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Posted on March 11, 2008. Filed under: Announcements, Books, Charlotte, Education, Family, Games, Greensboro, History, Life, Literature, Media, NC cities, NC news, Opinions, People, Press, Reading, Review, Salisbury, Writing, culture | Tags: A Game Called Salisbury, angry mob, Ashville Citizen, authors, book reviews, book signings, Books, Charlotte Observer, Greensboro Daily News, Lyerly family, lynching, Mecklenburg County Jail, racial attitudes, Salisbury Post, snubbed?, south, Susan Barringer Wells, Susan Wells |
There is a rumor circulating that the Charlotte Observer has snubbed Susan Wells, penname Susan Barringer Wells. Susan has written a new book, “A Game Called Salisbury.” The book is about the murder of the Lyerly Family in 1906 and the subsequent arrest and later lynching of 3 sharecroppers. The book is also about racial [...]
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Posted on February 27, 2008. Filed under: Announcements, Books, Education, Family, Games, History, Life, Literature, Media, NC cities, NC news, North Carolina, People, Reading, Review, Salisbury, School, Writing, culture | Tags: A Game Called Salisbury, book review, Lyerly family, lynchings, Media, North Carolina, Professor George Tex Wood, Review, Salisbury NC, Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College, Susan Barringer Wells, Twain |
Professor George Tex Wood of Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College has provided a review of “A Game Called Salisbury”, the new book by Susan Barringer Wells:
“…Faulknerian in its revelations and observations of human nature, clearly spotlighting the question of real responsibility not just for active human evil, but also for spawning its activity. [...]
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Posted on February 20, 2008. Filed under: Announcements, Books, Education, Family, History, Life, Literature, NC cities, NC news, North Carolina, People, Reading, Review, Salisbury, Writing, culture | Tags: A Game Called Salisbury, Barringer, Deputy Pat Sloop, history club, innocents hanged, Lyerly descendants, Lyerly family, racial undertones, Salisbury, Salisbury NC lynching, Susan Barringer Wells, Wells |
Susan Barringer Wells has written a new book, “A Game Called Salisbury” about the murder of the Lyerly Family in Salisbury NC over a hundred years ago and the lynching of 3 suspects. The book explores the evidence and the racial undertones leading to the lynching of three black sharecroppers. Susan is a distant relative [...]
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Posted on February 16, 2008. Filed under: Announcements, Charlotte, Charlotte dining, Charlotte weather, Dating, Entertainment, Family, Food, Life, Music, NC cities, NC travel, North Carolina, People, Review | Tags: NC, Music, Maestro restaurant, Pineville NC, Charlotte dining, restaurant reviews, Maestro Bar & Bistro, Carolina Place Mall, outside seating, restaurant porch |
I am getting to be a regular at Maestro Bar & Bistro, a great restaurant in Pineville NC, just south of 485 in Charlotte. My lady and I started out riding our bicycles from Park Crossing and rode around the back side of Carolina Place Mall. We ended up in Pineville and were close to [...]
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Posted on February 15, 2008. Filed under: 2008, Announcements, Books, Charlotte, Education, Entertainment, Greensboro, Home, Life, Media, NC cities, NC homes, NC news, North Carolina, People, TV, Television, culture, shopping | Tags: Books, Charlotte NC, Kristin Wells, Kristin Wells posters, photos, tools, vote for choice |
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Kristin Wells was cohost of HomeMakers on Turner South, an all female home renovation show. Kristin is filming a new home remodeling show for HGTV in Charlotte NC. Based on demand [...]
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Posted on February 14, 2008. Filed under: Announcements, Charlotte, Entertainment, Family, Greensboro, Home, Media, NC cities, NC homes, NC news, North Carolina, People, TV, Television | Tags: Charlotte, Greensboro, HGTV, home remodeling, Kristin Wells tv show, Kristin Wells' brother, new tv show, renovations, vote for brother |
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Kristin Wells, former cohost of HomeMakers, a home renovation show on Turner South, is filming a new renovation show for HGTV. Her younger brother has done some incredible home renovations and has a great outgoing personality and the look. Look at [...]
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Posted on February 12, 2008. Filed under: 2008, Announcements, Books, Education, Entertainment, Family, Greensboro, Life, Literature, Media, NC cities, NC news, News, North Carolina, People, Press, Reading, Review, Writing, culture | Tags: A Game Called Salisbury, artist, Barnes & Noble, book signing, Friendly Shopping Center, Greensboro NC, Lyerly murders, Outer Banks, Salisbury NC, Susan Barringer Wells, Susan Wells Vaughan |
Susan Barringer Wells will have a book signing at Barnes & Noble bookstore in Friendly Shopping Center in Greensboro NC on Friday, February 15, 2008, at 7:00 PM. Susan will be signing copies of her new book, “A Game Called Salisbury.” The book is a non fictitional account of the Lyerly murders that occurred over [...]
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Posted on February 11, 2008. Filed under: 2008, Announcements, Books, Education, Entertainment, Family, Greensboro, History, Life, Literature, Media, NC cities, NC news, NC tourism, North Carolina, Opinions, People, Press, Reading, Review, Writing, culture | Tags: A Game Called Salisbury, Barnes & Noble, book review, Greensboro Daily News, Greensboro NC, New York Times, North Carolina, Susan Barringer Wells |
Sales of Susan Barringer Wells’ new book, A Game Called Salisbury are progressing well. Susan was featured in the Greensboro Daily News, I believe on Sunday, February 10, 2008. Susan has a book signing coming up at Barnes & Noble in Friendly Shopping Center in Greensboro this week. I wonder if anyone from the New [...]
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Posted on February 8, 2008. Filed under: Charlotte, Charlotte dining, Entertainment, Family, Food, History, Leadership, Life, Music, NC cities, NC homes, NC real estate, North Carolina, People, culture, real estate | Tags: coffee shops, Habit Restore, Habitat for Humanity, Julia Maulden, Julia's Coffee Shop, live music, NC, North Carolina |
I just read this incredible story and wanted to pass it along. Julia Maulden was an incredibly giving person and very active in Habitat for Humanity. The coffee shop adjacent to the Habitat Restore on Wendover Ave in Charlotte NC is named for her. Help continue her legacy of giving by visiting Julia’s Coffee Shop and [...]
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Posted on February 2, 2008. Filed under: Announcements, Education, Entertainment, Family, Games, Greensboro, History, Life, NC cities, NC news, North Carolina, People, Recreation, Tech, Technology, culture | Tags: board games, chess, chinese checkers, deflection, deflection board game, Greensboro, rocket science, Taylor, Theodore Taylor |
What do board games, rocket science, chess and chinese checkers have in common? I can think of numerous links, including high level neural processes. One of my favorite expressions is “I am not a rocket scientist”. I may have used this expression several years ago when I was having a conversation with my good friend [...]
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