Books-A-Million Welcomes Tom Wolfe to Charleston, SC.BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 1998--Books-A-Million, Inc., (Nasdaq/NM:BAMM BAMM British Association of Medical Managers BAMM Bay Area Model Mugging (now Impact Bay Area) BAMM Beta and Advection Model - Medium BAMM Bay Area Math Meet (San Francisco, CA) ) proudly welcomes Tom Wolfe to the West Ashley West Ashley is a suburb of Charleston, South Carolina, with an estimated 2007 population of 54,001. It's name is derived from the fact that the land is west of the Ashley River. Several battles took place there in the Revolution and the Civil War. Books-A-Million, at 832 Orleans Road. Saturday, November 21 at 12:00 pm, Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr. will introduce Mr. Wolfe who will be signing his bestselling novel, "A Man In Full." Mr. Wolfe will be reading an excerpt from the novel and taking questions from the audience as well. Line numbers will be issued beginning at 9:00 am. A decade ago, "The Bonfire of the Vanities" defined an era and established Tom Wolfe as our prime fictional chronicler of America at it's most outrageous and alive. Now the master is back with a pitch-perfect coast-to-coast portrait of our wild and woolly, no-holds-barred, multifarious multifarious adj., adv. reference to a lawsuit in which either party or various causes of action (claims based on different legal theories) are improperly joined together in the same suit. This is more commonly called "misjoinder." (See: misjoinder) country on the cusp of the millennium. "A Man In Full" is a finalist for The National Book Award to be awarded in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. on November 18. "We are honored to be hosting Mr. Wolfe's only appearance in South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. on his current book tour. Tom Wolfe is one of our nation's leading literary figures and this appearance provides a rare opportunity to meet this great American storyteller," said Terrance G. Finley, Sr. Vice President of Merchandising for Books-A-Million. Tom Wolfe is the author of dozens of books, among them such contemporary classics as "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test," "The Right Stuff," and "Bonfire of the Vanities." A native of Richmond, Virginia, he earned his B.A. at Washington and Lee University Washington and Lee University, at Lexington, Va.; coeducational; founded and opened 1749 as Augusta Academy. It was called Liberty Hall in 1776; became Liberty Hall Academy (a college) in 1782, Washington Academy (following a gift from George Washington) in 1798, and a Ph.D in American studies at Yale. He lives in New York City. Books-A-Million, Inc. is one of the leading book retailers in the southeastern United States. The Company presently operates 168 bookstores in 17 states. The Company operates three distinct store formats, including large superstores operating under the names Books-A-Million and Books & Co., traditional bookstores and combination book and greeting card stores, both operating under the name Bookland Book´land` n. 1. (O. Eng. Law) Charter land held by deed under certain rents and free services, which differed in nothing from free socage lands. This species of tenure has given rise to the modern freeholds. . The Company also sells books at its site on the World Wide Web. (http://www.booksamillion.com) Media is invited to attend, however any special requests, such as for an interview, must be pre-approved and coordinated with Spenser Lee at Farrar, Straus and Giroux at 212/206-5307. All media should have press passes. |
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