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Join WALTER as we host author and columnist Jim Dodson to celebrate The Road That Made America: A Modern Pilgrim’s Journey on the Great Wagon Road. This lively book shares untold stories in our nation’s history of the 800-mile route that American settlers forged from Philadelphia to Georgia. Your $62 ticket includes a book ($30 without book), hors d’oeuvres, wine and beer, a book talk and signing opportunity.
James Dodson is the author of sixteen books, including Final Rounds, A Golfer's Life (with Arnold Palmer), Ben Hogan: An American Life, American Triumvirate, and The Range Bucket List. His work has appeared in over fifty magazines and newspapers worldwide. He is the only two-time winner of the United States Golf Association's Herbert Warren Wind Award for best golf book of the year. In 2011, Dodson was selected for membership in the Order of the Longleaf by the governor of North Carolina, a prestigious award for exemplary service to the state. He lives with his wife in North Carolina.
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WALTER the magazine was named after Sir Walter Raleigh the man, the intriguing individual our city claims as its namesake. He was, among other things, a writer, poet and explorer—and we channel those qualities in our pages.
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