A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FICTION
 
BOOKS:

NOTE: The following titles (Books and Periodicals)are arranged by date and contain titles that were written by western North Carolina authors or by individuals who based their fiction on people or events in western North Carolina.


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1883

 Woolson, Constance Fenimore.
For the Major: a novelette. New York, Harper, 1883.
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1896

Pool, Maria Louise.  In Buncombe County. Chicago: Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1896.

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1913

 Buck, Charles Neville, 1879-
The Call of the Cumberlands  New York : Grosset & Dunlap, 1913.
     

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1877

 Burnett, Frances Hodgson.
"Lodusky." in Surly Tim, and Other Stories. New York: Scribner, Armstrong, & Co., 1877. [See periodicals]

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1900

 Carter, Mary Nelson.
North Carolina Sketches: Phases of Life Where the Galax Grows. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1900.

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1885

 Craddock, Charles Egbert (Murfree, Mary Noailles), 1850-1922
The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1885. 308 p. FULL TEXT [DAS]

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1924

 Gray, Idyl Dial.
Azure-lure, a romance of the mountains; souvenir of Asheville and western North Carolina, edited by Idyl Dial Gray for the Carolina Souvenir Booklet Association.
Asheville, N. C. Advocate Publishing Co. [c1924]

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1982

 Cadle, Dean, 1920-
The wedding warriors, Deep furrow, and The bootleggers. [sound Asheville, N. C. 1982. Side 1: The wedding warriors [35  min.] -- Side 2: Deep furrow [17 min.], The bootleggers [20 min.]
     
     
  1999 Allison, Junius L
Dusky dark in Appalachia : stories of Western North Carolina . [Asheville? N.C. : J.L. Allison, 1999] (Chevy Chase, MD : Order from Nancy Allison Benner)
     
     
     
     
     
  2010 Duncan, Julia Nunnally. At Dusk.  Asheville: Old Seventy Creek Press, 2010,
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  2010 Kirby, Todd. Revising the Pact.   : Create Space, 2010.
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  2010 White, Charles Dodd. Lambs of Men.    :  Casperian Books, 2010
  2011 Crowe, Thomas Rain. Crack Light (photographs by Simone Lipscomb) :Wind Publications, 2011.
     
     
     
     
     
     

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• Plant Whatever Brings You Joy: Blessed Wisdom from the Garden by Kathryn Hall (Estrella Catarina trade paper, July 22, 2010, 254 pages, 19.95.). Hall, now a California resident, presents 52 stories related to gardening wisdom, including some gleaned from time in Fairview, Buncombe County. See author's richly nourished blog/website.

PREVIOUS LISTINGS
• Kathryn Magendie. Sweetie. Bell Bridge Books trade paper, Oct. 2010). Novel about a wild mountain girl, best friend to one, sinister influence to others.
• Bill Burnette. The Long Roll by  (CreateSpace trade paper, July 2010). A contemporary novel that has as its backdrop the Civil War re-enactment of the Battle for Spotsylvania Courthouse.
• Charles Fletcher. The Sheriff  (Boone: Parkway Publishers trade paperback, Aug. 2010, 182 pages). Memories of 1920s and '30s Haywood County take shape in a novel about a sheriff looking for a successor.
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• Loving Ruby by Lois Chazen, illustrated by Sundara Fawn (Asheville: Grateful Steps, Aug. 2010). Author's story of rescuing a baby cardinal.
• The Sound of Poets Cooking edited by Richard Krawiec (Durham: Jacar Press trade paper, Sept. 1, 2010, $15.95). The poetry anthology and cookbook includes food poems and/or recipes by a lot of writers, including Fred Chappell, Kathryn Stripling Byer, and Jaki Shelton Green.
• Echoes across the Blue Ridge: Stories, Essays, Poems by Writers Living in and Inspired by the Southern Appalachian Mountains, edited by Nancy Simpson (Winding Path trade paper, Aug. 2010, 248 pages, $16). the book was produced by N.C. Writers' Network West, and includes many of its members.
• Butterfly Girl by Bill Whitworth (Land of Sky Books, July 2010, 252-9515). Sheriff Jason Duke conducts his first murder investigation in the fictional mountain town of White Shoals in North Carolina near the Smokies.
• God Can Use Anyone...Even Me: The Charles Pickens Story by Charles E. Pickens and Patricia A. McAfee (Asheville: Grateful Steps hardcover, with CD, Dec. 2009, 111 pages, $26.50). Legendary Asheville R&B singer tells his life, with co-writer McAfee, in a straightforward way that illuminates the Southside community in Asheville and the national scene.
• Village Wisdom: Immersed in Uganda, Inspired by Job, Changed for Life, story and photographs by Carrie Wagner (Asheville: Butler Mountain Press hardcover, 240 pages, coated paper, many b&w and color photos, $34.95). Asheville author recreates, through memoir, journal entries, letters, and photos, her and her husband's community-building and community-joining time in Uganda.
• Moonshiner's Daughter by Mary Judith Messer (Lake Junaluska: Doing Well Now Publishers trade paperback, June 2010, 231 pages, $14.95). Author recounts the story of her early life, growing up in remote parts of Haywood County in the 1940s and '50s.
• Appalachians All: East Tennesseans and the Elusive History of an American region by Mark T. Banker (University of Tennessee Press hardcover, April 2010, 328, $39.95). Author, a returned native and history Ph.D., presents a chronicle of the region through the parallel stories of Knoxville, Cades Cove, and a coal town.
• The Green Jeep: Recollections of a Boy and His Stepfather in Florida Cracker Country by Howard S. Jones Jr. (BookSurge Publishing, Feb. 2010, 218 pages, $16.98). Author, now Brevard resident, recalls his time coming-of-age on admirable stepfather's cattle and citrus ranch.
• Reconstructing Appalachia: The Civil War’s Aftermath edited by Andrew L. Slap (University Press of Kentucky hardcover, May 2010, 389 pages, $40): Collection of investigations by scholars, with encompassing intro by Gordon McKinney.
• Girl: A Novel by Bart Bare (Canterbury House trade paper, May 2010, 188 pages, $12.95). East Tennessee orphan girl escapes authorities with flight to Boone area and disguise as boy. • Little Switzerland by Chris Hollifield and David Biddix (Arcadia trade paperback, June 2010, "Images of America" series, $21.99).
• Keeping Chickens with Ashley English: All You Need to Know to Care for a Happy, Healthy Flock (Lark Books, April 2010, 136 pages, $19.95).
• On the Road Home: An American Story: A Memoir of Triumph and Tragedy on a Forgotten Frontier by John Russell Frank, Ph.D. (iUniverse trade paperback, 2010, 356 pages, $23.95). Montreat retiree chronicles his family’s involvement in wars and culture in Phillippines, WWI to 1950.
• Fortunes of Fate by R. Jacqueline Barry (iUniverse trade paperback, 2009, 319 pages, $19.95). North Asheville resident’s romantic, historical novel about four women who go from small town to D.C. during WWII.
• Now Might as Well be Then by Glenda Council Beall: Poems (Finishing Line Press chapbook, 2009,www.finishinglinepress.com). The author teaches at John C. Campbell Folk School and Tri-County Community College.
• The Devil's Courthouse: A Southern Thriller by Lawrence Thackston (PublishAmerica trade paper, May 2010, 238 pages, $24.95). A rising body count in the Great Smokies involves and implicates many.
• Village Wisdom: Immersed in Uganda, Inspired by Job, Changed for Life by Carrie Wagner (Butler Mountain Press, hardcover, April 2010, case bound, 240 pages, 185 photographs). The Asheville author and her husband served in Uganda with Habitat for Humanity International. .

PREVIOUSLY LISTED ON TOP SELLER LIST
1. The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver (HarperCollins hardcover, Oct. 2009, 528 pages, $26.00). The story moves from Revolutionary Mexico to post-WWII Asheville, where a witness to history works as writer, assisted by a remarkable mountain woman.
2. The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova (Little, Brown hardcover, Jan. 2010, 570 pages, $26.99). An artist’s otherworldly obsession with a woman he paints but does not know reveals various loves—by best-selling Asheville author of The Historian.
3. Miss Julia Renews Her Vows by Ann Ross (Viking hardcover, Apr. 2010).
4. The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen (Bantam hardcover, March 2010). Cake-baking, magical realism, and a search for a grandmother are some of the highlights of the Asheville author’s latest romance.
5. The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen (Bantam trade paper ed., Apr. 2009). Best-selling Asheville author’s second novel, featuring characters involved in food rituals, none more so than a lovelorn 27-year-old who fills her need with candy.
6. Tender Graces by Kathryn Magendie (Bell Bridge Books, Apr. 2009).
7. No Room for Doubt: A True Story of the Reverberations of Murder by Angela Dove. Waynesville author’s account if her stepmother’s murder; father’s heart-rending shortfalls; and victim’s mother’s heroism. (Berkley trade paper, Mar. 2009).
8. Princess Noire: The Tumultuous Reign of Nina Simone by Nadine Cohodas (Pantheon Books hardcover, Feb. 2010, 464 pages, $30). The first three chapters treat her growing-up years in Tryon.
9. Unfinished Desires by Gail Godwin (Random House hardcover, Jan. 2010, $26). Personal histories and politics make the perfect storm at a convent school modeled after St. Genevieve’s in Asheville, with the author getting into everyone’s minds.
10. Signing Their Lives Away: The Fame and Misfortune of the Men Who Signed the Declaration of Independence by Denise Kiernan and Joseph D’Agnese (Quirk Books hardcover, May 2009). Acclaimed journalists, now Asheville residents, reveal amazing lives.
11. Miss Julia Delivers the Goods by Ann B. Ross (Viking hardcover, Apr. 2009, 352 pages). The popular Miss Julia sorts out a new installment of personal and community trouble.
12. Real NASCAR: White Lightning, Red Clay, and Big Bill France by Daniel Pierce (UNC Press hardcover, Apr. 2010, 360 pages, $30). Story-and-research-rich history of stock car racing up through the early 1970s.
13. Serena by Ron Rash. Lauded novel about husband and wife lumber tycoons controlling destinies in backwoods and board rooms. (Ecco hardcover, Oct. 2008;paperback, Sept. 2009).
14. Burning Bright by Ron Rash (Ecco hardcover, Mar. 9, 2010, 224 pages, $22.99). Twelve short stories by author of Serena.
15. Finding Your Way in Asheville by Cecil Bothwell, 2nd ed. (CreateSpace trade paper, Feb. 2009). A popular local guide, updated.
16. Palenque: Eternal City of the Maya by George Stuart and David Stuart (Thames & Hudson hardcover, Nov. 2008). Barnardsville resident George Stuart and his son David are world experts on interpreting Mayan culture.
17. The Frontier Nursing Service: America’s First Rural Nurse-Midwife Service and School by Marie Bartlett (McFarland trade paper, Dec. 2008). Compelling account of woman who developed health service in region by working with residents.
18. Eat Your Yard! Edible Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Herbs and Flowers for Your Landscape by Nan K. Chase (Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith trade paperback with photo quality paper, Jan. 2010, 160 pages, $19.99).
19. Two of the Missing: Remembering Sean Flynn and Dana Stone by Perry Deane Young (1975; Press 53 Classics edition, Mar. 2009). Local writer’s account of two photojournalist friends who went missing in Vietnam.
21. Faster Pastor by Sharyn McCrumb and Adam Edwards (Ingalls Publishing Group hardcover, April 1, 2010, 302 pages, $23.95). Comic Southern novel by popular McCrumb and race car driver co-author.
22. Requiem by Fire by Wayne Caldwell (Random House hardcover, Feb. 2010, 351 pages, $25). Companion novel, to Cataloochee; portrays effects on Great Smoky Mountains National Park on the residents it displaced.
23. She-Rain by Michael Cogdill (Morgan James trade paperback, Mar. 31, 2010, 360 pages). WYFF4 TV news anchor's novel about a fugitive finding love in WNC.
24. As the Twig Is Bent by Joe Perrone Jr. (CreateSpace, Jan. 2009). Asheville author’s mystery-thriller about murders in Manhattan and trails in chat rooms.
25. Road to Tater Hill by Edith Hemingway (Delacorte, Sept. 2009). 11-year-old staying with family in the N.C. mountains during a personal crisis befriends an old mountain woman.
26. More Than Friends: Poems from Him and Her by Allan Wolf and Sara Holbrook (Wordsong hardcover, Oct. 2008). Award-winning author and performer Wolf teams with colleague to produce back-at-you verse dialogue charting teens’ romance.
28. Power in the Blood: A Family Narrative (Race, Ethnicity and Gender in Appalachia) by Linda Tate (Ohio University Press hardcover, Mar. 2009).
29. The Blue Star by Tony Earley (Little, Brown hardcover, Mar. 2008; paperback, Aug. 2009). Award-winning author’s sequel to “Jim the Boy,” in which 17-year old Jim Glass’s attraction to a part-Cherokee girl leads to an intensified awareness of Rutherford County.
30. The Middle of the Air by Kenneth Butcher (John F. Blair hardcover, Sept. 2009, 307 pages). First novel by Butcher, Hendersonville resident and inventive ceramic engineer, involves a missing nuclear waste, a local setting, and occult and scientific doings.
31. Ghost Cats of the South by Randy Russell (John F. Blair hardcover, Oct. 2008). Russell's fourth ghost story collection transforms folklore into stories with charm.
34. Manners & Morals of Victorian America by Wayne Erbsen (Native Ground Books trade paper, March 2009). A fascinating and fact-filled miscellany.
35. Soul Catcher: Book One of The Outsider Trilogy by Deborah Smith writing as Leigh Bridger (Bell Bridge Books, Memphis, Oct. 2009). Bestselling author of regionally set romance/thrillers assumes an alternate persona to portray an alternate world of half-demons.
36. Cherokee Basketry: From the Hands of our Elders by M. Anna Fariello (The History Press, Charleston, trade paperback, photo quality paper, Sept. 2009, 160 pages, $12.99). An account of the history and methods of Cherokee basket-making by a leading archivist, working at WCU.
37. The North Carolina Birding Trail: Mountain Trail Guide (Apr. 2009, 190 pages, www.ncbirdingtrail.org)
38. Tell Me about Orchard Hollow by Lin Stepp (Canterbury House trade paperback, March 2010, 284 pages, $15.95). The second Smoky Mountain Novel by Stepp, following “The Foster Girls”--this one about a betrayed wife who seeks her friend in Townsend, Tennessee.
39. What Virtue There Is in Fire: Cultural Memory and the Lynching of Sam Hose by Edwin T. Arnold (U. of Georgia Pr. hardcover, April 2009). ASU English professor’s story of an 1899 lynching in his home region—expanded to create a deep cultural study.
40. Ancestors and Others: New and Selected Stories by Fred Chappell (St. Martin’s hardcover, Nov. 2009, 320 pages, $27.99). The stories reveal how Chappell, over his notable career, has made myth out of a mountain upbringing and life of reading.
41. Mountain Nature: A Seasonal Natural History of the Southern Appalachians: by Jennifer Frick-Ruppert (UNC Press, 256 pages, 50 color and 41 b&w images, Apr. 2010; hardcover, $45; paperback, $20). Brevard College ecologist's substantive and personally gained understanding of the region's environment and biology.
42. Hands in Harmony: Traditional Crafts and Music in Appalachia by Tim Barnwell (W.W. Norton hardcover, text and b&w photos, CD included, Sept. 2009).
43. King of the Moonshiners: Lewis Redmond in Fact and Fiction ed. By Bruce E. Stewart (U. of Tenn. Pr. Trade paper, Feb. 2009). Three early portrayals of local 19th century outlaw; plus lengthy intro.
44. Save a Spaniel: A Tale of Loss and Survival, Featuring a Dog by Cathy Mitchell (trade paperback, 265 pages, amazon.com).
45. When the Parkway Came by Anne Mitchell Whisnant & David E. Whisnant (Chapel Hill: Primary Source Publishers hardcover with school binding, Jan. 2010, 59 pages). Story of Parkway as told by displaced resident to his granddaughter, for children.
46. Opening Day: A Matt Davis Mystery by Joe Perrone Jr. (CreateSpace trade paperback, Mar. 2010, 322 pages, $14.95). Retired NYPD detective becomes small town police chief and discovers body; by WNC author of “The Twig Is Bent.”
47. Whale Falls: An Exploration of Belief and Its Consequences by Cecil Bothwell (Brave Ulysses Books, Feb. 2010, 224 pages, $12). Asheville investigative journalist and now councilman combines history, natural history, and meditations to pur forward need for sustainability. .
48. The Legendary Hunters of the Southern Highlands: A Century of Sport and Survival in the Great Smoky Mountains by Bob Plott (History Press trade paper, Nov. 2009).
49. October Crossing by Robert Morgan (Broadstone books paperback original, Sept. 2009). Collection of poems by award-winning Henderson County-bred author.
50. Sharks on My Fin Tips: A Wild Woman’s Adventures with Nature” by Simone Lipscomb (Grateful Steps, Oct., 2008)
51. The New Road: I-26 and the Footprints of Progress in Appalachia by Rob Amberg (U. of Ga. Press hardcover, Dec. 2009, 192 pages, $39.95). Art quality photos, oral histories, and journal entries compose a view of an iconic highway through Madison County.
52. The Fifth Skull by Terrell Garren (Reprint Co. hardcover, Oct. 2008). Suspenseful and disturbingly true story of the horrors encountered by the “lost boys of the Confederate Junior Reserve.”
54. Cherokee Thoughts Honest & Uncensored by Robert J. Conley (U. of Okla. Press trade paper, Oct. 2008). Sequoyah Distinguished Professor of Cherokee Studies at WCU, and accomplished historical novelist, challenge conventions about Cherokee identity.
55. Winding Round the Square by Betty Benedict (XLibris trade paperback, Jan. 2010, 282 pages). Come-back-home Hayesville native's recollections of life in the 1930s and 40s.
57. Hiking North Carolina's Blue Ridge Heritage by Danny Bernstein (Milestone Pr. Trade paper, Mar. 2009). The new authoritative guide by everywhere hiker.
58. The Life and Times of Ray Hicks: Keeper of the Jack Tales by Lynn Salsi (U. of Tenn. Press hardcover, Oct. 2008). Many interviews with the late great Beech Mountain storyteller transformed into a memoir that provides insight into mountain ways.
60. Birthed from Scorched Hearts: Women Respond to War compiled and edited by MariJo Moore (Fulcrum trade paper, Dec. 2008). Local literary leader presents bold selections, both thematically and chronologically wide-ranging.
61. The Fitzgerald Ruse by Mark de Castrique (Ingram Publisher Services hardcover, Aug. 2009). Sequel to Asheville set-mystery, Blackman’s Coffin, featuring war veteran/detective.
62. Images of America: Haywood County by Michael Beadle (Arcadia trade paper, Mar. 15, 2010, 128 pages). .
63. 3000 Miles in the Great Smokies by William A. Hart Jr. (History Press trade paper, Sept. 2009).
64. Up River: A Novel of Attempted Restoration by George Ivey (Dog Ear Publishing, Indianapolis, trade paperback, [Nov.] 2009, 300 pages, $16.95). Career Southern Mountains preservationist fictionally portrays a man's efforts in the community to preserve an aquatic species.
66.Images of America: Spruce Pine by David Biddix and Chris Hollifield, foreword by Gloria Houston (Arcadia Publishing trade paper, Sept. 2009, 128 pages, many historic photos, $21.99).
67. Beech Mountain Man: The Memoirs of Ronda Lee Hicks by Thomas Burton (U. of Tenn. Pr. hardcover, Aug. 2009). The author of Serpent-Handling Believers produces a life of Ronda Lee Hicks in his own words, representing in part the dark side of mountaineers.
69. The Soul Tree: Poems and Photographs of the Southern Appalachians, poems by Laura Hope-Gill; color photographs by John Fletcher Jr. (Asheville: Grateful Steps hardcover, Sept., 2009, 116 pages).
71. Six Poets from the Mountain South by John Lang (LSU Press trade paper, 221 pages, $24.95). Emory & Henry College professor's essays about about Jim Wayne Miller, Fred Chappell, Robert Morgan, Jeff Daniel Marion, Kathryn Stripling Byer, and Charles Wright.
72. Appalachian Children's Literature: An Annotated Bibliography compiled by Roberta Teague Herrin and Sheila Quinn Oliver, foreword by George Ella Lyon (McFarland & Co., Jefferson, N.C., "Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies, 26," trade paper, Nov. 2009, 355 pages).
74. Jack Tales and Mountain Yarns as told by Orville Hicks by Julia Ebel (Parkway Publishers, Apr. 2009). Ebel uses a free verse form to capture the popular storytellers versions of traditional tales.
76. Circling Home by John Lane (U. of Ga. Press trade paper ed., Mar. 2009). Premiere nature writer from area writes history of land within walking distance of home.
77. Sports in the Carolinas: From Death Valley to Tobacco Road edited by Ed Southern (Novello trade paper, June 2009). Collection of well-written short pieces that adulate sports heroes including Junior Johnson and Choo-choo Justice.
78. Family Hiking in the Smokies: Time Well Spent by Hal Hubbs, Charles Maynard, and David Morris (U. of Tenn. Pr., Knoxville, trade paper, 2009, 125 pages). Guide book presents 42 excursions, short and long, based on authors' trips with their children.
79. Radical Passions: A Memoir of Revolution and Healing by Kendall Hale (IUniverse, Nov. 2008). Candid, whirlwind account of a life as a student radical, union organizer, feminist musician, health clinic builder, seeker of inner peace, and Fairview mother and farmer.
80. Sixty Slices of Life…on Wry: The Private Life of a Public Broadcaster by Fred Flaxman (Weaverville: Story Book Publishers trade paper, Dec. 2009, 249 pages). Tongue-in-cheek memoir including insights into public radio.
82. Warriors by Ed Nielsen (booksurge.com, Jan. 2009). Local authors presents first-person accounts of nine Vietnam War vets, four from WNC.
83. Meigs Line by Dwight McCarter and Joe Kelley (Grateful Steps, May 2009). Rangers explore the Cherokee-settler boundary in the Smokies.
84. A Life for a Life: The American Debate over the Death Penalty by Michael Dow Burkhead (McFarland & Co trade paper, Aug. 2009, 215 pages,$39.95). Asheville criminal psychologist reviews several issues surrounding the death penalty; published by Jefferson N.C. company. .
86. Homunculus by Jerry Stubblefield (Black Heron Press hardcover, March 2009). Novel about failing Appalachian writer whose imaginative, horrifying invention comes to life.
87. The Firescalds: Road to the Sky by Cleveland Jones (Holy Fire Publishing, Jan., 2009). Novel based on the author’s growing up in the Barker’s Creek community in Jackson County.
88. A Doctor All My Life by Lewis Rathbun (Grateful Steps, 2009). Doctor and Humanitarian Lewis Rathbun shares his stories of his life in women’s medicine throughout the 20th century. .
89. Sorrow’s End: A Novel by Maurice Stanley (Fairview, NC: Historical Images, Bright Mountain Books paper, 295 pages, $14).
90. Pure Bunkum: Reporting on the Life and Crimes of Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Lee Medford by Cecil Bothwell. First person account of tracking down the Sheriff Medford story. (Brave Ulysses, Nov. 2008)
91. Get It Yet?: Everyday Rules for the Game of Life by A. Hugh Schintzius, Ed.B., M.Ed. (iUniverse trade paperback, Nov. 2009, 133 pages, $13.95). WNC author retiree publishes lines of wisdom gained from decades of philosophy and Bible reading.
93. Weavers of the Southern Highlands by Philis Alvic (Univ. of Kentucky Pr., 2003; trade paperback, 2009). This history of four centers of activity includes Fireside Industries at Berea and the Penland Weavers and Potters.
94. Remembering Highlands: From Pioneer Village to Mountain Retreat by Isabel Hall Chambers and Overton Chambers (History Press trade paperback, Sept. 2009).
95. The End of Eden: Writings of an Environmental Activist by Thomas Rain Crowe, illustrations by Robert Johnson (Wind Publications trade paperback, Oct., 2008). Essays that muse about Eden and environmental Armageddon; and then testify to an idyllic existence in Jackson County threatened by development.
96. The Origin of the Milky Way and Other Living Stories of the Cherokee collected and edited by Barbara Duncan (UNC Press trade paper, July 2008)
97. Basil’s Dream by Christine Hale (Livingston Press trade paper, Apr. 2009). An American family’s move to Bermuda entangles them in politics, romance, and complicated alliances.
98. Rooted Deep in the Pigeon Valley: A Harvest of Western Carolina Memories by Carroll C. Jones (WinocaPress, Wilmington, N.C., hardcover, 244 pages, $19.95). Canton native and paper-maker presents historical accounts and memories. Previoiusly, he'd published the detailed history, The 25th North Carolina Troops in the Civil War,
99. Jackson County: Then & Now by Nick Breedlove and Lynn Hotaling (Arcadia trade paper, 2009, 96 pages). Sylva Herald publishers produce illustrated book, with ample, informed captions.
100. Silence by Christopher Brookhouse (Permanent Press hardcover, Jan. 2009). Literary Asheville novelist’s spare portrait of teens finding their way.
101. Beauty: A Novel by Mindi Meltz (Hidden Door Press trade paper, Jan. 2009, 215 pages)
102. Return to Nowhere by Leanna Sain (Twilight Times Books, Sept. 2009). Henderson County author’s sequel to Gateway to Nowhere, a romantic mystery.
104. The Day of the Knights by Jack Joseph Prather (PublishAmerica, Jan. 2009).
105. When Day Is Done by Julia Nunnally Duncan (March Street Pr trade paper, 2009). A woman reflects on her life in Milton, N.C., a town based on Marion.
107. Mountain Born: A Recollection of Life and Language in Western North Carolina by Jean Boone Benfield (Spartanburg: Reprint Company trade paper, May 1, 2010). Memories and sayings of rural Buncombe County, 1940s and 50s, by descendant of Israel Boone. .

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• The Blue Rose of Venice: Poems by Thomas Rain Crowe (Mountains and Rivers Press chapbook, Jan. 2010, $10). Poems chronicle experience and impressions of travel.
• Fire Gazer: Arson at the Wolfe House by Kevin Burton McGuire (Reminiscing Books trade paper, Nov. 2009, 100 pages, $11.95). Historical fiction about serial arsonist.
• Asheville Poetry Review (Vol. 16, no. 1, 2009 issue 19, $13, 223 pages).
• Biltmore House Trivia: 200 Years of Fascinating Facts by Carole Marsh (Gallopade, Sept. 2009).
• Laughter Was God's Idea: Stories about Healing Humor by Chaplain Jack Hinson (Catch the Spirit of Appalachia, Sylva, paperback, 2009, 149 pages). Chaplain at Harrison Regional Hospital shares the humor he uses as therapy.
• First Creation: 100 Years of Land Conservation by the Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust, introduction by Randolph P. Shaffner (Highlands: Faraway Publishing hardcover, [Sept.] 2009, 96 pages, many color illus., $49.95). A photo appreciation of the nearly 1,800 acre preserve, with quotes and poems by naturalists.
• Smoky Mountain Magic by Horace Kephart, with a foreword by Libby Kephart Hargrave and introduction by George Ellison (Gatlinburg, TN: Great Smoky Mountains Association, Oct. 2009, 205 pages; paperback $12.95, hardcover, $19.95).
• Fly Fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park: An Insider’s Guide to a Pursuit of Passion by Jim Casada (High Country Pr. trade paperback, 2009, 448 pages). Casada’s magnum opus on his know-how and storehouse of folklore, arranged by creek.
• Colloquy in Black and White: Poems by Nancy Dillingham (Catawba Publishing Co. trade paper, Oct. 2009, 55 pages, $10).
•. Shadowboxing: One Man's Inspiring Battle with Stroke Recovery by William G. Robertson (Highbridge Press, Asheville, 2009). Survivor of a massive stroke, Robertson relates what went through his mind as he recovered.
• My Mountain Granny: The Story of Evelyn Howell Beck in the Mountain Town of Whittier, North Carolina by Matthew Baker (Ammons Communications, Aug. 2009).
• Hominy Valley Revisited: A Journey Back to Our Favorite Times by J.L. Mashburn (Enka: Colonial House Publishers hardcover, 372 pages). Two-page history accounts, accompanied by about a dozen photos each, covering nine communities, and serval subjects, such as “School Days” and “American Enka’s First Dutch Families.”
• Aretha’s Hat: Inauguration Day, 2009 by Kathryn Stripling Byer and Penelope Scambly Schott (chapbook in collaboration with Ash Creek Press, Portand, Oregon, 52 pages). In response to the Obama inauguration, Byer and Scambly alternated in representing the spirit of the day, and the experiences it recalled.
• Clothes Lines from 75 Western North Carolina Women Writers, ed. By Celia H. Miles and Nancy Dillingham (Charlotte, NC: Catawba Publishing Co., 255 pages, $20). Stories and poems about clothing by women writers of the area.
• Quote These, College Edition by Tawan Maurice Perry (TMP Publishing, 2009). Book of quotations created by Warren Wilson College assistant dean of student life for students.
• Step Back in Time: A Walking Tour of Black Mountain by Nancy Mason and Jerry Pope (Sally the Bear trade paper, 2009, 48 pages). Sixteen sites, watercolors and photos, descriptions, and sidebars.
• College Degree in 3: A Guide for Completing College in Less than Four Years by J. Wilson Bowman, Ph.D. (R.J. Enterprises trade paper, 2009).
• The Serial Killer’s Daughter by Pat Riviere-Seel. Poems comprising the story of a woman executed in 1984, told through voice of her daughter. (Main Street Rag, Jan. 2009)
• Elizabeth and the Old Fool, and Other Stories by Naomi P. Bastow (Vantage, Dec. 2008)
• A Precious Window of Time: A Manual for Teaching and Nurturing Middle School Girls” by Howard Hangar and Dr. Vicki Garlock (Lobster Press, 2009)
• View from My Porch: A Look Back at Plumtree by Fran Vance Clemons (Books Books Books large format trade paperback, Oct. 2008)