My Century Cities books are now available in hardcover! If you want a keepsake edition of Fresno Century, Cambria Century, Danville Century, Roanoke Century, or San Luis Obispo Century, they’re all available on Amazon.
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In some quarters, it’s best known as the “last capital of the Confederacy,” after the fall of Richmond. The Confederate government met briefly in a mansion there that became a library... before the library eventually became a museum. But the events of the 20th century — the focus of my book — are just as fascinating, if not more so.
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Do you remember when Dr. J played in Roanoke? When Santa's train stopped at the Miller & Rhoads Department Store downtown? When a native son starred in one of the biggest holiday movie classics of all time? Did you know that, once upon a time, Roanoke was home to the state's biggest football stadium and its first indoor mall? Whether you answered, "I didn't know that," or whether you just want to be reminded, that’s the kind of information you’ll find in Roanoke Century.
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