Beneath The Square (The Life and Times of Southern Appalachian journalist, Will Reed.) - Softcover

Milner, Sam; Milner, Sam V.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1792796056 ISBN 13: 9781792796050

Publisher: Independently published, 2019

Synopsis

The first in a series of "Will Reed" books.
In the Southern Appalachian Mountains lies a small cosmopolitan city, a center of government and cultural activity. Beneath the city, an underground area was created in the mid-1920s and then abandoned as the city made way for new urban development. Again in the late 1960s, there is another building renaissance. In the process of this urbanization and redevelopment, a number of people who reside in the affected area are displaced. After their eviction, these displace individuals move into and occupy the old abandoned underground area that was created in the 1920s. These people, whom I refer to as "shadow-people" exist in this environment in relative obscurity. However, they do keep a watchful eye out for their neighbors who live above ground. My name is Will Reed and I am fortunate to be one of those whom the "shadow people" keep within their watchful sight.

About this title

About the Author

Sam was raised in Western North Carolina, residing in Flat Rock and Asheville before attending Montreat-Anderson College, Black Mountain, N.C. Sam began his forty-year musical career in the mid-1970s touring and performing his original material. He established Town Mountain Music publishing company in the mid-1980s. Sam began publishing his poetry and co-established Driving Records in the mid-1990s. In 2012 he and his wife, Seajay, established Sea Dunes Books, publishing their own books, as well as a number of other Southern authors. Sam and Seajay reside on a barrier-island on the coast of Florida where they write, edit, design and publish their books.  

From the Back Cover

Located in the Southern Appalachian Mountains is a cosmopolitan center of county government and cultural activity that actually has an existing underground area. In the mid-1920s, Mountain City outgrew its defined skyline allowing the city to make way for newer urban development and expansion. Again, in the late 1960s, there was another building-renaissance of sort. In the process of this urbanization redevelopment a number of people who resided in the affected area were displaced. After their eviction, a small group of those people who had no place to go, chose...as their refuge, the uninhabited area beneath the city which had been simply built-over with each building-boom. This group of people, whom I refer to as "shadow-people," exist in an impoverished environment in relative obscurity. The "shadow-people" keep a watchful-eye out for their neighbors who live above ground. My name is Will Reed, and I am fortunate to be one of those whom the "shadow-people" keep within their sight.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1792796056
• ISBN 13: 9781792796050
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Milner Seajay
• Number of pages: 255