Morrow Mountain, Troy, Star, Seagrove

North Carolina’s ancient Uwharrie Mountains still hold secrets that several writers have tried to explain. Visit the region’s remote and scenic rivers, venture out on the networks of hiking trails and imagine, as these writers have, what life must have been like for the earliest explorers of this unspoiled and unsung preserve.

Writers with a connection to this area: James Applewhite, Michael Causey, Jim Lavene, Joyce Lavene, Margaret Maron, Susan Meyers, Heather Ross Miller, Fred T. Morgan, Eugene E. Pfaff Jr. and Dannye Romine Powell.

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