November 20, 2024
Join us for this author talk and book signing with award-winning author, editorial page guest columnist for 30 years, speaker and storyteller, Randell Jones. He will be discussing his book, In the Footsteps of Daniel Boone.
Come hear about the perilous marking of Boone Trace into Kentucky 250 years ago, in 1775, just before the American Revolution. Also, hear the story that made Daniel Boone internationally famous in his own lifetime. Follow his footprints across a remarkable 86 years and over wilderness terrain, which becomes 11 states.
**Donate to help our High-Country neighbors recover after hurricane Helene.
Receive a free, signed copy of In the Footsteps of Daniel Boone when you make a donation of $100 or more. Donations up to $60 will be matched at 50% after purchase of the book.
Donations will benefit:
Boone and Watauga County area
– Boone Chamber of Commerce Foundation
( https://www.boonechamber.com/foundation )
– Children’s Council of Watauga County
( https://www.thechildrenscouncil.org/helene )
– Hunger and Health Coalition ( https://www.hungerhealthcoalition.com )
Brevard
– Transylvania Tomorrow Small Business Emergency Relief Fund
( https://transylvaniahabitat.charityproud.org/Donate )
– Transylvania Habitat for Humanity
( https://brevardnc.org/community/transylvania-tomorrow )
Asheville
– BeLoved Asheville ( https://www.belovedasheville.com/ )
– Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church (Asheville) ( https://gcpcusa.org/ )
Learn more HERE.
Nia Imani at The Bookhouse
100 Things to do in Winston-Salem Before You Die
Jeffrey L. Smith received a BA degree in Public Administration from Elon University. In 1986 he returned to
Paul is a Winston-Salem native, a graduate of R.J. Reynolds High School and Wake Forest University, where he got his first taste of the media as an announcer for the student-run station, WAKE Radio. He has earned advanced degrees in liberal arts and journalism/mass communications from Johns Hopkins University and UNC-Chapel Hill. Paul has worked as a journalist for 30 years. Locally he has worked for The High Point Enterprise, the News & Record of Greensboro and the Winston-Salem Journal. Paul has been affiliated with 88.5 FM WFDD, public radio for the Piedmont and High Country, for the last 10 years. He also currently serves as an adjunct professor of the practice in Journalism at Wake Forest University.