The Ultimate Guide to Asheville & The Western North Carolina Mountains: Including Boone, Hendersonville, Hickory, Lenoir, Morganton and Waynesville - Softcover

Pantas, Lee James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0991039858 ISBN 13: 9780991039852

Publisher: R. Brent and Company, 2018

Synopsis

UPDATED YEARLY with over 35,000 copies sold, The Ultimate Guide to Asheville & the Western North Carolina Mountains is the highly acclaimed best-selling regional guidebook to Asheville and vast mountain region of North Carolina. In print since 1998, this latest up-to-date edition written by a local author Lee James Pantas is a wonderful resource for vacation or relocation planning, and will pay for itself in both time and money. An easy-to-use, superbly indexed 476 page-guide that covers every aspect of Asheville as well as in-depth coverage of all of the other 70 cities and towns, from the foothills to the highest peaks, including Boone, Hendersonville, Hickory, Lenoir, Morganton and Waynesville. Exquisitely illustrated with over 100 original pen & ink illustrations by the artist author, the Ultimate Guide is the only book available that presents all of the 250 attractions in the mountains, from tiny historical museums and craft galleries to blockbuster attractions, including Biltmore Estate, the Cherokee Indian Reservation, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and the Appalachian Trail and the Blue Ridge Parkway. Complete coverage of the best accommodations and restaurants in every city and town as well as the complete range of outdoor recreation activities so popular in the mountains, everything from gem hunting and bird watching to hiking and whitewater rafting. The Ultimate Guide also presents in depth information about the most popular festivals and events, craft beer breweries and wineries, kid's activities, daytrips, tours, local history, shopping and much more. Highly recommended by the Asheville Chamber of Commerce, Biltmore Estate and numerous Visitor Centers throughout the mountains, it is the only book you will need to plan your vacation or move to the mountains.

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About the Author

Lee James Pantas, originally from Greenwich, Connecticut, lives near Asheville in the mountains of Western North Carolina. He has a Master’s degree in Ecology from the University of Vermont, and has worked as a research scientist, military officer, lecturer, parapsychologist, marketing director, track coach, track & field official, event planner, realtor and painter and illustrator in Vermont, Georgia, Korea, Brazil, Colorado, Connecticut and North Carolina. He is active in youth track and field and is well known as a premier hurdles and sprints coach for A.C. Reynolds High School in Asheville.Well-known throughout North Carolina for his exquisitely detailed pen and ink drawings of historic buildings and animals, Mr. Pantas also completed more than 2,000 drawings of private residences, bed & breakfasts, inns & hotels and churches. He is one of the few area artists with permission from the Biltmore Company to publish and market prints of his original pen and ink drawings of Biltmore Estate. He is the author and illustrator of two best-selling books-The Ultimate Guide to Asheville & the Western North Carolina Mountains and Wild & Furry Animals of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Mr. Pantas is also known for his imaginative visionary and fantasy paintings and his work is found in many private and public collections. His paintings have been exhibited in major galleries in New York City, San Francisco, CA, Washington, D.C., and Asheville NC. He has recently completed a ten-year project of fantasy coral reef paintings (Liza’s Reef) aimed at raising awareness of environmental issues facing our oceans.

Edition details

• Publisher: R. Brent and Company
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0991039858
• ISBN 13: 9780991039852
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 476