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September/October 2019

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38 | September/October 2019 SEPT. 12 - OCT. 6 MUSIC AND LYRICS BY Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson BOOK BY Catherine Johnson DIRECTED BY Suzanne Agins CHOREOGRAPHED BY Ryan Migge JOIN US BEFORE THE SHOW AT OUR ON STAGE BAR! PARTY TABLES AVAILABLE- BOOK TODAY! CFRT.ORG or 910.323.4233 Get 8 Issues per year of CityView delivered to your door for ONLY $24 CALL TODAY 910.423.6500 or visit us at www.CityViewNC.com Want more specialized slices of local history? Consider these diverse offerings: "Jacksonian Politics and Community Conflict: e Emergence of the Second American Party System in Cumberland County," by Harry L. Watson. Its title might not roll trippingly off your tongue – and, in fact, it might sound more than a little dry. But at 333 pages, it's a deeply researched book with lots of information and anecdotes about the local people, politics and economy of the time. Daws says it's one of his favorite local historical works. "Carbine: e Story of David Marshall Williams," by Ross E. Beard. is a collection of personal stories about the colorful inventor of the .30 caliber M-1 carbine. e light semiautomatic rifle was said by General Douglas MacArthur to be "one of the strongest contributing factors" in the Allied victory in the Pacific in World War II. How colorful was its inventor? David Marshall "Carbine" Williams, who was born and raised in Cumberland County in 1900, began working on the design of his famous gun while in prison for the death of a lawman who'd raided his moonshine operation. Williams' sentence was later commuted and he became rich and famous, wearing Stetson hats and long sideburns, smoking cigars and patenting over 50 inventions. In 1952, Hollywood made a movie about him - "Carbine Williams" – with Jimmy Stewart playing the lead. "Our Century: e Fayetteville Observer's Sunday Conversations," by Charles Broadwell. is hard-to-find but highly readable book, published in 1999, is a collection of interviews with 52 local residents who'd lived through much of the 20th

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