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“Growing Up Country: What Makes Country Life Country,” Charlie Daniels. 201 p. hardcover. $19.95. Flying Dolphin Press, 2007. 212-362-5125.

Growing Up Country: What Makes Country Life Country

Charlie Daniels, a famous country singer, guitarist and fiddler, grew up in the southern state of North Carolina. Daniels has been performing and writing hit songs for artists such as Elvis Presley since the 1950s...
BUY THE BOOK: “Holy Smoke: The Big Book of North Carolina Barbecue: The Definitive Guide to the People, Recipes, and Lore,” by John Shelton Reed & Dale Volberg Reed with William McKinney. Copyright 2008, the University of North Carolina Press. 328 pages. Cloth, $30. NCBBQBook.com, 919-966-3561.

Holy Smoke

It’s hot and miserable in the summer and freezing in the winter. It’s greasy and dirty all the time, and you’ve got ashes and soot all over you.” Such is the life of the barbecue pitmaster, in the words of Keith Allen, owner of Allen & Son Restaurant
Newest Book by Nancy Ross Hugo.

Remarkable Trees of Virginia

Review of Nancy Ross Hugo's latest book.

Departments

Much of the Oklawaha Greenway is lined with trees.
The Good Walk

Walking Oklawaha Greenway

Located just minutes from downtown Hendersonville, North Carolina, this 3.25-mile scenic pathway winds through forests and wetlands.

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