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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 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 4, 2008. Filed under: Announcements, Charlotte, Charlotte dining, Entertainment, Family, Internet, Life, Money, NC cities, NC news, NC travel, North Carolina, Recreation, Review, Tech, Technology, WIFI, culture, travel | Tags: North Carolina, Charlotte NC, Charlotte WIFI, Charlotte wireless, internet access, WIFI coffee shops, internet coffee shops |
I am sitting in Dilworth Coffee Shop, drinking great coffee and accessing the internet for free and just realized that I failed to mention the free internet access earlier. What triggered this memory was watching some geese walk through the parking lot. I sometimes see traffic pause in Greensboro and Charlotte to let geese cross [...]
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Posted on February 4, 2008. Filed under: Announcements, Charlotte, Charlotte dining, Dating, Entertainment, Family, Food, Life, NC cities, NC news, NC travel, North Carolina, Recreation, Review, culture, travel | Tags: Charlotte coffee shops, Charlotte dining, Charlotte NC, coffee, Dilworth Coffee Shop, North Carolina, Park Road, Quail Corners |
One of the things I missed the most when I moved to Charlotte from Greensboro, was Tate Street Coffee Shop. I generally avoid restaurants that are part of chains and prefer smaller non corporate looking coffee shops. I found a coffee shop near where I live, Dilworth Coffee Shop in Quail Corners Shopping Center. First [...]
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Posted on January 18, 2008. Filed under: Announcements, Charlotte, Charlotte dining, Dating, Entertainment, Family, Food, NC cities, NC tourism, North Carolina, Review, culture, travel | Tags: North Carolina, NC, restaurants, Charlotte restaurants, Maestro restaurant, Charlotte dining, bar, bistro |
We just got back from having a wonderful meal at Maestro Bar & Bistro in Pineville NC, just outside Charlotte. The meal was incredible. I had heard that the chef, a graduate of the Culinary Institute and a former chef at Pewter Rose, was famous for his soups and had won awards for his desserts. Now [...]
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Posted on January 11, 2008. Filed under: Charlotte dining, Dating, Entertainment, Family, Food, Home, Life, Movies, NC cities, NC news, NC travel, North Carolina, People, Review, culture, shopping, travel | Tags: Charlotte dining, Charlotte restaurants, chefs, desserts, Food, Maestro restaurant, North Carolina, Pewter Rose, Pineville NC, restaurants, soup nazi, The bucket list |
We discovered a new restaurant in the Charlotte NC area. The Maestro Restaurant is located in the heart of Pineville North Carolina on Johnston Dr (not Johnston Creek Rd in Charlotte). The Maestro Restaurant is run by a couple and the husband is a former chef at Pewter Rose, one of my favorite restaurants, and [...]
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