Author Archives: Keith

Searching For Virginia Dare

Posted on May 8, 2011 by

Tweet Searching For Virginia Dare By Marjorie Hudson Press 53, Lewisville, NC Reviewed by Keith Jones The nearly four hundred fifty years since her birth have yielded few additional clues to the ultimate fate of Virginia Dare. That has not … Continue reading →

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Death Comes to Redhawk

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Tweet Death Comes to Redhawk By R. G. Yoho White Feather Press, Hamilton, MI Reviewed by Keith Jones “Death Comes to Redhawk” is the first book in the Kellen Malone adventure series. In this book, like the second, Yoho crafts … Continue reading →

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Death Rides the Rails

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Tweet Death Rides the Rails By R. G. Yoho White Feather Press, Hamilton, MI Reviewed by Keith Jones “Death Rides the Rails” is a Western of the old style like Louis L’Amour and Zane Grey once wrote. Yoho’s style and … Continue reading →

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The Life and Times of Ray Hicks, Keeper of the Jack Tales

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Tweet The Life and Times of Ray Hicks, Keeper of the Jack Tales By Lynn Salsi University of Tennessee Press Reviewed by Keith Jones Those who are not students of Appalachian history or folklore would likely not pick this book … Continue reading →

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Enemies Foreign and Domestic (Trilogy)

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Tweet Enemies Foreign and Domestic (Trilogy) By Matthew Bracken Steelcutter Publishing Reviewed by Keith Jones This trilogy – beginning with “Enemies Foreign and Domestic” followed by “Domestic Enemies” and concluded with “Foreign Enemies and Traitors” – begins in the not … Continue reading →

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Short story today – Dew on the Kudzu

Posted on April 25, 2011 by

Tweet A short story I wrote appears today in the webzine, Dew on the Kudzu. “Bushwhacker Blues: A Long Crawl Over the Hills” is a dramatic rendering of real events that happened in the North Carolina mountains in October in … Continue reading →

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Boys of Diamond Hill #67 Amazon Letters & Correspondence

Posted on April 21, 2011 by

Tweet “The Boys of Diamond Hill” broke into another ranking today. Number 67 in the Amazon Bestsellers in Letters & Correspondence, just ahead of “Letters To Penthouse XXV: She’s Mine, She’s Yours, She’s Wild!”… Not too shabby!

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Albemarle Tonight

Posted on April 14, 2011 by

Tweet Tonight I will be the speaker at the Sons of Confederate Veterans meeting in Albemarle, NC. I will be speaking — of course — on the Boys of Diamond Hill at 7:00 pm at Jay’s Seafood Restaurant.

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Duke University RBMSCL Guest Column

Posted on April 6, 2011 by

Tweet I was asked recently by the people at the Duke special collections to write a short essay about my experiences researching for the “Boys of Diamond Hill” at the Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library. My … Continue reading →

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Company Shops Living History Weekend

Posted on April 4, 2011 by

Tweet I was at the Company Shops Living History this weekend in downtown Burlington, NC. Sold several copies of “In Due Time” and “Boys of Diamond Hill” while commemorating the Sesquicentennial of when the troops gathered at the train depot … Continue reading →

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