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31678
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This year, many North Carolina writers published award-winning books. There was a total of fifty-six books entered in the competitions for which awards were presented during Culture Week, November 12-16. This article highlights the winning books and provides background on each of the authors.
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Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 6 Issue 12, Dec 1974, p8-17, il
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30780
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Bill Sharpe has published the second volume of NEW GEOGRAPHY OF NORTH CAROLINA. The book is a mix of geography, history, anecdotes, social life, and economic report of a selection of counties in North Carolina.
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38880
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Lemuel Sawyer, a native of Camden Co., NC, attended the University of Pennsylvania and UNC Chapel Hill, NC, and was elected to the NC House of Commons in 1800 and 1801. He began to practice law in Elizabeth City, NC in 1804 and then served eight terms in the US Congress 1807-1829. Sawyer was an author and published ‘Journal to Lake Drummond,’ in 1797 and had a four act comedy ‘Blackbeard,’ the first play by a native North Carolinian and well as the first to use North Carolina scenes and characters. Sawyer had another play entitled ‘Wreck of Honor,’ several other books and an autobiography. His lavish lifestyle, ill health and dissipation of his and his wives fortunes led to his absolute poverty.
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18698
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North Carolina writer Robert Morgan possesses a unique career full of diverse works and popular acclaim. In his numerous works, Morgan's exceptional perspective on the world around him makes him stand out from others in the literary community.
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18765
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Author Ron Rash has written, worked, and lived Appalachia for most of his life. From growing up in an artistic family in western North Carolina to teaching Appalachian Studies at Western Carolina University. Through his writing, Rash strives to accurately portray the Appalachian culture and community.
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42632
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The first several pages of chapter three from Willa of the Wood are printed in continuation of chapters 1 and 2 from last month’s issue of Laurel of Asheville.
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Laurel of Asheville (NoCar F 264 A8 L28), Vol. 15 Issue 7, July 2018, p75-77
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19764
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North Carolina author Clyde Edgerton created his own fictional universe in Hansen County, North Carolina. Based upon the small town he grew up in and including many of the characters and locales of his childhood, Edgerton's literary cosmos also includes his celebration of the ties that bind individuals, their families, and their shared histories together.                             
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27543
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Nancy Peacock is a Chatham County author known for her rough characters. Peacock recently won the N.C. Writer’s Network’s Fiction Syndicate Competition. She often writes about disappointment, sadness, frustration and says her material comes from observation. Working jobs as a waitress, carpenter, dairyworker, and bartender helped her gather material.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 7 Issue 15, June 15-21 1989, p10-11 Periodical Website
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17864
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Although with no university or exciting night life, historic Hillsborough possibly claim to have more critically acclaimed authors per capita than any other city in the region.
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34815
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Craig LeHoullier, a Raleigh resident, has worked with heirloom tomatoes over the past four decades. Ordering heirloom varieties through the mail, LeHoullier aims to expand heirloom accessibility through seed companies. He also experiments with several varieties, breeding them for characteristics that make them accessible to a wider range of growers. His work has culminated in two books for tomato growers.
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18763
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Author Wayne Caldwell's has written two novels, Cataloochee and Requiem by Fire, which detail the lives of several generations of North Carolina Mountain people from the end of the Civil War up to the late 1920s. In this interview, Caldwell discusses those who influenced his writing, the mountain culture, and his forthcoming literary projects.
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