Barnes & Noble to Host Book Signing for A History of Back Creek

ROANOKE, Va. - Feb. 23, 2018 - PRLog -- Barnes & Noble to Host Book Signing for A History of Back Creek: Bent Mountain, Poages Mill, Cave Spring and Starkey

Local author Nelson Harris will be available to sign copies of book

Since Europeans first settled along the banks of Back Creek in the 1740s, southwest Roanoke County's history has been as fluid as the creek itself. The once dense forest with log cabins gave way to the sprawling suburbs of the present. The colonial-era Trader's Path that directed Scots-Irish homesteaders, the growth of the apple industry in Bent Mountain after the Civil War, a state highway built by convicts during the Depression and Cave Spring becoming a modern commercial center have shaped the region. The changing picture of daily life in Back Creek spanning two centuries emerges in stories of one-room schoolhouses, doctors on horseback, country stores, local baseball and NASCAR races at Starkey. Local historian Nelson Harris details the eclectic history of the area.

About the Author:

Local historian Nelson Harris is a native and former mayor of Roanoke. He has been the pastor of Heights Community Church since 1999 and is an adjunct faculty member at Virginia Western Community College. He holds degrees from Radford University and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is a past president of the Historical Society of Western Virginia. He is the author of twelve books, including Downtown Roanoke, Roanoke Valley: Then and Now, Aviation in Roanoke and Hidden History of Roanoke.

Join the author for a signing:

Where:  Barnes & Noble

4802 Valley View Blvd NW

Roanoke, VA 24012

When:  Saturday, March 10^th, 2018 at 2:00 p.m.

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or online.

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A History of Back Creek: Bent Mountain, Poages Mill, Cave Spring and Starkey

by Nelson Harris

ISBN:  9781625859709

$21.99 | 192 pp. | paperback