Lieutenant Colonel William Roosevelt Hudnall, USA (ret.) is the author of Kelly’s Creek Chronicles: The Illustrated Diary of James Alexander Jones, a West Virginia Coalminer, 1870-1939 and Three Confederates From Kanawha County, West Virginia.

According to the book description of Kelly’s Creek Chronicles: The Illustrated Diary of James Alexander Jones, a West Virginia Coalminer, 1870-1939, “James "Jimmie" Alexander Jones, coalminer, kept a diary for 70 years. As a boy he watched the Yankees burn Richmond then migrated to the 'new' West Virginia. Jimmie's diary of over 14,000 entries took four years to evaluate and about 2,000 were used in the book. Over 100 photographs and drawings complement the diary entries and the author has added scholarly and authoritative sources to validate Jimmie's observations. Jimmie observed the daily life of a coalmining community of the late 19th and early 20 centuries and kept abreast of the conflicts between management and labor during that period. Jimmie was an inventor, farmer, sportsman, budding artist and recorded historical moments in the era in which he lived. The book is a great genealogical source with names of people whom Jimmie knew over the 70 year span. Jimmie was a gifted coalminer.”

According to the book description of Three Confederates From Kanawha County, West Virginia, “Chronological account of two brothers and a first cousin, all three born in Western Virginia prior to the Civil War, who joined JEB Stuart's Confederate 10th Virginia Cavalry. All survived war's rigors, including two who were captured, only to return to the new state of West Virginia which had been joined with the Union during their absence. The story highlights how returning ex-Confederates were treated after returning to a Union State and their "homes". Illustrated with real time photos of battlefield areas they would have visited with their unit. Photos and a short bio of each of their war time leaders, with maps and several other illustrations for placing credibility to their story.”