Way Out in West Virginia: A Must Have Guide to the Oddities & Wonders of the Mountain State

The latest edition of this very popular guidebook features 72 new pages, making it a must-have for all Way Out devotees. In case you hadn t heard, author, star-gazer and entrepreneur Jeanne Mozier has compiled the ultimate insider s guide to all that is wild, wacky and wonderful about West Virginia. Way Out takes you on an incredible tour of the Mountain State, whether in an armchair as a great read or on the ultimate WV road trip. Enjoy a slightly skewed look at the state s best bathing, best driving, best dining, best pool halls and best shopping. Visit sites of UFO activity, moldy mummies, and ancient Indian curses. Learn about the state s incredible geology, amazing history, white water rafting, remarkable collections, and fun festivals. Travel with her on her quest for WV s best pepperoni roll, five-star restaurant and ramp dinner. With Jeanne s help, you too can visit the baths and spas where George Washington took his historic soaks. Open Way Out in West Virginia to almost any page and find strange and strangely useful information, in this case about a state whose borders, not to mention its voting residents, consistently defy straight-edged rulers. Mozier s descriptions and photos of more than 600 of the state s wild and wackiest sights, sounds, tastes and smells are unabashedly fond but often funny, and filled with insider advice and asides. The Washington Post

Jeanne Mozier lives in historic Berkeley Springs where she and her husband own and operate the Star Theatre, a unique vintage movie house. She is an award-winning writer of both fiction and nonfiction. Way Out in West Virginia was voted Best Book about West Virginia and Mozier was voted Best West Virginia author by statewide readers. She wrote the text for two volumes of Steve Shaluta photographs: West Virginia Beauty: Familiar and Rare and Wonders of West Virginia. Mozier co-authored the historical compendium Images of Berkeley Springs with Betty Lou Harmison. She is also author of Panhandle Paradise, the sole lifestyle guide to West Virginia s Eastern Panhandle. Her short stories are included in three volumes of Tales from the Springs, and three of her plays have been staged. She was a contributor to the West Virginia Encyclopedia, and is a regular contributor of travel and lifestyle articles to a variety of regional and national publications. Her first novel, Senate Magic, was recently published. A popular speaker, Mozier has received numerous awards for arts, tourism, business and volunteer activities including being named a Distinguished West Virginian. She was one of five women in America honored by Traditional Home magazine as a Classic Woman in 2006. She chose to make West Virginia her home in 1977. Mozier is a graduate of Cornell and Columbia universities.