Ehle, John, 1925-2018

found: Literature resource center WWW site, May 29, 2013(John (Marsden) Ehle, (Jr.); b. December 13, 1925, in Asheville, NC; author of novels and nonfiction; taught at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1952-1965)

found: New York Times, (Website), viewed May 23, 2018:"John Ehle, Who Rooted His Novels in Appalachia, Is Dead at 92," by Richard Sandomir, April 12, 2018 (John Ehle, whose historical novels set in the Appalachian Mountains were acclaimed for the authenticity of the characters' lives, and whose work for the governor of North Carolina in the 1960s led to significant changes in arts education, died on March 24 at his home in Winston-Salem, N.C. He was 92 ... wrote radio dramas, biographies, a nonfiction account of student civil rights protests at Chapel Hill, a history of the Cherokee Nation and a guide to French and British wines and cheeses ... But he is best known for his seven Appalachian novels ... John Marsden Ehle Jr. was born in Asheville on Dec. 13, 1925 ... He grew up in West Asheville ...) - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/12/obituaries/john-ehle-who-rooted-novels-in-appalachia-is-dead-at-92.html