Blue Ridge Mountain Books

Some of the books at the Mountain Spirits Arts Festival deal with life in the Blue Ridge Mountains. One is this Pleasant Land: A Blue Ridge History, written by the late Max S. Thomas. His daughter, Jean Thomas Schaeffer, will have it available in the authors' tent.

Last year, I blogged about Thomas's history of the Walnut Knob area of Franklin and Floyd Counties here: http://peevishpen.blogspot.com/2010/03/this-pleasant-land.html.

Fred First, a wonderful writer and blogger from Floyd County, will also have his books at the Festival:

Fred's books deal with life today in the Blue Ridge Mountains. His essays have been broadcast on WVTF. You can listen to one of them, "This Old House," here: http://www.wvtf.org/news_and_notes/audio/200912210719210.house.mp3

In the next few months, I'll blog about more of the books you can expect to see at the Mountain Spirits Arts Festival.

Edited to add update: It looks like Jean Thomas Schaeffer won't be able to attend the festival. However, her father's books should be available from the Franklin County Historical Society's table.

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Posted by Becky Mushko