{"id":52364,"date":"2022-08-24T09:45:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T13:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=52364"},"modified":"2022-08-24T09:45:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T13:45:18","slug":"book-feature-ridge-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/book-feature-ridge-lines\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Feature: Ridge Lines"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Steps in Time<\/h2>\n<h3><em>Author Tom Orr<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-52366\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Book-Feature-3_-Ridge-Lines-none-needed-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>When Hendersonville Times-News columnist Tom Orr died last year, editor Beth Beasley, who had been working with him at the time to gather some of his columns into a book, organized a community-wide fundraiser to finance publication of <em>Ridge Lines: Steps in Time<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Orr began writing his column \u201cRidge Lines\u201d in 2009 after the death of local historian and columnist Louise Bailey, and continued writing until his death. As Bailey had, Orr wrote stories about his hometown\u2019s rich history and fascinating residents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTopics range from founding families, historic downtown businesses, schools and educators; entrepreneurs, civic leaders and historians; hangouts and pastimes of the 1950s; and recollections of growing up on Third Avenue and his decades as a teacher and director of school plays at Hendersonville High School,\u201d Beasley says. The book contains historic photographs from the Baker-Barber Collection.<\/p>\n<p>Orr wanted sales of the book to benefit his community through the Community Foundation of Henderson County. \u201cTom was singular in his love for the people of Henderson County and his dedication to honor those citizens that give selflessly to make this area a great place to live,\u201d says Beasley.<\/p>\n<p>Ridge Lines: Steps in Time, <em>August, 2022, local history, softcover coffee table book, $27, by Tom Orr, and edited and independently published by Beth Beasley. Books may be pre-ordered up to the date of the book launch which will be held at Woodlands Gallery, 419 North Main Street, Hendersonville, from 3\u20135 p.m. on Saturday, August 27. Learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/RidgeLinesBook.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RidgeLinesBook.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Hendersonville Times-News columnist Tom Orr died last year, editor Beth Beasley, who had been working with him at the time to gather some of his columns into a book, organized a community-wide fundraiser to finance publication of &#8220;Ridge Lines: Steps in Time.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":52366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-literature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Book Feature: Ridge Lines - The Laurel of Asheville<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When Hendersonville Times-News columnist Tom Orr died last year, editor Beth Beasley, who had been working with him at the time to gather some of his columns into a book, organized a community-wide fundraiser to finance publication of &quot;Ridge Lines: Steps in Time.&quot;\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/book-feature-ridge-lines\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Book Feature: Ridge Lines - 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