Twelve Notables in Western North Carolina: Compelling mini-biographies of 12 remarkable North Carolinians who have made significant contributions to o

Twelve Notables in Western North Carolina Mini-biographies featuring compelling life journeys, as told to author Jack J. Prather - Rev. Dr. Dan Matthews, O.B.E. - Waynesville Priest at Ground Zero on 9-11 / Recipient Order of the British Empire / Chair, Friends of the Smokies - Musician David Holt - Fairview Multi-Instrumentalist, Storyteller / Four Grammy Awards, Eight Nominations / PBS-TV, NPR-Radio Host - Captain Ray F. West, Jr., USNR, Ret. - Flat Rock Founder-President Moldova World Children's Fund / UNCA 2006 Taylor Distinguished Alumnus Award - Judge Harry C. Martin - Biltmore Forest Former NC and Cherokee Supreme Court Justice / Honorary Cherokee / 2010 Liberty Bell Honoree - Olson Huff, MD, FAAP - Black Mountain Former President NC Pediatric Society / Founding Medical Dir., Mission Children's Hospital, Asheville - Glenis Redmond - Asheville Mountain Xpress Hall of Fame Poet / Third in National Poetry Slam / Kennedy Center Teaching Artist - Douglas M. Orr, Ph.D. - Black Mountain President Emeritus Warren Wilson College / Author / Musician / Order of the Long Leaf Pine Award - Billie Ruth Sudduth - Bakersville Basket Artist / Smithsonian Collection / 1st Woman NC Living Treasure / Order of Long Leaf Pine Award - Matthew J. Hayes, M.D., Ph.D., FACEP - Hendersonville Pioneer National Emergency Medical Services / Co-Founder American College of Emergency Physicians - Joe S. Epley, APR - Tryon Global Leader Public Relations Profession / UNC Journalism School Hall of Fame / Order of Long Leaf Pine - Richard Ritter - Bakersville Glass Art Master / NC Living Treasure 2011 / Governor's Award for Volunteer Service as Fire Chief - Julyan Davis - Asheville Nationally Recognized Painter of Southern Art / Gallery Shows on East-West Coasts and Europe Portion of book proceeds dedicated to Young Writers Scholarship Fund Future Now Publishing.com (est. 1986)

Author: Christopher B. Condrey

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: May 25, 2012

Number of Pages: 402 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1466276223

ISBN-13: 9781466276222