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King University is proud of the many achievements of its alumni. Please enjoy the list of those alumni who are published authors and please note that the inclusion of these books is not an endorsement of the contents or values expressed in the books.

If you are an alumni and a published author, please email Alumni and Community Engagement Director, Logan Jennings, at [email protected] to be included.

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Short Stories (All published by JanCarol Publishing, Inc.):

  • “Apples to Apples” in Broken Petals: An Appalachian Inspired Short Story Collection (2014)
  • “The News” in Easter Lilies: An Appalachian Inspired Short Story Collection (2017)
    *and in Clinch Mountain Review (2016) (pub. by Southwest Virginia Community College)
  • “Gumption” in Wild Daisies: An Appalachian Inspired Short Story Collection (2018)
  • “New Member of the Family” in Snowy Trails: A Collection of Short Stories (2019)
  • “The Phantom Skier” in These Haunted Hills: A Collection of Short Stories, Book 2 (2020)

Poems:

  • “Asleep” in Clinch Mountain Review (2016) pub. by Southwest Virginia Community College
  • Uprooting Anger: Destroying the Monster Within
  • The Great Exchange: Bound by Blood
  • The Judgment Trap

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  • A Smoky Mountain Boyhood: Memories, Musings, and More (2020)
  • Remembering the Greats: Profiles of Turkey Hunting’s Old Masters (2012)
  • The Literature of Turkey Hunting: An Annotated Bibliography and Random Musings of a Sporting Bibliophile (2011)
  • Fly Fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park: An Insider’s Guide to a Pursuit of Passion (2009)
  • Beginner’s Guide to Fly Fishing (2006)
  • Field to Feast: The Remington Cookbook (2006)
  • Backyard Grilling (2005)
  • Innovative Turkey Hunting (2000)
  • Wild Bounty (North American Outdoor Group, 2000)
  • The Ultimate Venison Cookbook (1998)
  • The Complete Venison Cookbook (1996)
  • Campsite to Kitchen: Recipes and Traditions from America’s Great Outdoors (1994)
  • Modern Fly Fishing (1993)
  • Sir Richard F. Burton: A Biobibliographical Study (1990)
  • Sir Harry H. Johnston: A Biobibliographical Study (1977)
  • Dr. David Livingstone and Sir Henry Morton Stanley: An Annotate Bibliography (1976)
  • A Smoky Mountain Boyhood: Memories, Musings, and More (2020)
  • Remembering the Greats: Profiles of Turkey Hunting’s Old Masters (2012)
  • The Literature of Turkey Hunting: An Annotated Bibliography and Random Musings of a Sporting Bibliophile (2011)
  • Fly Fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park: An Insider’s Guide to a Pursuit of Passion (2009)
  • Beginner’s Guide to Fly Fishing (2006)
  • Field to Feast: The Remington Cookbook (2006)
  • Backyard Grilling (2005)
  • Innovative Turkey Hunting (2000)
  • Wild Bounty (North American Outdoor Group, 2000)
  • The Ultimate Venison Cookbook (1998)
  • The Complete Venison Cookbook (1996)
  • Campsite to Kitchen: Recipes and Traditions from America’s Great Outdoors (1994)
  • Modern Fly Fishing (1993)
  • Sir Richard F. Burton: A Biobibliographical Study (1990)
  • Sir Harry H. Johnston: A Biobibliographical Study (1977)
  • Dr. David Livingstone and Sir Henry Morton Stanley: An Annotate Bibliography (1976)
  • A Smoky Mountain Boyhood: Memories, Musings, and More (2020)
  • Remembering the Greats: Profiles of Turkey Hunting’s Old Masters (2012)
  • The Literature of Turkey Hunting: An Annotated Bibliography and Random Musings of a Sporting Bibliophile (2011)
  • Fly Fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park: An Insider’s Guide to a Pursuit of Passion (2009)
  • Beginner’s Guide to Fly Fishing (2006)
  • Field to Feast: The Remington Cookbook (2006)
  • Backyard Grilling (2005)
  • Innovative Turkey Hunting (2000)
  • Wild Bounty (North American Outdoor Group, 2000)
  • The Ultimate Venison Cookbook (1998)
  • The Complete Venison Cookbook (1996)
  • Campsite to Kitchen: Recipes and Traditions from America’s Great Outdoors (1994)
  • Modern Fly Fishing (1993)
  • Sir Richard F. Burton: A Biobibliographical Study (1990)
  • Sir Harry H. Johnston: A Biobibliographical Study (1977)
  • Dr. David Livingstone and Sir Henry Morton Stanley: An Annotate Bibliography (1976)
  • A Smoky Mountain Boyhood: Memories, Musings, and More (2020)
  • Remembering the Greats: Profiles of Turkey Hunting’s Old Masters (2012)
  • The Literature of Turkey Hunting: An Annotated Bibliography and Random Musings of a Sporting Bibliophile (2011)
  • Fly Fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park: An Insider’s Guide to a Pursuit of Passion (2009)
  • Beginner’s Guide to Fly Fishing (2006)
  • Field to Feast: The Remington Cookbook (2006)
  • Backyard Grilling (2005)
  • Innovative Turkey Hunting (2000)
  • Wild Bounty (North American Outdoor Group, 2000)
  • The Ultimate Venison Cookbook (1998)
  • The Complete Venison Cookbook (1996)
  • Campsite to Kitchen: Recipes and Traditions from America’s Great Outdoors (1994)
  • Modern Fly Fishing (1993)
  • Sir Richard F. Burton: A Biobibliographical Study (1990)
  • Sir Harry H. Johnston: A Biobibliographical Study (1977)
  • Dr. David Livingstone and Sir Henry Morton Stanley: An Annotate Bibliography (1976)
  • A Smoky Mountain Boyhood: Memories, Musings, and More (2020)
  • Remembering the Greats: Profiles of Turkey Hunting’s Old Masters (2012)
  • The Literature of Turkey Hunting: An Annotated Bibliography and Random Musings of a Sporting Bibliophile (2011)
  • Fly Fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park: An Insider’s Guide to a Pursuit of Passion (2009)
  • Beginner’s Guide to Fly Fishing (2006)
  • Field to Feast: The Remington Cookbook (2006)
  • Backyard Grilling (2005)
  • Innovative Turkey Hunting (2000)
  • Wild Bounty (North American Outdoor Group, 2000)
  • The Ultimate Venison Cookbook (1998)
  • The Complete Venison Cookbook (1996)
  • Campsite to Kitchen: Recipes and Traditions from America’s Great Outdoors (1994)
  • Modern Fly Fishing (1993)
  • Sir Richard F. Burton: A Biobibliographical Study (1990)
  • Sir Harry H. Johnston: A Biobibliographical Study (1977)
  • Dr. David Livingstone and Sir Henry Morton Stanley: An Annotate Bibliography (1976)

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“The silent benefits of COVID-19 through the eyes of an OB nurse”

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In Better Hands: An Appalachian Memoir of Healing and Grace

“A true story of sorrow, growth, and understanding, In Better Hands shares an inspiring journey to find peace after abandonment, adoption, and grief. With this memoir to guide the way, liberate yourself from the trauma in your past and break the generational curses holding you back from living your best life.”

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  • Grass Drills and Grease Paint: Developing the Fundamentals of Christian Life
  • Mosquitoes: A Play

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Foothills Voices, Volume 2 anthology, published by the Blount County, Tennessee library.

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  • Embracing Hope During Infertility and Beauty in Barren Places: Seeing God’s Goodness Here and Now
  • Color of Love: A Topical Study on Christlikeness and Racial Reconciliation

Books:

  • L. P. Day and M.A. Liston, with contributions from L.M. Snydern.d. The Early Iron Age Cemeteries at Vronda: The Cremation Enclosures. Series title: Kavousi: The Results of the Excavations of Kavousi in Eastern Crete, Volume IVA. Philadelphia: INSTAP Academic Press. In Press.
  • L. P. Day and M.A. Liston, with contributions by K. Flint-Hamilton, K.T. Glowaki, E. Nodarou, E. Photos-Jones, D.S. Reese, L.M. Snyder, and J. Unruh. n.d. The Early Iron Age Cemeteries at Vronda: The Tholos Tombs and Specialist Reports. Series title: Kavousi: The Results of the Excavations of Kavousi in Eastern Crete, Volume IVB.  Philadelphia: INSTAP Academic Press. In Press.
  • M. A. Liston, S. Rotroff, L.M. Snyder. 2018 The Agora Bone Well. Hesperia Supplement 50, Princeton, NJ: American School of Classical Studies in Athens.

Book Chapters:  

  • Liston, M.A., 2021“Death and Disease in Ancient Athens.” In Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens, J. Neils and D. Rogers, eds. Cambridge University Press, pp. 188-198.
  • Liston, M.A.  2020. “Skeletal Evidence for the Impact of Battle on Soldiers and Non-Combatants.”  In L.L. Brice, ed. New Approaches to Greco-Roman Warfare. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 81-94.
  • Stewart, A. and M.A. Liston, 2019.  Bathing Beauties: Hygiene, Hydrotherapy, and the Female Nude: An Early Hellenistic Bronze Case-Mirror from Elis.  In B. Robinson, S. Bouffier, and I. F. Ortega (eds.), Ancient Waterlands, Presses Universitaires de Provence, pp. 117-129. 
  • Papadopoulos, J.K., E.L. Smithson, eds, with M.A. Liston, D. Ruscillo, S. Strack, and E. Dimitriadou,  2018. Excavations in the Athenian Agora XXXVI: The Early Iron Age: The Cemeteries. Princeton: The American School of Classical Studies in Athens.
  • Tsipopoulou, M., with contributions from M.A. Liston. 2018. “Kavousi Evraika: A Middle Minoan Burial Rock Shelter in Eastern Crete.” in Mediterranea Itinera: Studies in Honour of Lucia Vagnetti, M. Bettelli, M. Del Freo, and G.J. van Wigngaarden, eds. Incunabula Graeca, Vol. CVI. Rome: CNR—Instituto di Studi Sul Mediterraneo Antiqua.  pp. 113-134.
  • Liston, M.A., 2017.  “From Birth to Death and all the Problems in Between: Disease, Disability, and Death in Ancient Greece.” In A. Glazebrook and C. Vester, eds., Themes in Greek Society and Culture. Oxford University Press, pp. 241-266.  
  • Liston, M.A., S.C. Fox and L.P. Day. 2016. An Overview of Trepanation in Ancient Greece. In E. Papadopoulou-Chrysikopoulou, V. Chrysikopoulos, and G. Christakopoulou, eds. Achaios: Studies in Honour of Thanassis Papadopoulos. Oxford: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd., pp. 153-158.      
  • Liston, M. A. and Rotroff, Susan I.  2013. “Babies in the Well: Archaeological Evidence for Newborn Disposal in Hellenistic Greece.” In T. Parkin and J. Evans-Grubbs, eds. Oxford Handbook of Childhood and Education in the Classical World, Oxford University Press, pp. 62-82.  
    • Revised and updated 2016 for reissue in paperback 2nd edition, 2017. 
    • Translated and Reprinted: 2013 “Des bébé dans un puits: un témoignage de l’abandon des nouveau-nés en Grèce hellénistique” Dossiers d’Archeologie 356:74-79. 
  • Liston, M.A. 2012 “Reading the Bones: Interpreting the Skeletal Evidence for Women’s Lives in Ancient Greece.” In S.A. James and S. Dillon, eds. A Companion to Women in the Ancient Mediterranean, Blackwells ’Companions to the Ancient World, Malden, MA: Blackwells, pp. 125-140. 
  • Liston, M.A. and L.P. Day 2009. “It Does Take a Brain Surgeon: A Successful Trepanation from Kavousi, Crete and the Identification of Associated Surgical Instruments,“ In  C. Bourbou, S. Fox,  eds. New Directions in the Skeletal Biology of Greece.  OWLS (Occasional Wiener Laboratory Supplements) American School of Classical Studies, Princeton, NJ, pp.  57-74. 
  • Liston, M.A. and B.J. Baker 1994. “Military Burials at Fort William Henry,” with Brenda J. Baker.  In David R. Starbuck, ed., Archaeology of the French and Indian War: Military Sites of the Hudson River, Lake George, and Lake Champlain Corridor.  SUNY Adirondack. 

Journal Articles 

  • Smith, S.K. and M.A. Liston, 2020. “Myositis Ossificans Traumatica with Associated Pseudarthroses in an Adult Male from Late Bronze Age Athens, Greece. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 30: 410-414; doi: 10.1002/oa.2866.
  • Cosmopoulos, M., C. Shelton, D. Ruscillo, D. Riebe, M. A. Liston, and S. E. Allen, 2019. “The Chronology of Mycenaean States: New Accelerator Mass Spectrometry 14C Dates from Iklaina,” Journal of Archaeological Science, 24: 888-899. 
  • Liston, M.A.  2007. “Funerary Ritual and Symbolic Representation in Secondary Cremation Burials at Kavousi Vronda, Crete” Hesperia vol. 76, pp. 57-71. 
  • Liston, M.A. and J.K. Papadopoulos 2004. “The Rich Athenian Lady was Pregnant: The Anthropology of and Early Iron Age Tomb reconsidered.”  with John Papadopoulos.  Hesperia, pp. 7-38. 
  • Tsipopoulou, M., L. Vagnetti, and M. Liston 2003.“New Evidence for the Dark Ages in Eastern Crete:  An Unplundered Tholos Tomb at Vasiliki.” Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici  Vol. 45, pp. 85-124. 
  • Baker, B.J. et al., M.A. Liston 2001.  “Repatriation and the Study of Human Remains.” In Tamara L.Bray, ed., The Future of the Past: Archaeologists, Native Americans and Archaeology, Garland, pp. 69-89. 
  • Liston, M. A. and B.J. Baker 1996.”Reconstructing the Massacre at Fort William Henry,” International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Vol. 6: 28-41. 
  • Liston, M. A. 1995. “Report on the Human Skeletal Remains.” In Metaxia Tsipopoulou and Lucia Vagnetti, Achladia: Scavi e ricerche delta Missione Graeco-italiana in Creta Orientale (1991-1993) Institute per gli Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici, Rome: Gruppo Editoriale Internazionale, 
  • Liston, M.A. 1993. “Osteological Appendix.” In D.H. Haggis, “The Early Minoan Burial Cave at Ayios Antonios and some problems in Early Bronze Age Chronology,” Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici Vol. 31,pp. 7-34.   

Finding My Way Home

  • They Said What?!
  • They Said What….Again?!
  • They’re Still Talkin
  • Lily & The Boys
  • Blazer
  • Out of the Blue

Details of the books and contact information can be found at jeffnecessary.com

Williams, K. D., & Nida, S. A. (Eds.). (2017). Ostracism, exclusion, and rejection. New York, NY: Routledge.

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A Pastor’s Heart (2020)

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  • Bread and Roses, Too
  • Bridge to Terabithia
  • Come Sing, Jimmy Jo
  • The Day of the Pelican
  • Flip-Flop Girl
  • The Great Gilly Hopkins
  • Jacob Have I Loved
  • Jip: His Story
  • Lyddie
  • The Master Puppeteer
  • My Brigadista Year
  • Of Nightingales That Weep
  • Park’s Quest
  • Preacher’s Boy
  • Rebels of the Heavenly Kingdom
  • The Same Stuff as Stars
  • The Sign of the Chrysanthemum
  • …and more

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  • How to Become a For Real Christian: Faith, Surrendering and the Path to Authentic Christianity
  • A Table Before Me – David E. Ross, Xulon Press
  • These are the Days of Elijah – David E. Ross, Xulon Press
  • Out of the House of Fear, Into the House of Love (mission strategy) – David E. Ross, bi-lingual English and Korean, available on request
  • The Oregon Trail
  • Longing for a Cowboy Christmas
  • Christmas in a Cowboy’s Arms
  • A Plain and Sweet Christmas
  • A Prairie Family Christmas
  • …and more

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ReGenerate – A Guide to Connect Generations

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  • Japan and the United States: Diplomatic, Security, and Economic Relations, 1960-1976, editor; The National Security Archive, Chadwyck-Healey/Proquest, 2001 [document collection]
  • Partnership: the United States and Japan, 1951-2001, edited by Akira Iriye and Robert A. Wampler, Kodnasha International, 2001
    Japan and the United States: Diplomatic, Security, and Economic Relations, 1977-1992, editor; The National Security Archive, Chadwyck-Healey/Proquest, 2004 [document collection]
  • The United States and the Two Koreas: 1969-2000, editor, The National Security Archive, Chadwyck-Healey/Proquest, 2011 [document collection]
  • Japan and the United States: Diplomatic, Security, and Economic Relations, Part III, 1961-2000, editor, The National Security Archive, Chadwyck-Healey/ProQuest, 2012 [document collection]
  • Trilateralism and Beyond Great Power Politics and the Korean Security Dilemma during and after the Cold War, edited by Robert A. Wampler, Kent State University Press, 2012
  • The United States and the Two Koreas, Part II: 1969-2010, editor, The Digital National Security Archive, Chadwyck-Healey/ProQuest, 2014 [document collection]

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A Most Mysterious Union: The Role of Alchemy in Goethe’s Faust

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Monographs:

James H. Wells and Lynn R. Williams. Embeddings and Extensions in Analysis. Ergebnisse der Mathematik 84 Springer‑Verlag: Heidelberg (1975).

Refereed Publications:

  • W. Leggett, L. R. Williams, D. R. Melo, and J. L. Lipsztein. “A Physiologically Based Biokinetic Model for Cesium in the Human Body.” Science of the Total Environment 317 (2003): 235-255.
  • W. Leggett, L. R. Williams, and K. F. Eckerman. “A Blood Circulation Model for Reference Man.” Proceedings of the 6th Annual Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry Symposium. A. T. S.-Stelson, M. G. Stabin, and R. B. Sparks, eds. (Oak Ridge, TN: Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education) (1999): 487-499.
  • W. Leggett and L. R. Williams. “A Proposed Blood Circulation Model for Reference Man.” Health Physics 69 (1995): 187-201.
  • W. Leggett, K. F. Eckerman, and L. R. Williams.”An Elementary Method for Implementing Complex Biokinetic Models.” Health Physics 64 (1993): 260-271.
  • R. Eckerman, R. W. Leggett, and L. R. Williams “An Elementary Method for Solving Compartmental Models with Time-Dependent Coefficients.” Radiation Protection Dosimetry 41 (1992): 257-263.
  • W. Leggett and L. R. Williams. “Suggested Reference Values for Regional Blood Volume in Humans.” Health Physics 60 (1991): 139-154.
  • R. Williams and R. W. Leggett “Reference Values for Resting Blood Flow to Organs of Man.” Clinical Physics and Physiological Measurement 10 (1989): 187-217.
  • R. Williams, R. W. Leggett, M. L. Espegren, and C. A. Little. “Optimization of Sampling for the Determination of Mean Radium-226 Concentration in Surface Soil.” Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 12 (1989): 83-96.
  • W. Leggett and L. R. Williams. “A Biokinetic Model for Rubidium in Humans.” Health Physics 55 (1988): 685-702.
  • R. Williams and R. W. Leggett. “The Distribution of Intracellular Alkali Metals in Reference Man.” Physics in Medicine and Biology 32 (1986): 173‑190.
  • W. Leggett and L. R. Williams. “A Model for the Kinetics of Potassium in Healthy Humans.” Physics in Medicine and Biology 31 (1986): 23‑41.
  • Namboodiri, et al. “The Collaborative Lipid Research Clinics Program Family Study: I. Study Design and Description of Data.” American Journal of Epidemiology 119 (1984): 931‑943.
  • Philip Green, et al. “The Lipid Research Clinics Program Collaborative Family Study:  III.  Preliminary Data Analyses:  Transformations and Covariate Adjustments of Lipids and Lipoprotein Measurements.” American Journal of Epidemiology 119 (1984): 959‑974.
  • Philip Green, et al. “The Collaborative Lipid Research Clinics Program Family Study: Detection of Major Genes Influencing Lipid Levels by Examination of Heterogeneity of Familial Variances.” Genetic Epidemiology 1 (1984): 123-141.
  • Lynn R. Williams and Richard W. Leggett. “A Measure of Model Reliability.” Health Physics 46 (1984): 85‑95.
  • Cristy (Statistical Appendix by L. R. Williams). “Applying the Reciprocal Dose Principle to Heterogeneous Phantoms: Practical Experience from Monte Carlo Studies.” Physics in Medicine and Biology 28 (1983): 1289‑1303.
  • W. Leggett, K. F. Eckerman, and L. R. Williams. “Strontium‑90 in Bone: A Starting Point for Age‑Dependent Dosimetric Modeling.” Health Physics 43 (1982): 307‑322.
  • Lynn R. Williams and Richard W. Leggett. “Unique and Multiple Solutions of a Family of Differential Equations Modeling Chemical Reactions.” SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis 13 (1982): 122‑133.
  • Lynn R. Williams and Richard W. Leggett. “Nonzero Solutions of Nonlinear Integral Equations Modeling Infectious Disease.” SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis 13 (1982): 112‑121.
  • Richard W. Leggett and Lynn R. Williams. “A Reliability Index for Models.” Journal of Ecological Modelling 13 (1981): 303‑312.
  • Richard W. Leggett and Lynn R. Williams. “A Fixed Point Theorem with Application to an Infectious Disease Model.” Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications 76 (1980): 91‑97.
  • Richard W. Leggett and Lynn R. Williams. “Multiple Positive Fixed Points of Nonlinear Operators on Ordered Banach Spaces.” Indiana University Mathematics Journal 28 (1979): 673‑688.
  • Lynn R. Williams and Richard W. Leggett. “Multiple Fixed Point Theorems for Problems in Chemical Reactor Theory.” Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications 69 (1979): 180‑193.
  • Lynn R. Williams and James H. Wells. “Lp Inequalities.” Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications 64 (1978): 518‑529.
  • Richard W. Leggett and Lynn R. Williams. “An Extension of Jentzsch’s Theorem to Nonlinear Hammerstein Operators.” Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications 60 (1977): 248‑254.
  • Lynn R. Williams. “Generalized Hausdorff ‑ Young Inequalities and Mixed Norm Spaces.” Pacific Journal of Mathematics 38 (1971): 823‑833.
  • Lynn Williams, J. H. Wells, and T. L. Hayden. “On the Extension of Lipschitz ‑ Holder Maps on Lp Spaces.” Studia Mathematica 38 (1971): 823‑833.

Technical Reports:

  • Lynn R. Williams. “Reference Values for Total Blood Volume and Cardiac Output in Humans.” Oak Ridge National Laboratory Technical Manuscript, ORNL/TM-12814 (1994).
  • R. Williams. “An Approach to Remedial Action Decisions on Sites which are Marginally Contaminated with Radium-226.” Oak Ridge National Laboratory Technical Manuscript, ORNL/TM-11172 (1989).
  • R. Williams, R. W. Leggett, M. L. Espegren, and C. A. Little “Optimization of Sampling for the Determination of the Mean Radium‑226 Concentration in Surface Soil.” Oak Ridge National Laboratory Technical Manuscript, ORNL/TM‑10255 (1986).
  • W. Leggett, K. F. Eckerman, D. E. Dunning, Jr., M. Cristy, D. J. Crawford-Brown, and L. R. Williams. “On Estimating Dose Rates to Organs as a Function of Age Following Internal Exposure to Radionuclides.” Oak Ridge National Laboratory Technical Manuscript, ORNL/TM‑8265 (1984).