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978-0-88742-106-8
0-88742-106-7
$14.95 hardcover
6" x 9"
221 pages black-and-white photographs, index
Down Home Press
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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.
about the author
Jerry Bledsoe is the author of the New York Times Number One
bestseller Bitter Blood, as well as two other national
bestsellers, Blood Games and Before He Wakes, and nearly a
dozen other books, including the holiday classics The
Angel Doll and A Gift
of Angels. He has been a contributing editor for Esquire,
a reporter and columnist for the Greensboro, North Carolina, News and
Record, the Charlotte Observer, and the Louisville Times.
His work has also appeared in the New York Times, the Washington
Post, New York, and many other publications. He lives in
Randolph County, North Carolina.
Other titles by Jerry
Bledsoe on his beloved home state:
Country Cured: Reflections from the Heart
Blue Horizons: Faces and Places From a Bicycle Journey Along the
Blue Ridge Parkway.
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