Legends, Secrets and Mysteries of Asheville

by Marla Hardee Milling, Jan Schochet (Foreword by)

Overview

Beyond the beaten path of local landmarks, residents and tourists can find curious secrets, lost mysteries and fascinating legends.

The famed Hope Diamond once found itself, and its mysterious curse, buried in an Asheville girl's sandbox. Elvis once handed a cherished guitar to a local man at an Asheville concert, and he held on to it for forty years. At a flea market, an Asheville attorney paid a few bucks for an old tintype likely of Billy the Kid, and it may be worth millions. Native author Marla Hardee Milling recounts odd, but true, stories hiding behind Asheville's picturesque beauty.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467135917
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	06/26/2017
Series:	American Legends
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Marla Hardee Milling is a full-time writer in Asheville and a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA). She is the author of Only in Asheville: An Eclectic History (The History Press, 2015). More than 750 of her articles and essays have appeared in many publications, including Blue Ridge Country, where she is a contributing editor; Luxury Living; Parenting; Redbook; Our State; WNC; American Style; NICHE; and others. She spent ten years as a news producer at WLOS-TV in Asheville and six years as director of communications at Mars Hill College.

Table of Contents

Foreword Jan Schochet 9

Acknowledgements 13

Introduction 17

Part I Secrets and Mysteries

Going Underground 25

Ghosts, Graveyards and Zombies 36

The Search for Amelia and Other Aeronautical Feats 54

Part II Hidden Treasures

Time Capsules 63

Secret Stash 72

One Man's Junk 82

Flea Market Treasure 90

Part III Legends of the Rich and Famous

Rock-and-Roll Fantasy 107

The Hope Diamond's Asheville Connection 114

Biltmore Mystique 130

Part IV Surprising Creations

Beatty Robotics 145

Groovy Garb 154

Bibliography 163

Index 167

About the Author 171

Editorial Reviews

Local writer and Asheville native Marla Hardee Milling's latest book, Legends, Secrets and Mysteries of Asheville, digs below the earth and looks toward the sky in its examination of the city's hidden past. Mountain Xpress

This book has four parts: Secrets and Mysteries, Hidden Treasures, Legends of the Rich and Famous, and Surprising Creations. It is difficult to pick examples out of this book because there are so many, and the author does a really good job of providing historical context for the items and events she highlights. Appalachian Mountain Books

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