Welcome to Pocahontas Press!

Pocahontas Press is a tiny little publishing company in Blacksburg, Virginia, dedicated to bringing the best of Appalachia to the readers of the world. 

Mary Holliman started Pocahontas Press over 25 years ago publishing her father’s autobiography – A Teacher’s Story -- plus two manuals on healthy living for third-graders and their parents. During that quarter-century, she published a wide range of books from poetry to autobiography to history. Mary died in August of 2010.

In May of 2011, my husband Michael and I purchased the rights to the name. I have always been interested in reading and books and have a bachelor of arts degree in English. Michael ran a family commercial printing business for 17 years and is well-versed in the technical side of printing and is now a writer, with three books and dozens of articles to his credit. I am new to the publishing business, and it’s a learning curve for me.

Sharing Mary's original vision that EVERYONE, no matter how "ordinary," has a story that needs to be told, we aim to help that story get told in a form that can be preserved for posterity.

We are still sorting through Mary’s inventory of books and meeting old authors and customers. Please let me hear from you!

As Michael and I get our feet wet and learn more about the business, we will be taking on more projects.  This website is newly re-designed and we're modifying it constantly, so please visit often.

Jane Abraham, PhD

Blacksburg, Virginia