The first section of the book is made up of personal, biographical memoirs by Mr. Jones. The second part contains stories relating to various communities in the area, including Shatley Springs, Healing Springs, the Fairview Community, and Smethport. Mr. Jones also shares his memories about several individuals, including A.B. Hurt, R.E.L. Plummer, Frank M. James, C.M. Dickson, J.B. Hash, and Gertrude Allen Vaught, among others.
Imaging Specialists, Inc. is proud to announce that they just released Memories, a history book written by Ashe County native Sally Hartzog Walters, under their Star Route Books imprint.
In the book, Mrs. Walters recalls family histories, stories of growing up in Ashe County, NC, life in a dairy farming family, as well as stories of her father’s logging business and her mother’s work at home. After the death of her father, the family continued to operate their farm. The stories continue, covering Sally’s college experience, her marriage, and her life after the loss of her own husband.
Sally has included stories and photographs of her Fleetwood community and the Old Fields Baptist Church. The book also features a section of old sayings, some old-timey recipes, and a glossary which explains how many regular, daily tools were used.
The softcover, 7.440” x 9.690” book is 242 pages, with a black & white interior, and many photographs. The book is available by contacting Mrs. Walters, at 336-877-4048.
This month is Woman’s History Month, and the most recent books from Star Route Books have something special in common: all five titles published in 2024 were by women.
In the Spring, Star Route Books released the fourth (and final) story in the Stratford Oaks Tales by Dr. Suzanne Mellow-Irwin. The Stratford Oaks Tales is a series of books about the good life for the animals at Stratford Oaks Farm in North Carolina. Written for older kids, The Tale of Bella is the story of a wild mustang from the American Southwest, that was relocated to Stratford Oaks, here in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Through a career in education bridging elementary classes to the university level, Dr. Suzanne Mellow-Irwin has served in various positions: classroom teacher, curriculum supervisor, superintendent of schools and university professor. Educated at Trinity College in Washington, D.C., she holds a doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She lives at Stratford Oaks Farm in Sparta, North Carolina, where her stories have endeared her to “children of all ages.”
This Summer, Star Route Books published a three-volume treasury of stories, poems, and illustrations from the pen and imagination of the iconic naturalist, artist and author, Emma Bell Miles (1879–1919), describing life in her beloved, southern Appalachian mountains:
Miles was a wife and mother whose poems and short stories appeared in national magazines in the early 1900s. Her adult life was filled with poverty and health issues. She endured a troubled marriage. She was interested in women’s rights and suffrage. Her work reflects those themes, but through her writing, she also asserts great and positive and complex ideas- both, in her descriptions of interpersonal situations and of the natural world.
In the Fall, Star Route Books published Family Favorites Cookbook, by Eloise C. Halsey. It is an accumulation of recipes, beloved by the author’s family, through the years.
Author and domestic culinary expert with over 80 years of experience, Eloise is a mother, a grandmother, and a great-grandmother who lives in the Blue Ridge mountains. Born in Mulberry Gap, Tennessee, and raised in nearby Rose Hill, Virginia, she met her husband Ron at Berea College and they raised their own family in Kingsport, Tennessee. They lived in Kansas City and Greensboro, North Carolina, before retiring and moving to Ron’s boyhood home in Alleghany County, North Carolina.
All of these books, and several others by woman authors, can be ordered online at https://starroutebooks.com.
Author and domestic culinary expert with over 80 years of experience, Eloise is a mother, a grandmother, and a great-grandmother who lives in the Blue Ridge mountains. Born in Mulberry Gap, Tennessee, and raised in nearby Rose Hill, Virginia, she met her husband Ron at Berea College and they raised their own family in Kingsport, Tennessee. They lived in Kansas City and Greensboro, North Carolina, before retiring and moving to Ron’s boyhood home in Alleghany County, North Carolina.
Imaging Specialists, Inc. is happy to contribute to the 2024 Saturday Afternoon Social, benefit for the Alleghany Historical – Genealogical Society, Inc. Our “Golden Ticket” basket includes 10 books and 2 sets of note cards. Come to the fundraiser on the 17th and try to win the basket. But, if you don’t, you can order all these titles (and many more) at starroutebooks.com
Trails Through Time, by Steve Sudderth Brinegar Cabin, An Historic Resouce Recipes That Raised Us, Vol. 1 Recipes That Raised Us, Vol. 2 Pioneer Settlers of Grayson County Virginia, by B.F. Nuckolls The Life Experience of MGySgt. John Ulus Irwin, Jr. USMC (Ret.) Foot Prints… on the Sands of Time, by Dr. A.B. Cox Stories I Grew Up With, by Lonnie C. Jones Paths & Passages, by Jeff Halsey Sacred Spaces, Special Places, by Jeff Halsey 2 (different) sets of 10 note cards with Regional Photography, 5″ x 7″, with envelopes
This summer, Star Route Books published a three-volume treasury of stories, poems, and illustrations from the pen and imagination of the iconic naturalist, artist and author, Emma Bell Miles (1879–1919), about life in her beloved, southern Appalachian mountains:
Miles was a wife and mother whose poems and short stories appeared in national magazines in the early 1900s. She sold her first poem to Harper’s Monthly in 1904, but was probably best known for the book The Spirit of the Mountains, that she published a year later.
Her adult life was filled with poverty and health issues. She endured a troubled marriage. She was interested in women’s rights and suffrage. Her work reflects those themes, but through her writing, she also asserts great and positive and complex ideas- both, in her descriptions of interpersonal situations and of the natural world.
Mrs. Miles passed away at the age of just 39 from tuberculosis. Her last effort, the book, Our Southern Birds, was published posthumously in 1922. It was adopted as a textbook by the State of Kentucky, and later by Tennessee.
Star Route Books is proud to be able to help make available, once again, the timeless writings from this great author. For more information, and to purchase, visit www.starroutebooks.com.
