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Author: Dave Tabler

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November 7, 2014 Ghost Towns / North Carolina

Mortimer & Edgemont, NC – a Backroads Tour via ‘The Mountain Laurel’

Bob Heafner, publisher of ‘The Mountain Laurel,’ recently reviewed the route of one his 1984 Backroads Tours, through Mortimer & Edgemont, NC.

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November 6, 2014 Food industry / Regional food / Tennessee / Writers

Book Review: “Buttermilk and Bible Burgers”

Fred Sauceman has gathered a collection of stories that provide an accurate portrayal of the reverence of a good meal in the region.

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In This Land- The Camp Lyndhurst Saga screen credit
November 5, 2014 Documentary Films / Virginia

In This Land: The Camp Lyndhurst Saga / German Prisoners of War in The Old Dominion

A new documentary film explores the surprising history of a long forgotten German WWII POW camp near Lyndhurst, VA.

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Studies Building across Lake Eden, Black Mountain College campus
November 4, 2014 Colleges & Universities / North Carolina / Writers

Book Excerpt: ‘Black Mountain College’

Black Mountain College, founded 1933 by John Andrew Rice & Theodore Dreier, aimed at a liberal arts education that developed the whole student.

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Jane Edna Hunter and poster
November 3, 2014 Black Appalachia / Documentary Films / South Carolina

New Documentary Film: The Jane Edna Harris Hunter Story

New movie celebrates the life, work, & legacy of SC native Jane Edna Harris Hunter, founder of the Phillis Wheatley Association in Cleveland.

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