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Madison explores the life and works of Asheville artist Julyan Davis, who graduated from London's Byam Shaw School of Art in 1988. He later came to the US and settled on Scaly Mountain near Highlands, where he had his studio for ten years. In 1992 he purchased a house formerly owned by Peggy Seeger, sister of Pete Seeger in Asheville's Montford neighborhood.
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Milner describes Graveyard Fields, one of the most popular stops along the Blue Ridge Parkway, located at Milepost 418.
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Long before there were websites and e-mails, travelers who wanted to send home pictures of where they were relied on postcards. In 1914, Lamar LeCompte started the Asheville Post Card Company in Asheville. His products cost a penny to purchase and another penny to mail. The cards also helped launch the region as a tourist destination. The company closed in the late 1970s, but the postcards live on in books, articles, archives, museums, and online collections.
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Janell Kapoor is the founder of the Asheville-based nonprofit Kleiwerks International. She has visited countries including Thailand, Argentina, Haiti, and Turkey to share her knowledge of sustainable building practices. Another project is Women of the Americas Sustainable Initiatives \"which concentrate on empowering and training women to become environmental leaders in their communities.\" Simple, centuries-old building practices using material such as clay, sand, straw, stone, bamboo, and recycled material are used to construct dwellings and other structures.
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The authors describe several outdoor entrepreneurs in Western North Carolina \"who mix business and pleasure in the pursuit of great gear.\" They are Adam Masters [Bellyak];Mike Grimm and Goose Kearse [Misty Mountain Threadworks]; Jesse Conner [Trout Dancer Rod Company];Fritz Orr, III [Fritz Orr Canoe]; and Tom Dempsey and Tom Reeder [Sylvan Sport].
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Richards reviews the Vintage House, located in what was once a residence in Hickory's Oakwood neighborhood. She examines the culinary presentations of Chef Matt Parker, who is a graduate of the French Culinary Institute in New York and Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. He purchased the Vintage House in 1997.
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