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Thomas Wolfe: When Do the Atrocities Begin?

Independent scholar Joanne Marshall Mauldin examines in day-by-day detail the final two years of novelist Thomas Wolfe’s life, beginning with his return, in the summer of 1936, to his Asheville, N.C., hometown.

Beach to Bluegrass: Places to Brake on Virginia’s Longest Road

Like others who travel Virginia’s highways and byways on business, I often wonder what great little stories lay just off the four lane. What’s there waiting for me to explore?

A History of Professional Baseball in Asheville

Among the beauties of minor league baseball is the threads it provides into all of baseball history. In Asheville, N.C., a minor league town since 1897, the threads include the likes of Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Dizzy Dean, Jackie Robinson and Cal Ripken..

Sharyn McCrumb’s Newest Books: Snake Handlers Handled with Respect

There are a few writers who can toss snake handlers, New Age hippies, NASCAR drivers, Baptist preachers and Cherokee ghosts all together and not pull a “Beverly Hillbillies” episode out of it.

Night Sounds

Who says you need peace and quiet for a good read? These books will engage your eyes and your ears!

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Independent scholar Joanne Marshall Mauldin examines in day-by-day detail the final two years of novelist Thomas Wolfe’s life, beginning with his return, in the summer of 1936, to his Asheville, N.C., hometown.

Thomas Wolfe: When Do the Atrocities Begin?

Independent scholar Joanne Marshall Mauldin examines in day-by-day detail the final two years of novelist Thomas Wolfe’s life, beginning with his return, in the summer of 1936, to his Asheville, N.C., hometown.
Like others who travel Virginia’s highways and byways on business, I often wonder what great little stories lay just off the four lane. What’s there waiting for me to explore?

Beach to Bluegrass: Places to Brake on Virginia’s Longest Road

Like others who travel Virginia’s highways and byways on business, I often wonder what great little stories lay just off the four lane. What’s there waiting for me to explore?
"A History of Professional Baseball in Asheville,” Bill Ballew. 128 pp., softcover, $19.99. The History Press, 2007. 866-457-5971, historypress.net.

A History of Professional Baseball in Asheville

Among the beauties of minor league baseball is the threads it provides into all of baseball history. In Asheville, N.C., a minor league town since 1897, the threads include the likes of Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Dizzy Dean, Jackie Robinson and Cal Ripken..
The heroes -and the villains- of the book are journalists.

Sharyn McCrumb’s Newest Books: Snake Handlers Handled with Respect

There are a few writers who can toss snake handlers, New Age hippies, NASCAR drivers, Baptist preachers and Cherokee ghosts all together and not pull a “Beverly Hillbillies” episode out of it.
“Night Sounds,” by Frank Gallo, is priced at $18.99; “Bird Songs – 250 North American Birds in Song,” by Les Beletsky, is $45.00. To order, contact Eastern National, 210 Riceville Rd., Asheville, N.C. 28805, 828/299-3507, karens@easternnational.org.

Night Sounds

Who says you need peace and quiet for a good read? These books will engage your eyes and your ears!
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