Our January 27, 2021 WMRA Books & Brews featured author Mary Lyons, author of The Blue Ridge Tunnel: A Remarkable Engineering Feat in Antebellum Virginia, joined by a small panel, discussing the history and use of the newly reopened Blue Ridge Tunnel and Claudius Crozet Blue Ridge Tunnel Trail system.
Panelists included:
Dwayne Jones - Director of Waynesboro City Parks and Recreation
Claire Richardson - Director of Nelson County Parks and Recreation
Signed copies of the books discussed are available now from Stone Soup Books, which include The Blue Ridge Tunnel, The Virginia Blue Ridge Railroad, and Slave Labor on Virginia's Blue Ridge Railroad.
WMRA's Books & Brews series is sponsored by Gaines Group Architects. The Gaines Group has offices in Charlottesville and Harrisonburg.
While this is a virtual gathering, we deeply appreciate our ongoing partnership with Pale Fire Brewing Company, and will return to holding our events at the taproom once it is safe to gather in person.
Mary E. Lyons, a former teacher and librarian, became a full-time writer in 1993. She is the author of The Blue Ridge Tunnel: A Remarkable Engineering Feat in Antebellum Virginia, The Virginia Blue Ridge Railroad, and Slave Labor on Virginia's Blue Ridge Railroad. She is also the author of nineteen books for young readers published by Scribner, Atheneum, Henry Holt, Houghton Mifflin and Oxford University Press. Born and raised in the American South, she holds dual Irish and US citizenships. She and her husband, Paul, are members of the Blue Ridge Tunnel Foundation and live in Charlottesville, Virginia.
