Abstract:
October 3, 2000, marks the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of author Thomas Wolfe in Asheville. Among the events commemorating Wolfe's centenary are the release of a new postage stamp, publication for the first time of the uncut manuscript of Look Homeward, Angel under its original title, O Lost: A Story of the Buried Life, and various events in Asheville and at his alma mater in Chapel Hill.