Legendary Locals of Wake Forest

by Durward Matheny and Jennifer Smart

For much of its history, Wake Forest was an idyllic college town. Trains chugged past White Street, the depot hummed with activity, and citizens could shop for groceries, see a movie, and cheer the Demon Deacons without ever getting behind the wheel of a car. It was a town of visionaries. Samuel Wait, William Louis Poteat, Sophie Stephens Lanneau, and Peahead Walker made history in the fields of academics, religion, and athletics; when famous 20th-century...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146710180X
• ISBN13: 9781467101806
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.1"