In 2005 I published Finding Your Way in Asheville – a guide to my city. Though this is more than a guidebook, with stories about the cultural and natural history of this town. Tales of the children of wealth who built this town (“Daddy’s Money”), the origins of NASCAR (“Trading Paint”), Black Asheville (“Afro History”), and, of course, The Giant Crystal Under the City.
Little did I suspect that it would become the best selling guide to the best town in America, or that I would be updating that book every couple of years for … ever? 2015 brought the 10th anniversary edition. How those years speed by! Now it seems most tourists travel cell phone in hand, and I think this will remain the final edition,
Update: 4/17/21— No longer available here. I suppose you still might find it online somewhere. Smart phones have definitely replaced City Guides … although the most useful part of Finding wasn’t for eateries and bars, but for Asheville’s history, natural history, Black history, NASCAR history and so forth.
