From the publisher: “In the late 20th century, residents of the Blue Ridge mountains in western North Carolina
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From the publisher: “Heather Newton’s Under the Mercy Trees tells the poignant and unforgettable story of a man forced to
2011 Steve Hill, Thomas Wolfe Memorial Steve Hill began managing the Thomas Wolfe Site after
2010 Helen Wykle, UNC-Asheville Special Collections at D. Hiden Ramsey Library Ramsey Library Special Collections
From the publisher: “In Requiem by Fire, Caldwell returns to the same fertile Appalachian ground that provided the setting
From the publisher: “The Grove Park Inn opened in scenic Asheville, North Carolina in 1913, at the height
2009 Henderson County Heritage Museum The Henderson County Heritage Museum collects, preserves, researches, and exhibits
From the publisher: “From the pre-eminent chronicler of this forgotten territory, stories that range over one hundred years
2008 George A. Jones Dr. George Alexander Jones founded the Henderson County Genealogical and Historical
From the publisher: “It is 1872, Agate Hill, North Carolina. On her thirteenth birthday, Molly Petree peeps out
From the publisher: “Shinemaster is a book about discovering plenitude in apparent scarcity. It presents this human paradox in
2006 Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College The Asheville–Buncombe Technical Community College 144-acre main campus received the award
From the publisher: “This collection is the first comprehensive, cohesive volume to unite Appalachian history with its culture.
2005 South Asheville Cemetery Association The South Asheville Cemetery is a two-acre burial ground that
2004 Thomas Wolfe Memorial, NC Department of Cultural Resources The NC Department of Cultural Resources
2003 Harriet Styles, Swannanoa Valley Museum In 1976, Harriet Styles created a small history exhibit
From the publisher: “The arrival of several hundred Guatemalan-born workers in a Morganton, North Carolina, poultry plant
2002 Historic Resources Commission of Asheville and Buncombe County The Historic Resources Commission of Asheville
From the publisher: “When photographer Rob Amberg first met Dellie Norton and her adopted son, Junior, in 1975,
From the publisher: “Robert S. Brunk Auction Services, Inc. of Asheville published Volume II of ‘May We
From the publisher: “The daughter of sharecroppers and raised on a small farm near the Carolinas’ border, Judy
From the publisher: Tommy Hays’ second novel, In the Family Way, won the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award for 2000 and
From the publisher: This remarkable book, the first major new collection of Cherokee stories published in nearly a hundred
1997 Cherokee Historical Association The Cherokee Historical Association won the 1997 award for impressive historical
From the publisher: Cold Mountain, the extraordinary story of a soldier’s perilous journey back to his beloved at the
1996 Betty H. Sherrill Betty Sherrill, former president of the Transylvania County Historical Society, received
From the publisher: The Last Chivaree creates a vivid and unsparing portrait of Appalachian mountain life in the first half
1995 Waynesville Historical Society The Waynesville Historical Society received the award in 1995 for their
From the publisher: The stereotypical hillbilly figure in popular culture provokes a range of responses, from bemused affection for
From the publisher: Today’s Warren Wilson College emerged from modest beginnings. Indeed, the band of missionary educators who founded
1993 Historic Valdese Foundation The Historic Valdese Foundation won the award in 1993 for their
For much of the mainstream media, religious broadcasting evokes images of Jim Bakker, Jimmy Swaggart, Jerry Falwell, or
In Wildflower Flower, whose title derives from a traditional country song, Byer speaks through the fictional voice of a
1991 Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County The Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe
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1990 Appalachian Cultural Center The Appalachian Cultural Center, a museum of mountain life, opened at
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1989 Millie Barbee Millie Barbee, executive director of the Historic Burke Foundation, won the award
From the publisher: Antebellum Southern Appalachia has long been seen as a classless and essentially slaveless region – one
From the publisher: Drawing on a rich trove of documents never before available to scholars, the author sketches the
From the publisher: Gail Godwin’s new novel is told in a multiplicity of voices; and what emerges is a
From the publisher: A fond indentification with a certain place, close ties with people, a shared history of experiences
1985 Robert G. Fortune, Jr. Robert Greer Fortune, Jr., Asheville historian and retired executive for
From the publisher: It is said that Bascom Lamar Lunsford would “cross hell on a rotten rail to get
1984 Johnny Baxter Johnny Franklin Baxter (1910 – 1996), a native Asheville preservationist, historian, and
From the publisher: Last One Home, the final book in John Ehle’s masterful Appalachian series that traces the King
From the publisher: In 1916, sixteen-year-old Lucy Saunders, a young black teacher from Orangeburg County, South Carolina, presided over
From the publisher: An examination of the social and economic history of the Appalachian South from 1880 to 1930,
1981 Frances McDowell and Ruth Camblos Under the aegis of the Western North Carolina Historical
From the publisher: Cabins & Castles was first published in 1981, a joint effort of the Historic Resources Commission and
1980 Bob Terrell Bob Terrell (c1929 – 2009), columnist for the Asheville Citizen, was the 1980
From the publisher: Mountains Have Come Closer is a collection of poems by Jim Wayne Miller which draw on his
1979 George Myers Stephens George Myers Stephens (1904 – 1978) took a job appraising timber in Swain and Haywood counties
From the publisher: Slavery was practiced among North American Indians long before Europeans arrived on these shores, bringing their
1978 Ora Blackmun Ora Blackmun (1892 – 1984), the Asheville author of Western North Carolina: Its
From the author: “This volume, my fourth book of poetry, is different from the kind of poetry in
From the publisher: Part of a three volume set of the history of Henderson County and Hendersonville, embracing a
1976 The Appalachian Consortium Press The Appalachian Consortium Press was founded in 1973 – the
From the publisher: “Here is history at its best–a story of the Southern Appalachian people that has been gathered
From appstate.edu: The Appalachian Consortium Press was founded in 1973 – the first publisher devoted to Appalachia. The Press published
1974 Goingback Chiltoskey Goingback Chiltoskey (1904 – 2000), noted Cherokee woodcarver, was presented the 1974
From the publisher: Born in the mountain town of Boone, NC, in 1870, Blanford Barnard Dougherty remained there for
1973 Bascom Lamar Lunsford Bascom Lamar Lunsford (1882 – 1973), 91-year-old Buncombe County folklorist, won
From the publisher: No region has undergone more dramatic changes in the last century than Western North Carolina. Published
From the publisher: “When Samuel Price Carson became a state senator at the age of 24, he launched a
1971 John A. Parris John Alvis Parris, Jr. (1914 – 1999), Sylva-native and Asheville Citizen-Times
From the publisher: “The traditional arts among the Eastern Band of Cherokees which are surveyed in this document
1970 The Carson House The Carson House historic site project in McDowell County was presented
From the publisher: “This is a chronicle of how the Civil War affected the lives of certain families
From the publisher: “For 469 miles the Blue Ridge Parkway follows the crests of ridges and mountains on a
From the publisher: “Neal Austin describes the Wolfe family with humor and pathos: ‘W. Oliver Wolfe had been considered
1967 Myra Champion, NC Collection at Pack Memorial Library Myra Champion (1905 – 1988), librarian
From the publisher: “Frome’s superbly written account tells the story of the Great Smoky Mountains and their inhabitants—Eastern
1966 Florence Harrison Dunlop Florence Leftwich Harrison Dunlop (1901 – 1979) was an educator and
From the publisher: “Rugged, dynamic, controversial — Zebulon Baird Vance was one of the dominant personalities of the South
1964 Cordelia Camp Dr. Cordelia Camp (1884 – 1973) of Asheville, retired educator, received the award
From the author: “Reconsideration of Thomas Wolfe is timely. It is now 25 years since his death, and 34
1963 Samuel E. Beck Samuel Edmund Beck (1898 – 1966) of Asheville, businessman, historian, and author,