{"title":"William E. Dunstan","description":"A gifted educator and writer, William E. Dunstan serves as a visiting scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His comprehensive professional journey includes achievements as an archivist, historical editor, author, college administrator, public lecturer, and award-winning teacher. He has taught at Brevard College, Carnegie Mellon University, North Carolina State University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Chronicle of Higher Education hailed him as an innovative scholar and writer with a deft hand for crafting appealing literature. His previous publications include The Ancient Near East, Ancient Greece, and Ancient Rome.","products":[{"product_id":"walking-with-giants-paperback","title":"Walking with Giants - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eWilliam E. Dunstan's mesmerizing six-volume series, Adventures of a Southern Boyhood, catapults readers into an epic story of discovery, love, tragedy, and endurance. The first volume, Walking with Giants, extends from 1831 to 1939 and describes the turbulent lives of the author's ancestors in Virginia and North Carolina, set against a backdrop churning with massacre, war, slavery, segregation, upheaval, and romance. Writing with wit and candor, the author creates a sumptuous masterpiece and carries readers in surprisingly novel directions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67968264569055,"sku":"9781493695546","price":20.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/WEVhbViDn-9781493695546.webp?v=1791755583"},{"product_id":"haunted-jim-wilcox-remembers-nell-cropsey-paperback","title":"Haunted: Jim Wilcox Remembers Nell Cropsey - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe year 1898 finds young Jim Wilcox enjoying a privileged life in beautiful coastal Elizabeth City, North Carolina, but his world blazes under a rising tide of Southern intrigue and violence. After Jim falls in love with Nell Cropsey, a newcomer from Brooklyn, he gradually drifts into ragged torment from her habitual rudeness and unspeakable secrets. Then twenty-year-old Nell, who claims to be nineteen, disappears from her riverside home on a cold moonlit night in November 1901. Within days, her mysterious disappearance becomes a national sensation. Local mobs point angry fingers at Jim, but has another person cleverly covered an unthinkable sin? William E. Dunstan brings old twisted wounds to stunning light in the pages of this nonfiction novel, accurately describing historical figures and events but told also by imagining Jim's thoughts and conversations. Braving the thorns of fate, Jim finds himself trapped in a searing tapestry framed by love and treachery, loyalty and betrayal, truth and dishonor. The rich narrative shows impeccable research and unfolds with masterful intensity and compassion, from its gripping beginning to haunting ending. A gifted educator and writer, William E. Dunstan writes and conducts research as a visiting scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68100727537887,"sku":"9781073487158","price":25.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/4PsXdgtNbW9781073487158.webp?v=1792389057"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/william-e-dunstan.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}