Fitzgerald

A collage of old images of Zelda Fitzgerald and the Highland Hospital fire in Asheville, NC | Blue Ridge Country

The Tragic Death of Zelda Fitzgerald

In the second of our 30th Anniversary revisits to stories over those years, a new look at a broken life ended with a fire.
This photo of F. Scott Fitzgerald was taken in Asheville in 1935. He was 39, alcoholic and unsure of his talent.

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Asheville Days

By the time “The Great Gatsby” author F. Scott Fitzgerald and his troubled wife Zelda reached Asheville in 1935, they were already in a period of serious decline.

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Even More Sweet Virginia Breezes

Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

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