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St. Martin’s Press will release Sharyn McCrumb’s newest book, King’s Mountain, tomorrow, September 24. We’re pleased to offer you an excerpt.

A plywood Chapel with a Twist

Congregants dropped their tithes into the steeple, and the sliding floor section made accessing the collection later on a snap.

Frank Howard defies his powerful father by dating a woman 6 yrs his senior. Scandal ensues, in this excerpt from ‘Hidden History of Roanoke.’

Parishioners from nearby St. Mark’s Episcopal are taking an interest and have decided to try to restore this beautiful white frame church.

Thomas D. Perry’s book ‘The Dear Old Hills of Patrick’ discusses the life and times of Civil War hero JEB Stuart.