1963 Samuel E. Beck Samuel Edmund Beck (1898 – 1966) of Asheville, businessman, historian, and author,
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From the author: “No actual [Civil War] campaigns were conducted in the mountains of East Tennessee, Western North
1961 Asheville Citizen-Times Departing from its usual custom of presenting the award to an individual, the
From the book jacket: “David English ‘Daddy’ Camak was born on a cotton farm near Winnsboro, SC, on July
1960 Hiram C. Wilburn Hiram Coleman Wilburn (1880 – 1967) of Waynesville received the award in
From the book jacket: “Spring came early to Catawba Valley that year. So did polio. Beginning in isolated rural
1959 Glenn Tucker Glenn Irving Tucker (1892 – 1976), author and historian, of Flat Rock received
From the book jacket: “Olive Tilford Dargan needs no introduction to a public familiar with her work. Beginning
1958 Margaret W. Freel Historian Margaret Walker Freel (1895 – 1982) of Andrews, received the award
From the publisher: “Retrace Western North Carolina’s cultural and natural history with one of its most beloved storytellers and
1957 Owen H. Gudger Owen Gudger (1880 – 1959), a lifelong resident of Buncombe County, won
From the book jacket: “From the moment Look Homeward, Angel was first published, the work of Thomas Wolfe has
1956 Clarence W. Griffin Clarence Wilbur Griffin (1902 – 1958), managing editor of the Forest City Courier,
From the publisher: “In the years just preceding the War of 1812 one man, an Indian, dominated the American
1955 George W. McCoy George William McCoy (1901-1962), newspaper editor, won the award in 1955 for
groundbreaking analysis of environmental concerns. Wilma Dykeman spent years studying the rivers of western North Carolina, but after
1954 Sadie Smathers Patton Sadie Smathers Patton (1886 – 1975) of Hendersonville won the first annual