Armistead’s Much Ado
A dizzying array of incidents and characters swirled around the singular Mr. Armistead Burt.
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Article Author: Stuart Ferguson - Shakespeare and Company
The Best Novel I Ever Read
A marvelous summer time idyll, Refuge retains its charm through the years.
Meet James Grant
The curiously incompetent James Grant’s victorious Battle of Echoe was never about glory, but it ended with despair and dishonor.
A Fascinating Life She Led : Katherine Willoughby
Our friend Katherine Willoughby enriched the lives of everyone she encountered in her peripatetic life.
Treatment as Inspiration
Robert Louis Stevenson’s bout of bronchiectasis led to his greatest novel and also, inevitably, to Stuart’s grandmother and the stunning woman who would become the eternal face of Irish beauty.
Get to Know High Glen
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Tales of Wade Hampton
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Masa’s Wild Vision
A new volume explores George Masa’s rugged travels through the wild spaces of Western North Carolina. You can learn more at the September 8 Zahner Lecture Series, set for 6:00 P.M. at the Highlands Nature Center.
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The origin of the name “Toxaway” is lost in the fog of years and the clash of cultures.
Baboonery on the Boulders
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