Story by Hal Goodtree | February 25, 2010 | Tags: authors, History, Page Walker Arts & History Center
Author Peggy Von Scoyoc photographed for CaryCitizen by Hal Goodtree.
Cary, NC – Author and historian Peggy Van Scoyoc has just published her second book, “Desegregating Cary.”
Van Scoyoc draws her material from interviews with people who participated in the integration of Cary’s schools. In fact, the basis for the book is a collection of remembrances, edited and grouped by the author.
Ms. Van Scoyoc followed the same approach for her first book, “Just a Horse Stopping Place,” an oral history of Cary. Both books are available from Lulu and at the Page Walker Arts & History Center.
Her first book have been excerpted in the N&O and now she’ll be writing some stories for CaryCitizen. Stay tuned.
Peggy also recommends “Around and About Cary” as the definitive history of the Town, written by Tom Byrd and illustrated by Jerry Miller. Some used versions are available on Amazon or buy it new from Page Walker.
Brent
February 27, 2010 at 9:45 pm
Peggy Van Scoyoc is an asset to the community. Over the years, she has spent countless hours recording the oral history of Cary, interviewing those who lived here in earlier days.
We are fortunate that she has made some of that collection of oral history easily accessible to us through her two books. I’ve read the first one (along with “Around and About Cary” that Peggy also recommends) and I’m looking forward to reading Peggy’s second book.
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