About the NC Books
	Images of America: Gastonia and Gaston County, NC ISBN 0-7385-0673-7. A rustic roadmap about a city and a county intricately linked to one another. The book features images contributed by private and public sources including Belmont Abbey College and the University of North Carolina. If you’ve read the novel Congregation of the Dead by Belmont resident Max Childers, then check out this compilation that includes the history of Christmas Town USA (McAdenville) and the Catawba/South Fork rivers.
Piper Peters Aheron (right) discusses her books with a curious reader at Barnes & Noble in Greenville, SC.	Images of America: From Avalon To Eden, A Postcard Tour of Rockingham County, NC ISBN 0-7524-0824-0. This is Piper Peters Aheron’s first non-fiction. It is a collection of vintage images from mill employees turned professional photographers in the 1900s. It includes photos from the Aheron’s patriarch, a millworker that moonlighted on weekends. He took snapshots of his peers at work and at play. Shortly after the book was released, the Town of Stoneville was leveled by a tornado. This is the only book on the market that records Stoneville as it looked prior to its devastation. This book also features the story of Avalon and the textile mill that burned to the ground. Check it out at your local retailer or by contact Arcadia Publishing in Charleston, SC.
	North Carolina: Unforgettable Vintage Images of the Tar Heel State. Edited by Tom Rakness. ISBN 0-7385-0749-0. Hardcover. From Nags Head and Kill Devil Hills in the east, to the Great Smoky Mountains in the west, from Mount Airy up north to Cape Fear in the south, North Carolina is a place of unparalleled beauty. It is rich in character and history. Piper Peters Aheron adds words and images to this unique compilation described as the best in the Image of America book series. Other contributing writers and historians include James Vickers, John and Amy Rogers, Stephen E. Massengill and John Hairr, just to name a few. For more information contact Arcadia Publishing in Charleston, SC. SC.