Author Charles F. Price

I’d read only about one quarter of “Nor to the Battle Strong” before author appearance of Charles F. Price at Quail Ridge Book Store so I can’t do a book review yet. But I can tell you about his book signing. He wore a 1780-period-dark-red-patterned shirt that looked like cotton. He carried his Stetson hat in one hand and a writer’s briefcase in the other. His cropped short hair in the front is pulled into a long ponytail in the back. Just as many men of that period would appear. He looked the part. I recognized him immediately from the dust jacket photo on the book.

He’s a good storyteller verbally, as well as written, unafraid of laughing at himself. Tonight’s opening story was of a former appearance where he dressed all in black as fitted the period of his then book on the Civil War. He was very into the period by wearing tall black boots, black pants, vest, jacket and Stetson. As he began to read from his book, Hiwassee he realized he’d left his reading glasses in the car! A gal offered hers; so he wound up dressed as Civil War period with fancy cat’s-eye framed glasses.

About forty people attended. All seemed to enjoy it as much as I did.