By FRANCES BISHOP

By FRANCES BISHOP

Rappahannock News Staff Writer

Cabin Fever Books and the Rush River Gallery are carry ing a new set of small books, the Virginia Heritage series.

Two books are available so far. The first, written by the Warrenton publisher ot the series, Walter Nicklin, is on the Rappahannock River.

The books, compact enough to put in a pockelbook or jacket pocket are stulfed with information. The Rappahannock River includes everything from the history of the river to the best methods for catching rockfish.

A second book in the series is Virginia's Civil War Battlefields by Peter Lockwood, a retired British military officer currently living in Front Royal.

Mr. Lockwood came to the United States in 1992. Since his retirement he has been creating Civil War Maps. The book contains maps as well as other information on the battlefields.

The sheer density of militaryoperations in Virginia during the Civil War is extraordinarily- complicated for the tourist or student of history who wishes to travel through Virginia's historic battlefields.

Mr. Lockwood's book, only 69 pages long, gives the reader interesting history, complete with vignettes on various generals, maps, directions, and chronological information.

In short, it allows the individual with limited time and unlimited curiosity to soak it all in quickly and efficiently.

“This book groans with information,” Mr. Lockwood said. He hatched the plan for the book after meeting Mr. Nicklin at a Civil War Society meeting last year.

“These are in depth little books,” Mr. Nicklin said. “They will tell tourists or anyone who is interested where to go. how to get there and what went on there. They are handy for trips and to keep on your bookshelves.”

He is at work on a third book in the series, one on Virginia’s haunted houses.

“There is really no end to the ideas for these books,” he said.