by Mark Pinsky | Mar 1, 2022 | Crime, Met Her on the Mountain
For more than three decades in the latter part of the 20th century, the Democratic political machine led by Zeno and E. Y. Ponder wrested control from Republicans and thereafter controlled pretty much everything in Madison County. Zeno was the Democratic Party...
by Mark Pinsky | Feb 22, 2022 | Crime, Met Her on the Mountain
Not to be outdone by Marshall, the hilltop college town of Mars Hill has become part of the Madison County boomlet, according to a Dec. 2, 2021 article by Linda Ray in the Asheville alternative weekly, The Mountain Xpress. She writes, “Mars Hill’s Main Street has...
by Mark Pinsky | Feb 15, 2022 | Crime, Met Her on the Mountain
Met Her on the Mountain is, as my evangelical friends like to say, “the book of my heart,” a work of decades. This new edition is in hard cover, Kindle, and, for the first time, trade paper. The first thing you may notice is that there is a new cover and a shortened...
by Mark Pinsky | Feb 8, 2022 | Crime, Met Her on the Mountain
Decades ago, when I started researching what would become Met Her on the Mountain in Madison County, North Carolina, I was advised to seek out the county’s foremost folklorist, Richard Dillingham (pictured above left). It was great advice. Richard was a font of...
by Mark Pinsky | Feb 1, 2022 | Crime, Drifting into Darkness, Met Her on the Mountain
Hello friends (and future friends)! Welcome to the re-launch of my blog. On April 5, two of my nonfiction crime books will be released: Drifting into Darkness: Murders, Madness, Suicide, and a Death “Under Suspicious Circumstance from NewSouth Books of...
by paracletepress | Nov 24, 2013 | Crime, MarkPinsky.com, Met Her on the Mountain
I’ve started appearing at book clubs here in Central Florida, a first for me, and it’s been fun to get some direct feedback and support. Several weeks ago, at the invitation of a neighbor, I met with her group at a nearby Japanese restaurant. The half...