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Fragmented Fred First, dean of the Floyd County bloggers, is the county’s latest published author. His collection of essays is out in a new volume, Slow Road Home, a blue ridge book of days.
Longtime readers of Fred will recognize the chapters in the book, either from his blog or his column in The Floyd Press (the two usually overlap).
From my perspective of one who grew up in Floyd County, Fred’s combination of wonderment and bewilderment is entertaining reading. Interaction with recent and not-so-recent transplants to our corner of the world provides differing perspectives that sharpen my own.
As with most of Fred’s writings — the ones that deal with observing the world around him and not his predictions of doom and gloom from bird flu, global warming and oil depletion — the book is a pleasant, leisurely read.
You can pick up a copy at Notebooks or Cafe del Sol in Floyd or Rams Head Bookshop in Roanoke or order online.
Roy Perdue
May 17, 2006 at 12:26 am
Since you have an interest in local authors, you might sample some of Donald Towner’s Whirlwind Series: When There Was No Pope, When the Russians Wouldn’t Plan, and When There Were No Shadows. All books, in eBook format, are available either through the web site or through eBay.
Roy
fred1st
April 28, 2006 at 5:36 pm
Thanks for the plug, good buddy. I carried 55 to the weeny little Check Post Office yesterday and the postmaster almost had a stroke–especially with the couple of books going to England.
This writing life never seems to leave a dull moment–because even dull is worth a few words! I look forward to meeting friends I have not yet met, who I will find by way of Slow Road, and to sharing the book with friends I’ve come care about who visit where we live, down the dusty road by the creek or via the internet. Life is full.