Wed. July 24, and Sat. July 27 : Nancy Turner signs ! |
Shakespeare & Co's late, great, founder, Katherine Willoughby, and her hound, Rugby. Katherine owned the bookstore, but Stuart Ferguson created and owns this website. He's now very content to advise on books for The Highland Hiker.
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Glenville's own Nancy Turner signs "The Summer Times" and "Wings" Wednesday, July 24, at the Highland Hiker in Cashiers (at the Crossroads) and Saturday, July 27, at the Hiker's historic Joe Webb cabin in Highlands at 601 Main St. Both events are from 2 to 4 pm and include snacks and thirst-quenching libations.
“The Summer Times: A guide to adventures around Highlands, Cashiers and Toxaway” is the handy, spiral-bound 411 on everything to see and do in our part of the Blue Ridge, whether it’s hiking, rafting, or finding wildflowers and visiting historic sites. There are places in it that you never knew existed. Nancy’s beautiful coffee-table book “Wings: Flying Over Highlands, Cashiers, Toxaway and Beyond” features more than 350 aerial photographs taken from a helicopter by Highlands photog Gil Stose (with Nancy at his side), over two years, during all four seasons. These are amazing views you cannot have seen before; you’ll understand our area in an entirely different light after paging through these magnificent images.
A graduate of Hollins College in Virginia, Nancy is a journalist and historian. Her family has had a cottage on Lake Glenville for 60 years, and she’s owned High Covey Christmas tree farm since 1978. The Tampa Tribune called her annual Hyde Park lot selling the North Carolina trees a “tradition…marking the start of Christmas for many” in the city. Come meet the gregarious Nancy Turner and she’ll share with you the funniest Helen’s Barn story you’ve never before heard, guaranteed.
NB: While Shakespeare & Co. is in hibernation (we hope it reopens soon), please know The Highland Hiker--in both Cashiers & Highlands--carries the largest retail selection of local and regional books in the area, including hiking guides; books on trees, wildflowers, mushrooms, bears, etc.; titles about Cashiers and Highlands history; and a fine selection on fishing. highlandhiker.com/
Below: David Wilkes points out Stu's new bookselling home
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