Referenced In

Ask The Dust
by John Fante

"His name was Leonardo, a great Italian critic, only he was not known as a critic, he was just a man in West Virginia, but he was great and he was a critic."

If He Hollers Let Him Go
by Chester Himes

"…and I was going down to the Yellow Dog and it was hotter'n a West Virginia coke oven."

Interior Chinatown
by Charles Yu

"and when he steps up and starts slaying “Country Roads,” try not to laugh, or wink knowingly or clap a little too hard, because by the time he gets to “West Virginia, mountain mama,” you’re going to be singing along."