Local Author Dr. Richard Rankin Speaks

            Calhoun County has many local authors and the Calhoun County Library is hosting one such author for an event at the end of February.

            Dr. Richard Rankin has a long career as a college professor, administrator, and headmaster. He is the sixth generation living on family land in the North Carolina Piedmont and serves as the director of the Interlaken Wildlife Center in Cameron, South Carolina. Dr. Rankin specializes in cultural history, nature, and hunting. With an interest in those areas, it comes as no surprise that Dr. Rankin is also an outdoorsman and conservationist. That is just one reason why he has written a book about his experiences and thoughts concerning the outdoors. Local Signs & Wonders: Essays about Belonging to a Place is his newest work and Dr. Rankin will be talking about it, entertaining questions, and also giving audience members an opportunity to purchase the book during our “Meet the Author” event. The book is an “essay collection describing how attachment to a family homestead creates a sense of wellbeing, fulfillment, and belonging. As a whole, the pieces reveal how a settled inhabitant's personal identity grows from a local landscape and its history and culture” (taken from Mercer University Press summary).

            This event will take place on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, from 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM. We invite everyone to come show your support for a local author. Come listen to Dr. Richard Rankin speak about his book, buy a copy for yourself, and get inspired reading the words of someone from our community. Join us on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, beginning at 5:30 PM!