Meet The Author: Lewis Bowling: New Date!

Author Lewis Bowling has taught at Duke University and North Carolina Central University. Lewis has written 12 books and was interviewed on NC Bookwatch about his Sam Ragan book. His biography of Sam Ragan was chosen for the Sam Ragan Award by St. Andrews University. Lewis was recently chosen for the Allen Dehart Alumni Award from Louisburg College and writes a history column for the Ledger News in Oxford NC.
His biography of Sam Ragan is of particular interest to the Sandhills Area.

About the Book:

"Sam Ragan: North Carolina's Literary Godfather"

Born in Berea, North Carolina, to a tobacco farming family, Sam Ragan would become known as the Berea Bard for his way with words. In college at what is now Barton College, his classmates called him Shakespeare. Ragan wrote two books of poetry that were nominated for Pulitzer Prizes and was appointed North Carolina Poet Laureate by Governor Jim Hunt.
Not only a poet, Ragan was Executive Editor of The News and Observer in Raleigh and then bought The Pilot newspaper in Southern Pines. His literary column, Southern Accent, ran for 48 years, and was read in every state and 27 countries. Along with all of these accomplishments, Ragan was named the very first Secretary of Cultural Resources in North Carolina and also served as the chairman of the North Carolina Arts Council. For all of this and more, Sam Ragan justly deserves the title of "North Carolina's Literary Godfather."
"Fans of Tar Heel writing . . . will find this enthralling." — Wilmington Star News

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