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April 15, 2008 Diamond Brand Outdoors 7:00pm Arden, NC (BOOK RELEASE)
April 17, 2008 Whole Foods Market 7:00pm Raleigh, NC
April 24, 2008 Joseph-Beth Booksellers 7:00pm Charlotte, NC
April 26, 2008 Trailfest 9:00am-4:00pm Hot Springs, NC
May 1, 2008 Barnes & Noble 7:00pm 1925 Hampton Inn Court Signing Only Winston-Salem, NC
May 2, 2008 Barnes & Noble 7:00pm 3102 North Line Ave. Signing & Friendly Center Slideshow Greensboro, NC
May 9, 2008 City Lights Bookstore 7:30pm 3 East Jackson St. Signing & Sylva, NC Slideshow
May 10, 2008 Mast General Store 1:00-3:00pm 63 N. Main St. Signing & Waynesville, NC Slideshow
May 11, 2008 Waldenbooks 1:00-2:30pm Blue Ridge Mall Signing Only 1800 Four Seasons Blvd. Hendersonville, NC
May 17, 2008 Trail Days 12:30-1:15pm Youth Center Slideshow Damascus, VA
May 17-18, 2008 Trail Days 9:00am-5:00pm FFLA Booth/Table Signing & Exhibit Damascus, VA
May 22, 2008 “Spring For the Smokies” 6:00-8:00pm Friends of the Smokies Benefit Event Signing Waynesville Country Club Waynesville, NC *Proceeds Given to Friends of the Smokies*
May 30, 2008 Black Bear Books 7:00pm 2146 Blowing Rock Rd. Signing & Boone, NC Slideshow
May 31, 2008 Highland Books 11:00am 277 North Broad St. Signing Only Brevard, NC
June 1, 2008 Barnes & Noble 1:00-3:00pm Dreamland Shopping Center Signing Only 83 South Tunnel Rd. Asheville, NC
National Trail Days - *Guided Hike to Wesser Bald Lookout Tower* June 7, 2008 Nantahala Outdoor Center 9:00am 13077 US Hwy 19 W Bryson City, NC (3.8 mi. roundtrip hike from Tellico Gap)
June 7, 2008 Nantahala Outdoor Center 2:00pm 13077 US Hwy 19 W Signing Only Bryson City, NC
June 13, 2008 Galax String & Leaf Festival 1:00-6:00pm Chapters Bookstore Festival Tent Signing Only Galax, VA
June 14, 2008 Waldenbooks 12:00-3:00pm Carolina Mall Signing Only 1480 US Hwy 29 North Concord, NC
June 17, 2008 WIRE 6:00pm Lynches River Electric Co-Op Signing & Pageland, SC Slideshow
June 21, 2008 Cyrano’s Bookshop 1:00-3:00pm 390 Main St. Signing Only Highlands, NC
Sept. 16, 2008 Transylvania County Library 12:00pm 212 South Gaston St. Slideshow & Brevard, NC Signing
MEDIA APPEARANCES
April 10 - WSOG Radio (Live) - Dusty Dunn Show (Greensboro) April 17 - News 14 Carolina TV - Interview /w Tracy Early April 17 - WRAL TV News (Live) - Interview /w Bill Leslie Read Bill Leslie’s Blog! : Sky High Wonders April 19 - WBT Radio 1110AM—Carolina Outdoors (Charlotte) April 27 - North Carolina News Network Radio North Carolina Report /w Bruce Ferrell May 1 - WSJS Radio (Live) - Interview - (Winston-Salem) May 1 - WFDD Radio (NPR) - Interview (Winston-Salem) May 2 - WFMY TV (Live) - Interview (Greensboro) May 2 - WGHP TV (Live) - Interview (High Point) June 13 - WHKY 1290 AM Radio (Live) - First Talk /w Hal Row (Hickory)
ARTICLES
WRAL TV: Bill Leslie’s Blog: Sky High Wonders Sylva-Herald: New Book Includes Yellow Mountain’s Tower The Mountaineer (Waynesville): Barr to Sign New Release at Mast General Winston-Salem Journal: Get Out! - Old Towers Watch Over N.C. Forests Smoky Mountain News: New Hiking Book Aims To Save State’s Lookout Towers Charlotte Observer: Views At the End of A Hike Ruminations From Distant Hills: Let’s Go to the Far Tar (Extensive Review!) Citizen-Times.com: Save the Fire Towers Creative Loafing (Charlotte): All Along the Watchtower The Daily Southerner (Tarboro): UNC-Chapel Hill Grad Becomes Fire Tower Devotee Charlotte Observer: Fire Towers Give Long View of History Asheville Citizen-Times: WNC Fire Towers Make Great Hiking Destinations High Country Press: Guide Outlines Hikes to Western North Carolina’s Lookout Towers Smoky Mountain Sentinel, Graham Sentinel: New Lookout Towers Book Rediscovers “Tower Giants” Associated Press: Man Becomes Fire Tower Devotee This article was picked up by the Associated Press and ran in the following publications in late May 2008: Island Packet (Hilton Head, SC) Fort Mill Times Fayetteville Observer The Herald (Upstate SC) McDowell News Hickory Record Morganton News Herald Statesville Record & Landmark Greensboro News-Record Houmana Today (Louisiana) WVEC.com (Hampton Roads, VA) Raleigh News Observer WRAL.com (Raleigh) Beaufort Gazette Blue Ridge Now (Hendersonville) The State (Columbia, SC) The Daily Reflector (Greenville) The Sun News (Myrtle Beach, SC) NBC17.com (Raleigh-Durham) Rocky Mountain Telegram New York Daily News Herald Sun (Durham) WBT News (1110AM Charlotte) The Sandspur (Sand Hills) WCNC.com (Charlotte)
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