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From Whalebone to Hot House Down Home Press U.S. 64, the longest highway in North Carolina, travels over 600 miles of the state, slicing it diagonally from the sand dunes of the northeast to the mountains of its southwestern tip. Hoping to capture the essence of his home state in words, newspaper columnist Jerry Bledsoe spent five months traveling U.S. 64, seeing the land and talking with the people. The result was a wonderful series of newspaper articles that are now incorporated into the 60 stories in this book. You'll agree with Jerry that North Carolina is truly a remarkable and valuable place . . . you'll see life as it used to be and how it is becoming. You'll meet all sorts of North Carolinians . . . from John Korback of Whalebone who owns the first house on U.S. 64 and makes his living from the sand, Wilbur Hardee who sold his name to establish a million dollar company, Cambodian refugees Henry and Ma Li Tan who opened the first Chinese restaurant in Asheboro, Lee Powers who was almost solely responsible for the development of Lake Lure, to Hardie Tilson, the 93-year-old patriarch of Hot House. You'll laugh and cry and wonder with Jerry at the warmth and openness of these people as you make this special trip across North Carolina.
Reviews “Jerry Bledsoe is Carolina’s Listerner Laureate. Nobody beats him at listening to the human voice and to the human heart . . .”
Links Visit Jerry Bledsoe’s Web site at http://www.jerrybledsoe.com/. Also by Jerry Bledsoe:
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