UNC Asheville Joins in "Together We Read" with Two Special Events This Fall; Robert Morgan to Speak Nov. 14, Phyllis Lang to Discuss Life of Daniel Boone Oct. 26

Best selling author Robert Morgan will speak Nov. 14

In conjunction with the regional "Together We Read" program on Robert Morgan's book "Boone," UNC Asheville will host two special events this fall celebrating the book as well as the life of Daniel Boone. Events include a talk by nationally acclaimed author Robert Morgan and a discussion of Boone history. Both are free and open to the public.

Local scholar Phyllis Lang will give a talk on "Daniel Boone: Wilderness Man" at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, at UNC Asheville's Reuter Center. Lang will trace Boone's youth as a frontiersman and hunter to his adult years as an explorer and leader. The multimedia program will include a discussion on sites associated with Boone, including Pilot Knob, Cumberland Gap and Blue Licks Battleground. Lang is the former director of UNC Asheville's Honors Program and taught in the Mass Communications Department. Retired now from full-time teaching, she is an independent scholar and researcher with a special interest in Asheville and Buncombe County history. Her talk is sponsored by the North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement. For more information about this event, call the Center at 828/251-6140.

Morgan will read from "Boone" and discuss issues of Appalachian identity at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, in UNC Asheville's Laurel Forum, Karpen Hall. Morgan, who was raised on a family farm in Western North Carolina, is the author of eleven books of poetry and eight books of fiction, including the bestselling novel "Gap Creek." Winner of a 2007 Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Literature, Morgan lives in Ithaca, N.Y. and is a professor at Cornell University. His talk is sponsored by UNC Asheville's Ramsey Library. For more information about this event, call the Library at 828/251-6632.