farmville. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Then why didn’t you take it from Virginia?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The suborbital flight in the capsule Shepard christened Freedom 7 lasted only fifteen minutes and twenty-two seconds and covered 303 miles, just about the distance between Hampton, Virginia, and Charleston, West Virginia. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He decides to accompany a painter on his crew to find temporary jobs in South Carolina, Georgia, and Virginia. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He also has his hired agents out searching, but his efforts to send and receive messages are hampered by the lack of telegraph lines through the Maryland and northern Virginia countryside. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I slipped off into sleep somewhere between Staunton and Lexington, and woke up just in time to get a perfect view of the towering white warehouse that was Roanoke, Virginia’s former Walmart. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z A me he was loving in Virginia because that girl Dorcas wasn’t around there anywhere. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The six and twentieth day of April, about four o’clock in the morning, we descried the land of Virginia. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Now, Virginia, you have to be careful because this means you could become a mother, and you’re not ready for that yet. So if boys want to touch you, don’t let them. All right?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad had helped haul another empty Norvelt house to West Virginia so he wasn’t around, and I always felt guilty in front of Mom so I avoided conversations with her. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “The men have the strictest orders. But 1 must say, sir, that those orders would be easier to follow had the Yankees shown charity when they were back in Virginia.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh no. Don’t bury me in Virginia. I ran away from Virginia. I don’t want to go back there.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Between the front porch of the late Reverend Young’s and the concrete steps of the West Virginia State Capitol, something happened to Ob to make him long for living again. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z To Virginia Beach, if I wanted to see my grandmother? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z From New York to Virginia, American intelligence operatives like Armistead were bewildering the British. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He sent Ann a letter three weeks later from Richmond, Virginia, where, he said, he had found a better job, and wanted Ann and the children to join him. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Backstage, the other girls hug me and whisper, “That was incredible, Virginia!” and I whisper, “Thanks,” but I can’t say anything else because my knees are weak and my heart is pounding. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded was an ideal experiment in genetic cleansing, they noted. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Well, I’d say you blew it to West Virginia,” I confirmed. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Well, what were you planning to do, child, go door to door in Virginia?” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They forget all about the bad girl named Virginia. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She thought also of returning to some of her people in Virginia, but to come home dragging three young ones would have to be a step one rung before death for Eva. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve got something for you. This is close hold. This is hush-hush. You are not going to believe this. There’s Ebola virus in a monkey colony in Virginia.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did you know she is actually one of the Chesters, of Chester County, Virginia? She ended up in Baltimore nearly destitute because her stepmother is a dastardly woman.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z With Dad drinking again, and no money coming in, Mom began to talk about moving east, to West Virginia, where Dad’s parents lived. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, I can find a place for you, Virginia. I’d be happy to.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z At West Virginia University, students cried in each other’s arms, phoned their parents to say good-bye forever, and hid in the dormitory basement. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z But the Virginia Company still wants gold, and Captain Newport is convinced we can find it for them. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “No. Virginia. Both of them lived in Virginia, her people and his. Down around Culpeper somewhere. Charlemagne or something like that.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z It contains the names of the men chosen by the Virginia Company to be our leaders, and directions for us from the Virginia Company. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Question for the Notebook: How could Calpurnia Virginia Tate be so stupid? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He was an honest man, open as the sunrise, cut from the same pattern as Lee: old family, Virginia gentleman, man of honor, man of duty. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There is, however, land in the Virginia countryside that, for thousands of years, has been home to the native peoples who still live there. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I was still so sick to my stomach from traveling all those curvy West Virginia roads that all I could do was swallow and nod, swallow and nod. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z One of those speculators was the British governor of Virginia John Murray, the Fourth Earl of Dunmore. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z As students came by, Blackburn would explain Virginia’s new admissions and financial aid policies. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He requested his transcripts from Radford and from Virginia Highlands Community College and figured out that he had about a year’s worth of credits. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Virginia, my beautiful little evening star, you are the girl of my dreams. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I feed Virginia one more time and lay her down on a straw bed to sleep. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The city of Winchester, Virginia, ordered “a guard at every avenue of the town leading from the Potomac, to stop all suspected persons, packages, etc., coming from Philadelphia.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Southern West Virginia society did not allow for barging in on strangers in the middle of the night, no matter what the situation. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He and Mom still had the white van they’d driven up from West Virginia, and he started sleeping in that. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Mom had bought each of us a warm coat at a thrift store so we’d have something to wear in West Virginia, where it got so cold in the winter that it snowed. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Virginia's posture toward assumption was now making his prophecy look prescient. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z West Virginia’s hilly terrain offered cool evening breezes, whereas Virginia was sweltering and malarial. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “It’s got to be the greatest thing,” he said, “to work in the West Virginia capitol every day.” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Virginia DiAngelo is reported in good condition this morning at Easton General Hospital, while Benjamin, who was flown to the pediatric intensive care unit at Children’s Hospital, remains in critical condition. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z No flagship state university has a smaller proportion of low-income students than Virginia. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z After leaving Virginia, Chris drove south and then west across the flat Texas plains, through the heat of New Mexico and Arizona, and arrived at the Pacific coast. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Virginia, but restrictions on interracial marriage persisted even after that landmark ruling. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I knew that my own ancestors had been slaves in Virginia. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “My daughter, look at my daughter! Maria Virginia! The Virgin Mary! My daughter!” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Keeping in mind all those old ladies who have passed on, today is the eve before we honor the first English child born in America—Virginia Dare in 1587. Don’t forget your history,” she murmured. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Everyone turns to me as I put down their dessert, and says politely, “Thank you, Virginia,” or “Thank you, senorita.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z One day when the Doctorita and I go together to buy milk, Dona Mercedes gushes, “Oh, this little Virginia is so cute! So pretty. So smart. And she’s so fast. Always running!” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mataoka lived in the central town of the Powhatan alliance, a small empire in tidewater Virginia; she was the daughter of Wahunsenacawh, the emperor. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z When the planter elite in Virginia refused to provide militia support for his scheme, Bacon retaliated, leading an attack on the elite, their homes, and their property. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Then Uncle Ob and Aunt May from West Virginia visited, and they knew an angel when they saw her and they took me on home. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z I guess it’s fair to say there were two distinct phases to my life in West Virginia: everything that happened before October 5, 1957 and everything that happened afterward. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Virginia blows bubbles and grasps my finger even tighter. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “I’ve convinced them that without you as translator, we will all perish in Virginia,” he says as the clamps open and fall away. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Guess who actually is buying up all the Norvelt houses and moving them to West Virginia?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They were imposed on us by Virginia planters obsessed with enslaving as many Americans as possible. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “You’re so lucky, Virginia!” they say when they visit me at the hotel, ogling the indoor garden and skylight and elegant furniture. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As part of my research I kept hearing about this incredible farmer in Virginia. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Dad wouldn’t come out of my parents’ bedroom until Grams drove out from Virginia Beach to pick me up. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The Ohio license plate was tossed into the backseat, and in its place was a West Virginia plate. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Ann, John, and Virginia are here with me, and we are safe. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “This is how they treat their signed seven-year contracts with the Virginia Company.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z They are thinking of moving there, to Virginia, where Bette’s sister lives. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z I decided to go to Virginia to see his farm firsthand. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z As we pull up the dirt driveway to Alfonso’s house, the Doctorita asks, “Virginia, do you want to leave us? We can take you back to your parents right now.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I can go on quoting Virginia Woolf—believe me, the passage gets even hotter—but I decide I want to quote myself instead. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He’d been in West Virginia long enough for our terrible stolidity to rub off on him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Now, the heirs of those Virginia planters could never directly acknowledge this legacy or reckon with its power. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Come, Virginia,” she says, as though I’m her pet, as though she owns me now. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Go, Virginia. I’ll come early and do the prep for you and stay late and wash your dishes.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z After all,with Washington as president, Jefferson as secretary of state, Edmund Randolph as attorney general—he might have added Madison as dominant presence in the Congress—Virginia's interests were hardly unrepresented in the capital. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “As is Governor of Virginia,” explained the bassoon. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z One cannot help but suspect that the beleaguered aristocracy of Virginia saw in Hamilton and his beloved commercial elite of the northern cities the American replicas of British bankers who were bleeding them to death. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “How about the striking coal miners in Pennsylvania and West Virginia?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “I’ve never been outside of West Virginia. Isn’t that sad? How about you?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The consensus outside Virginia seemed to be that “not one person in a thousand in the United States knows that there is such a place on earth,” and those few who did were all Indians. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z During the first two decades after the war for independence from Britain, large numbers of first- and second-generation Ulster Scots moved westward into the Ohio Valley, western Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Virginia Tucker, who had ascended to the position of head computer, ran Langley’s entire computing operation of over two hundred women, and supervised Margery Hannah and the other section heads. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He was talking about Richmond, Virginia, where he grew up. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Virginia or Delaware might tolerate their agitating, but no cotton state. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Or maybe your dad will haul it off to West Virginia, where I bet they’ll rip every one of those letters down and toss them in a furnace.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z This was the meritocracy John Casteen described when he greeted the parents of freshmen in a University of Virginia lecture hall in the late summer of 2004. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Winter came to West Virginia late that year. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “I hope you get to Virginia Beach, I really do, but—” He pulled the glasses off his face and pinched the bridge of his nose. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They turn for one last look at the Virginia shoreline and our fort and the group of us waving to them. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z They brought the practice of witch hunting with them to what became Virginia and Massachusetts. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Captain Newport frowns, but he is still determined to obey the orders from the Virginia Company: Chief Powhatan must be crowned a prince under King James. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z There might not be gold in West Virginia, but there were plenty of other ways to make your pile. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But more important, who of the Virginia cousins could have wanted to hurt Clara? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Half don’t make it past central Virginia, less than a third of the way. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe I’m having a heart attack. Open the window, Virginia! I’m suffo- eating!” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He came back to Virginia and said, “Tell your mother we’re divorced,” and that was it. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Virginia is here, all the South is here. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I still want to go to Virginia,” I say. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He had managed to resettle in Virginia with his uncle. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z It was the South Carolina solution achieved in the Virginia style. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z All that week no one brought up my father, supposedly dead in a tractor accident, or my long-lost aunt Bernie in Virginia. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a book we discovered. By Virginia Woolf. We’ve been quoting the lines to each other off and on.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z His library on the second floor of his house in Virginia is lined with rows upon rows of works on complexity theory and military strategy. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Suffragists Francis and Virginia Minor also believed that the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments granted women the right to vote, and they came up with a plan to put the issue to the test. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z "Bryan, Rosa Parks is coming to town, and we're going to meet over at Virginia Durr's house to talk. Do you want come over and listen?" Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z After stints in North Carolina, New York, Florida, Virginia, California, and a handful of other states, he returned home to southern Maryland and started work at a job that would change his life. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z They approved of Annabeth because she told them she was from Virginia. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z For several days it seems as if we are all alone in the Virginia wilderness. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He is bound to carry out the orders from the Virginia Company. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z So he told the kid about his first day in the Minors, with Bluefield, West Virginia, in the Appalachian League. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He says we have been sent by God for more noble purposes: to bring the good news of Christ to the Virginia natives, and to look for survivors from the Roanoke colony. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z There were officials from the Virginia Department of Health and from Fairfax County. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A community college there was holding a college fair, and Blackburn set up a table in a hallway, draping it with the University of Virginia’s blue and orange flag. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He took a slurp of his coffee from a white mug that said in black letters, Virginia is for lovers, hearts replacing all the Vs. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z They leave in the shallop, the small boat they put together here in Virginia, so they will be able to navigate the narrow riverways. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z She had heard stories about the cruelties of slavery from the older black people around Martinsburg, West Virginia. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The real plan was for the two armies to link up in New York but then actually head south to Virginia. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Safety is just across the river in Virginia, where the citizens are pro-Confederacy. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Even when they focused on a warmer place like Virginia, they persistently selected as colonists people ignorant of farming; multiplying the difficulties, the would-be colonizers were arriving in the middle of a severe, multiyear drought. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He saw a man raise a captured battle flag, blue flag of Virginia, and he turned from the sight. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They protest for a bit, “Stay, Virginia!” and “Stay, Daughter!” and “Stay, Sister!” and finally Matilde says, “Fine, but let me walk you to the bus stop.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Washington, for his part, obliged his Virginia critics by urging his stepgrandson to attend Harvard in order to escape the provincial versions of learning currently ascendant in the Old Dominion. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The farther we went, the better mileage we made, so that by the middle of June we were almost to the West Virginia state line. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We know that his superiors sent this officer to follow Prince from Maryland, through Washington, D.C., and into Virginia, where the officer shot Prince several times. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The city of Reston, Virginia, is a prosperous community about ten miles west of Washington, D.C., just beyond the Beltway. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There have been so many different Virginias in my lifetime, yet really, they are all the same one. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z After high school graduation, Reggie went to a year of college in Virginia, and to play basketball. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Mrs. Johnson puts markers and paper and some books about Virginia on the tables. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z On December 30, however, when results from Virginia and South Carolina revealed that Adams had captured one electoral vote in each of these southern states, Adams ceased erupting and started celebrating. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z If Virginia wanted to negotiate these calculations, well, it was the kind of thing that could always be worked out among friends. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Belle Plain, Virginia, in 1864 with Union troops on their way to capture Richmond, Virginia. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The site where the British chose to build Jamestown in 1607 was located on Powhatan territory in what the British called the Colony of Virginia. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “Look, Virginia. Don’t throw this away. We’re offering you your own house and an education. Only a fool would hesitate.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Madison’s more judicious arguments, published as the Virginia Resolutions, were circulating in the national press and achieving the same goal—condemning the Sedition Act but without recourse to nullification. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z In 1960, nine locations made the short list, but Virginia was not one of them. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “We here in Virginia do a good job of getting them in,” said Glenn Dubois, chancellor of the Virginia Community College System and himself a community college graduate. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z So it’s a surprise when the Doctorita says, “Why don’t you join us tonight, Virginia?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The spoils of the win were eye-popping: a golden trophy, a brand- new bicycle, and a spot at the national All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio, as the official representative of the Virginia Peninsula. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I go back to being the same old Virginia. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “She knew my mother back when she was a little girl in Virginia,” I explained. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He concocted a scheme to abduct “this greatest of traitors” while he was leading raids in Virginia. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z As a result, Jamestown and the other Virginia forays survived on Indian charity—they were “utterly dependent and therefore controllable,” in the phrase of Karen Ordahl Kupperman, a New York University historian. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z My grandmother was the daughter of people who were enslaved in Caroline County, Virginia. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The brave Virginia says, Stop thinking about Mamita s bad words to you. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, when he didn’t want to tell me my grandfather was about to die; another time was when a car ran over my dog in Virginia. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The twins were in Virginia, sequestered at their grandmother’s, incommunicado. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I want to tell you about my favorite new appliance, the ultimate time- saving device, My Virginia! The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Every year around Thanksgiving, he went hunting in West Virginia, where he and some buddies rented a house for the opening of the deer season. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t even think about eating this, Virginia,” she said through her teeth, and then went back to her mourning. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He said something about being chosen for glory, for the glory of Virginia. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But they didn’t because Devon said, You may be the best artist in Virginia, and Dad said so too. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z In Virginia, you could smuggle yourself into Delaware or up the Chesapeake on a barge, evading patrollers and bounty hunters by your wits and the invisible hand of Providence. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z On their way out of Virginia Beach, Carine asked Fish to stop at their church. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The fullest and most intellectually interesting debate occurred in Virginia. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Cook had mentioned that Mr. Henry had come with Mrs. Caruthers when she came north from Virginia as a young woman to marry her husband. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z This book was inspired by the events at Virginia Tech as well as my own need to try to explain what it’s like for a child to have Asperger’s syndrome. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Her first fear was that lawyer son had not believed Mr. Randolph’s excuses for not coming to Virginia for Thanksgiving and had come to get him. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z The two Virginias inside me argue—the brave one and the scared one, the one who wants to leave the Doctorita and the one who wants to stay. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The state of Virginia produces no chocolate to speak of. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Cook had mentioned that Clara ran off shortly after the family from Virginia visited. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Virginia”—she tilts her head and studies my face—“are you indigena?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He signed on as a merchant seaman, and in 1953, when he was nineteen, his ship docked at Norfolk, Virginia. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The boys and girls who built them were, I realized, the competition we West Virginia kids were going to have to face once we went out into the world. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It also committed the United States to compensate English creditors for outstanding pre-revolutionary debts, most of which were owed by Virginia’s planters. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z They want someone who has been here since the beginning, who knows about how to survive in Virginia. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I showed her all the delicious fat potatoes and she said, “Oh, my poor little Virginia, pobregulla, look what you brought back all by yourself.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The closer she got to the day that the relatives from Virginia would arrive, the more Ophie worried that she would end up face-to-face with a murderer. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z In the late 1600s, Cherokees likely first encountered the English when traders from the Virginia Colony came to the region. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z On the night of April 22, after another night’s delay, John Wilkes Booth and David Herold finally climbed aboard the boat and rowed out into the Potomac toward Virginia. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Yellow fever terrorized many major cities throughout the 1800s—not only Philadelphia and Manhattan, but Boston, Baltimore, Mobile, Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia, Savannah, Charleston, and Jacksonville, to name a few. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The scrap of song came from a woman’s throat, and Joe thrashed and beat his way up the incline and through the hedge, a tangle of muscadine vines, Virginia creeper and hibiscus rusty with age. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “I grew up in the Old South in Richmond, Virginia,” said Brother Randall Robinson. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Early in her career at Langley, Dorothy Lee was interviewed for the Daily Press, in all probability by Virginia Biggins, the female reporter assigned to the Langley beat. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z All things considered, she was doing okay—riding a wave of excitement—as she pulled into the truck stop outside of Roanoke, Virginia. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z But she is also from Virginia, and I ain’t had much cause to like Virginians. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The historical record makes it perfectly clear, to be sure, that Jefferson was orchestrating the campaign of vilification, which had its chief base of operations in Virginia and its headquarters at Monticello. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The man discovered that his new office mate was a fellow transplant from West Virginia, and the two became fast friends. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Both were graduates of Hampton Institute in Virginia. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The Virginia gentry were psychologically incapable of sharing Hamilton’s affinity with men who made their living manipulating interest rates. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z With her fair skin and dulcet West Virginia accent, Katherine might have occupied a fluid racial middle ground, easing her acceptance at the center. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Fairfax’s plan fleshed out the sketchy outline that Jefferson had provided in Notes on the State of Virginia. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z There it was, the West Virginia thing—the almighty job. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A black weekly in Richmond, Virginia, sang Durham’s praises even more fervently: Go to Durham...you need the inspiration. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He fled Virginia around 1927 or so, with Jim Crow hot on his tail, so to speak. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, fathers love them and respect them. But fathers can’t touch them like that. Don’t let anyone touch you like that, Virginia. Understand?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He greets me warmly, as always, and when he sees my face, so hopeful and nervous, he asks, “What can I do for you, Virginia?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z To leave West Virginia, even to leave Welch, would have been unthinkably disloyal, like deserting your family. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But the real importance, Reverend Hunt says, is to bring the good news of Christ to the native people who live in Virginia. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z A lot of people in the state resented the fact that television reporters were flooding in and sending back reports about how ignorant, poor, and helpless everybody was in West Virginia. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z In the fall of 1958, Virginia’s governor Lindsay Almond chained the doors of the schools in localities that attempted to comply with the Supreme Court’s Brown decision. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Virginia,” she says in a conspiratorial voice, “go to the store- house and tell Carlitos to give you some eggs. He can never say no to you.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When she got to Virginia itself, she realized that she didn’t know in what part of the state to look for her people. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Feebleminded women were sent to the Virginia State Colony for confinement to ensure that they would not continue breeding and thereby contaminate the population with further morons or idiots. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I was still trying to decide which college to go to, but I thought maybe the engineering program at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “But he did nine in jazz flats at the competition in Virginia Beach, didn’t you Shawn?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I said, “May, did you ever know a Deborah? Deborah Fontanel? A white woman from Virginia? It would have been a long time ago.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Southeast Virginia. Now that you’re awake, I need to check on Zu. You two stay put, okay?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Virginia crawls to me, grabs the handkerchief, and pulls it away. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “You mean to say she broke our Virginia dishes? What we gone do?” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Cejas’s dream is to find her mother, in a place called Virginia of the West. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z In fact, Jefferson’s headache coincided with a veritable plague that seemed to descend on the leadership of the Virginia dynasty. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z In the Colony of Virginia, as in Massachusetts, the Governor sent out forces to seize Patriot gunpowder, and so disarm revolution. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “What’s wrong, Virginia? Did my daughter hit you? Did she yell at you?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now, Virginia,” Susana says, “I’ll just drop you off here and be back in two hours to pick you up. All right?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The tall boy, Leo, says, “Hey, will you help us study, Virginia?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1880, the Supreme Court intervened, striking down a West Virginia statute that expressly reserved jury service to white men. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The spacious room was far from the prisonlike image his aunt Virginia had painted for him. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z They sail away in the Susan Constant and the Godspeed and leave the Discovery and the shallop for us to use for travel here in Virginia. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Virginia,” he says, “we’re perfect for each other! What do you say? About being my girlfriend? The Doctorita doesn’t have to find out. I’ll just come to see you in secret.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom’s parents had retired to a farm in Abb’s Valley, Virginia, and they had a privy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Ann ties Virginia’s tiny bonnet on her and tells me to make sure I support her head. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z West Virginia gave an annual college scholarship to the student who killed the most animals; other states freely distributed bounties and other cash rewards. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z When he visited relations back in Virginia, he promoted the advantages of his new home. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In the early 1990s, when Van Riper was head of the Marine Corps University at Quantico, Virginia, he became friendly with a man named Gary Klein. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “Virginia, listen, I’ll be straight with you. You have a good chance of being queen, but only if you improve your Quichua.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here we are, a bunch of gawddamned West Virginia hillbillies wanting to be Albert Einsteins.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “That evil soaks into the soil. Some say it steeps and gets stronger. Maybe this isn’t the place. Maybe Gloria and I should have kept going after Virginia.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Both Senator Kennedy and Senator Humphrey thought they had the solution for West Virginia: active assistance from the federal government in the form of free food, with federal-government jobs to follow. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Brilliant and ambitious, Claytor waited in vain to be recruited to join the country’s top math departments, but West Virginia State College was his only offer. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Anyway, it might not have been West Virginia at all. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The geographic location of the new capital played to these pretensions by making it the physical projection of Virginia. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Venable said, “It was easier in Virginia, sir. On our home ground.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Though Lee had no love for secession or slavery, his home state was Virginia, which had recently seceded from the Union, and he could not lead troops against his home state. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “Virginia, are you sure you feel all right?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “The bus you caught wasn’t headed for Michigan. It was headed for Virginia. And here you are.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Their looks might even jeopardize their ability to receive a proper reception at the fine Virginia households they planned to call on across the river. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Nathaniel Bacon was a white property owner in Jamestown, Virginia, who managed to unite slaves, indentured servants, and poor whites in a revolutionary effort to overthrow the planter elite. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z This “harmless mob,” Lee realizes, is his own Army of Northern Virginia. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Mom made living in West Virginia sound like another great adventure, and pretty soon all us kids had signed on for the trip. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z In a landmark decision by the Virginia Supreme Court, Ruffin v. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Virginia, sit down for a moment before you do the dishes.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Once I finish, he’s quiet, and then he says, “You, Virginia, are an extraordinary girl. You will go far.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Negra, don’t try to blame this on la Virginia. It was your dumb idea to hang a plant over the door. An accident waiting to happen. Any fool could have seen that.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I bet Virginia Dare’s parents even called her a “little dear.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Ah, well. You did leave quite a few half-blood weapons in your room in Virginia, the last time you . . . left.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z In October 1967, he drove from his base in Norfolk, Virginia, to the Soviet embassy in Washington, DC. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z On an October day in 1753, Robert Dinwiddie, Royal Governor of His Majesty’s Colony of Virginia, sat in his office in Williamsburg, the capital of Virginia, reading the latest reports from the frontier. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Like Virginia, a handful of other colleges are not only increasing financial aid but also promising to give weight to economic class in granting admissions. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z But soon, especially with so much labor needed for the tobacco fields, Africans were brought to Virginia and sold as slaves for fife. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z As Lee waits, Sheridan’s three cavalry divisions are searching high and low for the Army of Northern Virginia. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Ruby hesitates, like she actually wasn’t done talking about Edie yet, then says she moved from Virginia. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “He doesn’t need Virginia,” Grace said, and then she screamed. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He is furious at Captain Smith, who keeps reminding the gentlemen that they have signed seven-year contracts with the Virginia Company, and they can’t quit this voyage. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Virginia,” Silvia says, her forehead wrinkled in concern, “you don’t seem like yourself. Have you been sick?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He was commander of the militia soldiers in southern Virginia. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is the best I can do, Virginia. We’ll move a bed in here for you, and a dresser. Not luxurious, but I won’t charge you for it.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Genie sat there thinking about all these things, annoyed by his brother’s snoring, listening to his parents not say a word, totally unsure about what was going to happen when they finally got to Virginia. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z However, Virginia’s legacy as the birthplace of humanity’s first step into the heavens would have to compete with the notoriety it was gaining as the country’s most intransigent foe of integrated schools. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “For heaven’s sake, Homer, remain calm,” I heard Mom tell Dad in the kitchen when the coaches from West Virginia University were there. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I’m full-on cheating now, pulling up every Virginia Woolf site I can find. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z As rock-ribbed a Republican as ever was allowed to take a breath in West Virginia, my father detested the Russian Communists, although, it should be said, not quite as much as certain American politicians. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She went home to Suffolk, Virginia, with me; my sister Judy, a New York schoolteacher; and my brother Billy, an Atlanta physician, in tow. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Along with most of the Virginia dynasty, however, his ascent into the revolutionary elite was not the exclusive function of talent and virtue. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It was a glossy light blue, about six inches wide, and painted on it was a big red cardinal, the West Virginia bird. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Limefield House was the color of warm honey, and half of its front was covered in Virginia creeper. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My heart was aching for Cletus, for I knew there was little in life he really wanted this bad, this chance to see the West Virginia State Capitol. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Among the middle-class and black professional community of southeastern Virginia, however, word traveled like wildfire: Mrs. Vaughans office is hiring. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He is one of the few high officers in that army not from Virginia. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Girls High was way ahead of Suffolk High and I never would’ve graduated on time, so after the school year ended I returned to Virginia to finish high school. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Sherman said his parents had come up with some money for him to go to West Virginia Tech, and he was going to work for the rest of it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Washington and Rochambeau rapidly changed their plan: They would head south to Virginia with the goal of trapping Cornwallis’s troops gathering at Yorktown, near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The West Virginia engineer she had met on day one played oboe in a local symphony. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z When I had had fever in Virginia, and at Schar- loo, my mother had given me aspirin and then put cold cloths on my head. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d recently returned from his freshman year at a small Mormon college in Virginia, where he’d played basketball, and he was committed to taking the Mormon message to Winnipeg. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z General Pope, hero of Island No. 10, was no longer a hero in Virginia. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a silent, brooding man, given to fasts and contemplation, going often, alone, into the caves of the mountains, in the section of Virginia where he lived. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z At 9:30 Sunday night, Thomas R. was at a gas station near Warrenton, Virginia, when a car drove up behind him at the pump. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Two farmers, whose landholdings were small when compared to the great areas controlled by some of the Virginia slaveholders, were outspoken in their criticism of the institution of slavery. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Conventional big classes have become so diverse—in income, lifestyle, political views—that they have ceased to be classes at all, said Paul W. Kingston, a professor of sociology at the University of Virginia. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z In a few hours, Booth and Herold would reach Virginia, far from the reach of Colonel Wells, his detectives, and Lieutenant Dana and the cavalry. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z On one occasion, when her mother was visiting from West Virginia, she’d had to take her to the hospital. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I had that West Virginia need for a certain amount of space between me and a stranger. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He says we’ll also look for survivors from the Roanoke colony, the settlers who went to Virginia with Sir Walter Raleigh over twenty years ago. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Virginia, the Court recognized that executing people with intellectual disabilities is cruel and unusual punishment and banned the practice as unconstitutional. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Somewhere near the lovely city of Kingwood, West Virginia. Lee and Suzume are checking something out,” he said. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z After graduating with a degree in mathematics, Big Dub moved North, where he spent the next few years teaching at small colored schools in Virginia and Maryland. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I’m at the courthouse where the remaining filler from the Virginia Dare Middle School shooting has just had his preliminary hearing. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not the style of teenage West Virginia boys to wear a hat, except the black-felt kind with a feather in it, and then only at dances. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Like Virginia Tucker before her, Dorothy Vaughan now presided over an appendix, still attached to the research operation but whose function had attenuated over time. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I want to keep my lives separate—Virginia the poor indigena in Yana Urku, Virginia the rich indigena at queen rehearsals; Virginia the dishwasher at the hotel, Virginia the star student at school. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, Virginia, of course not. Your life isn’t easy. We know this. Just remember, you’re beautiful how you are.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad’s GPS broke somewhere in New York, then he missed the exit in Virginia. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Then West Virginia went for McCain, and after that so did South Carolina. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Nor did he ever embrace the racial arguments for black inferiority that Jefferson advanced in Notes on the State of Virginia. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z By 1945, five out of ten people in southeastern Virginia worked for Uncle Sam, directly or indirectly. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Ophie had thought it might be a Virginia cousin because that was the night Clara disappeared, but now she wondered if the murderer hadn’t been closer. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Then there were the Beale ciphers, which claimed to lead to a lost treasure in Virginia. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I was thinking that it was very strange for me, a boy from Virginia, to be lying beside this giant Negro out on the ocean. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z On the march toward Gettysburg Pickett’s Virginia Division is by a trick of fate last in line. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The cluster of cities and hamlets around the harbor of Hampton Roads—Newport News and Hampton to the north, Portsmouth, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach to the south—boiled over with in-migrants. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Simpson was in our hooch, talking about squirrel hunting outside of Petersburg, Virginia, and Monaco was getting on his case. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1942, the entire family accompanied him to White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, renting a house in town that was close enough for Howard to walk to his job as a bellman at the Greenbrier. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z It must be to West Virginia what the Parthenon was to the Greeks.” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z At last, on April 23, nine days after the assassination, John Wilkes Booth and David Herold set foot on Virginia soil. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The capstone of the Jefferson-Madison collaboration occurred at this volatile political moment—namely, their joint authorship of the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The major business of the evening, in all likelihood, was an agreement to recalculate Virginia's debt and corresponding share of the enlarged federal debt. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “I told him this was a waste of time. They said Virginia, not West Virginia.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z At this point, the Virginia and North Carolina separatist authorities organized a force that swept through Cherokee towns, driving residents out into present-day middle Tennessee and northern Alabama, where the campaign of extermination continued. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Over Virginia a sudden gust of dry air pushed Frightful ahead of Drum. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z His service as wartime governor of Virginia had ended disastrously when British troops burned the capital as Jefferson galloped off and into official disgrace. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “Your hair is so pretty, Virginia! It’s so long!” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z After the Nat Turner insurrection, fear hung over the plantations from Virginia on down through Maryland, down to Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I did manage to get a few scraps of information from him, though, such as my mother was buried in Virginia where her people came from. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I could be remembering it wrong, so don’t get too excited, but I think it’s a Virginia area code.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Virginia’s resistance to the ruling would, over time, be more intransigent and longer lasting than that of any other state. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She was born in Virginia in the 1880s, after federal troops had been withdrawn and a reign of violence and terror had begun, designed to deny any political or social rights for African Americans. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He told me about life in Texas and I told him more about West Virginia. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Virginia!” she cries in her squeaky toddler voice. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Three times I stop paddling when Virginia fusses to be fed. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Virginia, you scared me! What are you—?” She spots my bag. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He is a thirty-four- year-old former machinist from Frederick County, Virginia. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z They could move back to West Virginia or Phoenix. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The articles said the West Virginia primary was going to be a battleground between the two men for the presidency. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He and his wife decided that Virginia was an unfit place to raise a family. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Armistead, his voice never strong, bawled hoarsely, with all his force, “All right now, boys, for your wives, your sweethearts, for Virginia! At route step, forward, ho!” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In Virginia, however, laws abolishing primogeniture and entail had been passed during the Revolution. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “The Greenbrier. The Greenbrier in West Virginia. It’s very fancy and expensive.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z After a year, a rent increase forced us to move to the Virginia Highlands section of the city, where we stayed for a year before another rent increase sent us to Midtown Atlanta. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Where are you from, Sonny? Oh, yeah. West Virginia, I almost forgot.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “And do you know why your dad is buying and moving all the Norvelt houses to West Virginia?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Chefs around the country, like the ones who buy from Polyface in Virginia, are trying to teach consumers that food actually tastes better when it is fresh, in season, and grown without chemicals. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Like so many of the women at Langley, Emma Jean had been recruited by Virginia Tucker, Langley’s erstwhile Head Computer. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z West Virginia miners lived in nearly feudal conditions—their homes, schools, churches, stores, and even their politicians owned by the mine bosses. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z When we enrolled in West Virginia, she’d vouch for our scholastic achievement, and once our new teachers heard us read, they’d realize we were all gifted. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Virginia settles nicely on her bed of blankets and falls asleep as the canoe rocks in the water. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He had decided to enroll at Marshall College in Huntington, West Virginia. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z When he returned from West Virginia she ambushed him in the kitchen, and after she gave him a tongue lashing a second time around I knew he’d be seeing me next. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But mostly, she wondered why it was that the family from Virginia hadn’t wanted to return to Daffodil Manor. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Upon entering Virginia, she and the other black passengers, who had been interspersed with whites throughout the bus, were ordered to move to the back. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “I believe we saw you last back in Virginia.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In a flat voice, he demands, “Why are your eyes puffy, Virginia?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In the summer of 1944 she came home to Virginia on the Greyhound bus to visit her mother, but was arrested on the return trip to Baltimore for refusing to move to the Colored section. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He had been shot by a PG County officer, not in PG County, not even in D.C.,but somewhere in Northern Virginia. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z In the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, a famous apple-growing region, hordes of a small insect called the red-banded leaf roller arose to plague the growers as soon as DDT began to replace arsenate of lead. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The article described him as a native of Upperville, Virginia, and a man who “loved the South as though it were a religion.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Ann is busy wrapping up dried beef and bread for John, and John is trying to comfort a fussy Virginia. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z West Virginia’s Governor Homer Holt saw the writing on the wall: the choice was to integrate or, like its neighbor to the east, dig in and contest the ruling. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z They were supposed to be rowing from Maryland west across the Potomac to Virginia, then south. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “He's already been in the jail for two nights, and I can’t get to him. I'm in Virginia, and my health is not good. Please tell me you'll do something.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Virginia, a state with one of the highest concentrations of scientific talent in the world, led the nation in denying education to its youth. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “It’s all right, Virginia, you can stay here. Calm down, honey. You’ll spend the night here. He’s not going to touch you. We’ll take care of you.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They stated, furthermore, that they were not being paid in real money but in scrip, which was good only to buy Virginia ham in the company commissaries. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Mike was in the middle of explaining how he had hitchhiked from Ohio to Virginia after breaking out of Caledonia, when Chubs and I finally caught up to them. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z By the spring of 1920, thirty-five states had ratified the 19th Amendment, and eight states—Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Delaware—had voted against ratification. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He was educated in a one-room schoolhouse and raised on a farm in Henrico County, near Richmond, Virginia, and his family, the Jordans, were easygoing folks. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have some visitors, Virginia,” he says with a twinkle of the eye and a flash of his gold tooth. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know, you can’t stop this bill,” said Senator Harry Byrd of Virginia. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z He said he had a little money saved up for Mommy and a little land in Virginia, but it was not enough. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Thomas Jefferson, governor of Virginia, was the next plotter. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Virginia is hot in the summer, cold in the winter, and miserable all year long,” Clara laughed. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Macon didn’t ever try to get to Virginia. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He planned to establish himself in a stronghold in the mountains of Virginia. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “West Virginia,” Tex said as if that explained everything, and I guess it did. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Well, sir, now I don’t mean this as a reflection upon you, sir. But well, you know, sir, my Division, my Virginia boys, we weren’t at Chancellorsville.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The Virginia Company has provided our men with extra weapons and armor. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z If their luck held, they would cross into Virginia sometime after nightfall, within twenty-four hours. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a new charter, they say, sent by the Virginia Company. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The kidnap plot failed because on the night it was to happen Arnold loaded his American Legion, including Champe, on board a transport and sailed to Virginia, where he attacked Richmond. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They met in Vesper County, Virginia, under a walnut tree. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z We’ll sail south to the Canaries, then west to the West Indies, and then north to Virginia. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Sorry that I failed with James and that now I have failed with Ann and Virginia. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you take a look at la Virginia, dear.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He successfully lobbied for Washington to head the Continental Army and personally selected Jefferson to draft the Declaration of Independence, two strategic decisions designed to assure Virginia’s support for the cause. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Virginia’s governor, Lindsay Almond capitulated in the fight over schools, reopening Norfolk, Charlottesville, and Front Royal schools in 1959 and inching toward integration: eighty-six black students in those districts now attended school with whites. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z At Virginia, Reggie had a good time, and was a decent student. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z This time, they steered the correct course and, after several hours, spotted their destination—the mouth of a creek on the Virginia side of the Potomac. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Mi Hermanita Virginia, I do not know if you even exist anymore, but if one day you find this, call me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Just last week, Mamita threw up her arms in anger and snapped, Virginia, I’d be happy if one day you left and never came back. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The other engineer was Virginia native Clarence Douglas, who would operate one of the two side-directed waist guns, behind the wings. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z The Virginia Company has sent not only men but families with women and children. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z King James has granted a charter to the Virginia Company of London to send men to the New World, to Virginia. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He was talking about Richmond, Virginia, where he grew up. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Henry Lee, for example, apprised Madison that the assumption debate reminded him of those glorious days of yesteryear, when the Virginia Assembly refused to recognize Parliament’s right to tax colonies. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Twelve days later, the Union military tracked him down in Virginia, where he was fatally shot. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Hampton High School was the seat of the University of Virginia’s Extension School, and the most significant of Langley’s campuses. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Katherine always made sure that people knew she was from West Virginia, not Virginia. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I drop the handkerchief, and Virginia erupts with giggles. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Using these images, engineers at the "Farm," a secret 9,000-acre CIA training facility in Virginia, were able to construct a mock-up of the manhole. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “The names of a few of the friendlier tribes, a few cities under lockdown for insurrection—stuff like that. I just wanted to get a sense of what was happening in Virginia.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Nowhere is the stratification of education more vivid than in Virginia, where Thomas Jefferson once tried, and failed, to set up the nation’s first public high schools. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I had thought West Virginia was all white hillbillies, so I was surprised by how many black kids there were. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “And now you all know the history of North Hill, Virginia, where the people save birds who get hurt trying to fight themselves,” Tess said, witty. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The other three lead into Virginia, with its many roadblocks and Union soldiers. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Together they would debrief the Soviet spy in a safe house hidden away in northern Virginia. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z In 1782 the Virginia legislature passed a law permitting slave owners to free their slaves at their own discretion. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “Do you not understand how our audacity will be perceived? Do you not understand, even now, what we have already accomplished, us coal miners’ kids down in deepest West by God Virginia? October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I was spending more and more time in Louisiana, Florida, and Virginia, which together had close to 90 percent of the non-homicide cases. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z By fleeing to a quieter corner of Virginia, he had hoped to protect his family from harm. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Ever since his childhood on his father’s Virginia farm, Washington had spent most of his days outdoors. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I flinch whenever she says my Virginia, as though I’m her pet. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Pilate lived in Virginia, but not in this part of the state. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Booth has stolen the phrase, truth be told, from the state of Virginia. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z During the six months prior to the dinner at Jefferson’s quarters, Madison went through a conversion process, or perhaps a reconversion, from the religion of nationalism to the old revolutionary faith of Virginia. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Andy Blevins says he will return to Virginia Highlands, taking classes at night; the Gospel Gentlemen are no longer booking performances. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He founded the Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine in Norfolk, Virginia, with his late wife, Georgeanna. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I try to imagine that we are still out at sea rather than anchored near this strange new land of Virginia. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z And farther down in Southampton, Virginia, a man named Nat Turner was biding his time. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I hope that at least He understands that I meant no harm in stealing Virginia. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “August used to take care of her back when she was a little girl in Virginia,” I said, trying to explain. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother called me to help figure the bills and exchange the many kinds of money: pence from Massachusetts, shillings from Virginia, British pounds, and French francs. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For four days, the Army of Northern Virginia has eluded the army of General Grant. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z She would let nothing—not even the state of Virginia’s segregation policy—stand in the way of her pursuit of the career that had rather unexpectedly presented itself to her. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The head of the laundry was a woman named Amelia who’d known the Valentines in Virginia and followed two years later. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “His son’s this big lawyer”—lawyer!—“over in Virginia. I’d give a pretty penny to see his face when he gets a load of that tie. Mercy on us, wouldn’t I ever?” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z There is a box we carried with us that was not to be opened until we reached Virginia. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Prior to the Civil War, when West Virginia was still part of the state of Virginia, these ancestors of mine were slaves on a plantation called The Bower, in Leetown, Virginia. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The shootings of thirty-three people at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia, on April 16,2007, were horrible and devastating. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe then Mom and Dad would let you stay there instead of in Nowheresville, Virginia. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Reverend, did you pray up that storm last night? From the sounds of it, it blew us straight to Virginia!” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “You’ve grown, Virginia! You get pret- tier by the day. You look so lovely now that you gained some weight back, dear.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t have a boyfriend, do you, Virginia?” the Doctorita demands as I wash the dishes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia, two ironclad ships, fought each other for two days in the Battle of Hampton Roads. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z On a typical night, Bertram kept his thoughts close until his third drink, when the whiskey unstoppered him and he rambled animatedly about Massachusetts blizzards, medical-school hazing rituals, or the relative intelligence of Virginia opossum. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Meme learned to swim like a professional, to play tennis, and to eat Virginia ham with slices of pineapple. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Waiting, though, was exactly what Virginia’s leading politicians, starting with Senator Harry Byrd, had in mind. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Ann says if it is a girl they will name her Virginia. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The men don’t travel down one single road but spread out along a series of parallel roads connecting the hamlets and burgs of rural Virginia. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z At the wine shop I found a short shelf of Virginia wines, but here I hesitated. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z At Priddy’s instigation, Buck’s case was next presented to the Virginia court. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z She was in Culpeper, Virginia, washing clothes in a hotel, when she learned that there was a colony of Negro farmers on an island off the coast of Virginia. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z When Zu reached over to knock back the hood of the girl’s “Virginia Is for Lovers” sweatshirt, she revealed a long, glossy black braid. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I bulldozed blindly through West Virginia, plunged into Pennsylvania and grooved Rocinante to the great wide turnpike. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you so much for what you’ve done for our school. It’s a great thing, Virginia. The school owes you a lot.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Paula was sitting next to Ifemelu a short while later when the flash of graphics appeared on the screen: Barack Obama had won the state of Virginia. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Soon E. D. Nixon and two white activists, Clifford and Virginia Durr, hurried downtown, paid her bond, and took her home, where Fred Gray later met her and agreed to be her lawyer. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z This was the night they would attempt to cross the Potomac River to sanctuary in Virginia on the other side. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z After the war, Lee became president of Washington University in Lexington, Virginia. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z This must have come as a shock to the Virginia gentleman. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom Geisbert lived in a small town in West Virginia, across the Potomac River from Maryland. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t hit me until that moment, until the first glimpse of the gauzy blue mist surrounding the mountains, that we really were in western Virginia. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z With family coming from Virginia, as well as friends coming from other places for the birthday party, all the rooms would need to be opened up, aired out, cleaned, and decorated. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Anthony Burns, a fugitive slave, who had escaped from his master in Virginia, was arrested and held in the Boston Courthouse. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z As fantastical as America’s space ambitions might have seemed, sending a man into space was starting to feel like a straightforward task compared to putting black and white students together in the same Virginia classrooms. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z According to his own rough calculations, Virginia would transfer about $3 million of debt to the federal government, then be charged about $5 million in new taxes. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I tilt Virginia down so they can admire her, being careful to support her head. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Coalwood, West Virginia, where I grew up, was built for the purpose of extracting the millions of tons of rich bituminous coal that lay beneath it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Out in the field, after a battle in Kentucky or Virginia or Georgia, a dollar bill in your pocket would not be worth a can of beans. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It is for the few to know that in the great old days of Virginia there were three punishments for high crimes—death, exile to Texas, and imprisonment, in that order. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She had not been that strong since Virginia, since she loaded hay and handled the mule wagon like a full-grown man. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Born twenty years after Elizebeth, Davis had studied math in West Virginia during the Great Depression, then struggled to find a job that used her talents. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Virginia! Come outside! I found a dead snake!” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been rowing for far too long: They should be in Virginia by now. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m staying with August till I go live with my aunt in Virginia.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My father says in Spanish, “These are your cousins and brother and sister, Virginia.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know how sad he really was, because now he could buy her house and move it to West Virginia. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z As far as Jefferson’s description of Virginia’s allegedly egalitarian conditions were concerned, “No Romance would be more amusing.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z West Virginia that excluding black people from jury service was unconstitutional, but juries remained all-white for decades afterward. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The antiunion coalfields of West Virginia came close to the feudal systems of the Middle Ages, where the lower classes worked for landowners and remained indebted to them for life. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z “Huh. It kind of reminds me of the codes etched into the Kryptos sculpture located on the grounds of the CIA’s headquarters in Langley, Virginia.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Virginia's true position was less principled than it looked. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Orders were sent to commanders in the field in Virginia, chasing down leads based on early but false information Stanton received from tipsters. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And even though the confirmation would shame him, it would make him the happiest boy in Virginia. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She drove the car and trailer on paved and dirt roads between Norfolk, Suffolk, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach, and North Carolina. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She was an English major at Mount Sebastian, and she wrote beautifully about her professors and roommates and midterm exams, about her respect for Chaucer and her great affection for Virginia Woolf. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He said I had meant well taking Virginia with me, and that he could not afford to lose his best apprentice. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Good Lord, what a dream that was,” sighed Tomas, his hands on the wheel, thinking of the rockets, the women, the raw whisky, the Virginia reels, the party. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Many people who didn’t have enough money for passage to Virginia or another colony might choose to become indentured servants. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Somebody in a shelter a couple of days before had told us how delightful—how gorgeously amenable to hiking—the mountains of the Virginia Blue Ridge were. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I ran back to my room to finish my obituary with the Virginia Dare story. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But he soon realized that the Virginia name might have been scaring off the very people his pitch was intended for. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “I’m from Virginia myself,” she said, and for some reason this stirred up the current that had moved in my limbs when I’d first entered the room. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z West Virginia never left Katherines heart, but Virginia was her destiny. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z During recess, when she catches me examining a flower I’d never seen before up close, and I explain I’m counting the stamens, she starts calling me Virginia the Esteemed Scientist. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The hub of code breaking in the United States was a tiny office in Arlington Hall, formerly a private school for girls in Virginia, not far from Washington, DC. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z A few weeks later, I am one of the first people Ann allows to hold baby Virginia. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Pleasants’ father came from a family of Quakers, and one of his distant relatives had been the first to fight successfully to free his own slaves through the Virginia courts. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The fun raiser is in the Virginia Dare Middle School cafeteria. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He said he had a little money saved up for Mommy and a little land in Virginia, but it was not enough. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Some state legislators from northern Virginia’s affluent suburbs have argued that this is a form of geographic discrimination and have quixotically proposed bills to outlaw it. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The evidence gathered at Mudd’s farm, plus alleged sightings of the fugitives southwest of his farm, suggested that the assassins were making for Virginia. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Since it was a political season, and Senators Kennedy and Humphrey were crisscrossing the state running for president, the glare of national scrutiny was settling on West Virginia. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The bridge spans the Appomattox River, separating central and western Virginia. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, do sit down, young man,” Old Mother Virginia Brimworth chided. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z While the Methodists cast around for someone willing to come and serve in the wilds of West Virginia, the Coalwood Community Church, for the first time anyone could remember, was padlocked. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Cradle mentioned an officer friend who had just returned from a package tour to the Virginia attraction and sang its praises. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Virginia delegation had already received its marching orders to mobilize behind an amended version of the report. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z While it is true that Booth and Herold have crossed the Potomac, the information actually refers to a group of men smuggled into Virginia on Easter Sunday, not Booth and Herold. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z It was taboo because it exposed the inherent contradictions of the Virginia position, which was much closer to the position of the Deep South than Madison wished to acknowledge, even to himself. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z |
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