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Category: Books

Tales by Old Timer

August 15, 2021
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Tales by Old Timer by Ralph Jordan, compiled and edited by Pamela Hudson Old Timer Writes Again “Kick up your heels, nostalgia lovers, Old Timer’s back again!” William Ralph Jordan (1906-1976) retired from Goodyear. He wrote for The Cedartown Standard, The Wingfoot Clan, and Southern Outdoorsman Magazine. This book is available in our gift shop […]

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Reviews & a Bit of History

July 22, 2020
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If you missed the previous posts, you can find them here along with links to purchase the books: Interview with Ann Hite & Black Mountain Series Books Today we are posting reviews of the author’s middle two books in the Black Mountain series (reviews written by Arleigh Ordoyne) and an Author Guest Post by Ann […]

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Ann Hite’s Black Mountain Series

July 21, 2020
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This is day 2 of our week-long Virtual Event for Georgia author Ann Hite’s latest book–a memoir titled Roll the Stone Away. Yesterday we posted an in depth interview with the author (read it here), and today we are highlighting her fictional series. Ghost on Black Mountain (Book 1) Amazon Link / Check a Local […]

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Virtual Author Event: Roll the Stone Away by Ann Hite

July 20, 2020
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The Polk County Historical Society Museum was set to have a book signing with Georgia author Ann Hite earlier this month, but due to the ongoing coronovirus epidemic we had to cancel this event. We do plan to reschedule at a future date, but thought a virtual event was in order in the meantime! This […]

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770-748-4828

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