Anyone read this yet?

https://books.google.com/books?id=5C-rB ... ld&f=false

McLeansvilleAppFan wrote:Anyone read this yet?

https://books.google.com/books?id=5C-rB ... ld&f=false

I bought a copy at a charity silent auction last month. It's about the fourth title down in my "read next stack." Much of it's well before my first memorable visit to campus--but not all. I'm convinced it'll be worth my time. I've learned some things I didn't know just by thumbing through it.

asu66 wrote:

McLeansvilleAppFan wrote:Anyone read this yet?

https://books.google.com/books?id=5C-rB ... ld&f=false

I bought a copy at a charity silent auction last month. It's about the fourth title down in my "read next stack." Much of it's well before my first memorable visit to campus--but not all. I'm convinced it'll be worth my time. I've learned some things I didn't know just by thumbing through it.

I found the eBook version for $8, but I am not a fan of eBooks, especially if the book is mostly pictorial, as this book seems to be. I did find a copy at my favorite used bookstore online, Powells.com for $21. I might have to get this printed version.

Is there anything else out there on App State history like this? I have spotted these type books for Boone, and maybe Watauga County but not so much App itself.

Ah yes, Powell's City of Books. If you go to their main store, be sure to get a map. It's easy to get lost in there and I have...several times.

My grandmother took an 8 month session after she graduated Drexel High in 1919 to get her teaching certificate to teach at Drexel Elem.I should have talked with her more about her time at App.She did say the road up the mountain was quite rough.

McLeansvilleAppFan wrote:Anyone read this yet?

https://books.google.com/books?id=5C-rB ... ld&f=false

Page 64 - My Great Great Uncle Joe Hartley, in the center. He was getting up in years in the picture. He and my Great Grandmother were siblings, both lived to their mid 90s. Remember visiting his home in Linville a loooooong time ago.

In case anyone is interested, he started The Signing on the Mountain event at Grandfather Mountain back in 1925:

http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-postwar/6840