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Friday
1/22/09 7:00pm-8:00pm
Anne & David Whisnant /
WHEN THE PARKWAY CAME
Anne Mitchell Whisnant & David E. Whisnant will discuss WHEN THE PARKWAY CAME, the
first-ever Blue Ridge Parkway book for children.
This book helps young readers understand why and how the
most visited site in our national park system came to be built, the differing
views of people affected by it, and the tradeoffs that were necessary along the
way. The beautiful color photographs capture the enduring beauty of the parkway;
while the historical illustrations help readers appreciate the vision and hard
work that brought it into being.
ANNE MITCHELL WHISNANT is the author of Super-Scenic Motorway: A Blue Ridge Parkway
History . She is Director of
Research, Communications, and Programs for the Office of Faculty Governance at
UNC-CH, where she also holds adjunct faculty appointments in History and
American Studies.
Co-author DAVID E. WHISNANT is the author of Modernizing the Mountaineer: People, Power,
and Planning in Appalachia and All That Is Native and Fine: The Politics of
Culture in an American Region. He
is Professor Emeritus from UNC-CH.
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