John Allen Crew died peacefully on April 30, 2023, at home, next to his beloved wife and the Pamlico River that he knew and cherished. John was born in Raleigh, NC on October 31, 1945, fourth child of Robert and Louise Crew. He was preceded in death by both parents and his sister Helen.
Published: Thursday, May 4th, 2023 @ 9:21 am
By: Announcements
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Well-known for his popular magazine columns later reprinted in collection form, including Grenadine Etching (1947) and The Old Man the Boy (1957), Robert Ruark became even more of a household name after Something of Value (1955) was turned into a popular 1957 movie.
Published: Tuesday, January 6th, 2015 @ 6:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Born in Wilmington on December 29, 1915, Robert Chester Ruark was known as the "poor man's Hemingway" and he became one of North Carolina's most prominent twentieth-century writers.
Published: Saturday, November 29th, 2014 @ 8:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Maybe more so than any other novelist below the Mason-Dixon line, including the 19th-century William Gilmore Simms of South Carolina, Inglis Fletcher of North Carolina painted the most comprehensive, historical portrait of the land on which she lived.
Published: Friday, March 29th, 2013 @ 1:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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