Robert Sorrell
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2015 Award of Distinction
Turning his passion for Appalachian history into a book, Robert Sorrell’s Images of America: Roan Mountain covers the history of Roan Mountain from its settlement in the late 1800s to the 1970s, focusing on the surrounding communities and offering readers a pictorial record of the area.