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July 2008 Events


Dewees: The Island and Its People
James Cochrane
Mt. Pleasant, SC
Barnes and Noble
July 5 at 3 pm

Mystery on the Vineyard: Politics, Passion and Scandal on East Chop
Tom Dresser
Edgartown, MA
Edgartown Books
July 5 at 4 pm

Edisto Island Vol. 1 & 2
Charles Spencer
Edisto Island SC
EIDHS
July 6 at 5pm
Hawthorne’s Lenox: The Tanglewood Circle
Cornelia Gilder
Lenox, MA
Ventford Hall
July 8 at 6 pm
Forgotten Tales of Vermont
William Alexander
Burlington, VT
Barnes and Noble
July 10 at 7 pm
True Stories of Black South Carolina
Damon Fordham
Charleston, SC
Waldenbooks
July 11 from 2 to 4 pm
Peekskill’s African American History: A Hudson Valley Community’s Untold Story
John Curran
Mohegan Lake, NY
Barnes and Noble
July 12 at 2 pm
Boston Irish & Lifesavers of the South Shore
Peter Stevens & John Galluzzo
Hingham MA
Barnes and Noble
July 13 at 1 pm 
East of Boston: Notes from the Harbor Islands
Stephanie Schorow
Boston, MA
The Daily Catch
July 14 from 5:30 to 7 pm
A History of Whitewater Paddling in Western North Carolina: Water Wise
Will Leverette
Asheville, NC
Malaprops
July 14 at 7 pm
East of Boston: Notes from the Harbor Islands
Stephanie Schorow
Boston, MA
Barnes and Noble Boylston St.
July 15 at 12 pm
Winston-Salem: A Twin City History
Michael L. Bricker
Winston-Salem, NC
Barnes and Noble
July 18 from 6 to 9 pm
A History of Whitewater Paddling in Western North Carolina: Water Wise
Will Leverette
Brevard, NC
Highlands Bookstore
July 19 at 11 am
Blue Ridge Chronicles: A Decade of Dispatches from Southwest Virginia
Rex Bowman
Roanoke, VA
Barnes and Noble
July 19 from 1 to 4 pm
Scenes from Columbia's Riverbanks: A History of the Waterways
Vennie Deas-Moore
Columbia, SC
Waldenbooks
July 19 from 2 to 4 pm
Office Upstairs: A Doctor's Journey
Charles H. Banov
North Charleston, SC
Barnes and Noble
July 19 from 2 to 4 pm
Cape Cod Canal: Breaking through the Bared and Bended Arm
Jack Conway
Chatham, MA
Where the Sidewalk Ends
July 20 at 7 pm
Ghosts of Mount Holly: A History of Haunted Happenings
Jan Bastien
Mt. Holly, NJ
Mount Holly Library
July 25 at 7 pm 
Blue Ridge Chronicles: A Decade of Dispatches from Southwest Virginia
Rex Bowman
Salem, VA
Cottage Curios
July 26 at 11 am
Historic Tales of Cashiers, North Carolina
Jane Gibson Nardy
Cashiers, NC
Cashiers General Store
July 26 at 1 pm
Atlanta's Druid Hills: A Brief History
Robert Hartle Jr.
Atlanta, GA
Eagle Eye Bookstore
July 26 at 2 pm

Winston-Salem: A Twin City History
Michael L. Bricker
Winston-Salem, NC
Waldenbooks
July 26 from 1 to 3 pm

Colonial Marblehead: From Rogues to Revolutionaries
Lauren Fogle
Marblehead, MA
Spirit of 76 Bookstore
July 26 from 2 to 4 pm