They'll Cut Off Your Project: A Mingo County Chronicle

by Huey Perry

Book Overview

In old England, if a king didn't like you, he would cut off your head. Now, if they don't like you, they'll cut off your project As the Johnson Administration initiated its war on poverty in the 1960s, the Mingo County Economic Opportunity Commission project was established in southern West Virginia. Huey Perry, a young, local history teacher was named the director of this program and soon he began to promote self-sufficiency among low-income and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933202807
• ISBN13: 9781933202808
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: West Virginia University Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 16 to 22 years
• Grade Range: Grade 11 to Postsecondary