Carroll C JonesCarroll C. Jones was born and raised in the mountains of Haywood County, North Carolina, in the small paper-mill town of Canton. He is a direct descendant of the Hargrove, Cathey, and Moore families who pioneered the Forks of Pigeon region of HaywoodCounty (present-day Bethel, NC), the setting for August's Treasure and the first two books making up his East Fork Trilogy. After attending the University of South Carolina in Columbia, where he played football for the USC Gamecocks and earned a degree in civil engineering, he began an extended career in the paper industry lasting more than three decades. Carroll's professional work led him out of the Carolina highlands to Brazil, South America and then back to the U.S. where he eventually settled down in Pensacola, Florida. Now retired and living in Morristown, Tennessee, he juggles weekend retreats to the NC mountains, and fly fishing, with his love for writing. To his credit Carroll now has five award-winning books: The 25th North Carolina Troops in the Civil War, Rooted Deep in the Pigeon Valley, Captain Lenoir's Diary, Master of the East Fork, and Rebel Rousers-winner of the prestigious 2016 President's Award from the North Carolina Society of Historians. You can find out more about Carroll and his books on his website at http: //carrolljones.weebly.com. Read More Read Less