Asa Faulkner’s booklet published
The rare, now all-but-forgotten booklet, originally published by Mr. Faulkner, “As a Legacy to His Children and Posterity,” has been privately published in a facsimile edition by Monty Wanamaker and Chris Keathley at The Southern Museum and Galleries of Photography, Culture and History. Printed in a limited edition of 350 copies, the book contains numerous additional pages of biographical and historical information on the Faulkner family, the results of several years of painstaking research by its publishers. In addition, the book includes 26 pages of images and photographs, many of which are rare and previously unpublished and unseen by the public. Among those images are rare tin-type portraits of the Hon. Asa Faulkner and his third wife, Martha Martin Faulkner.
After several months in preparation, the book is being issued in an effort to perpetuate the legacy of one of Warren County’s most prominent pioneer families. It is presented by Wanamaker and Keathley as what they hope to be a significant contribution to the ever-present and ongoing history of McMinnville and Warren County, lest an important part of its past eventually be forgotten.
One of several ongoing publication projects by the two men, the book is being published to coincide with two special scheduled events: The art exhibition opening today featuring the paintings of Betty Bryan Haslam at The Station – Pure Art; and the special appearance Saturday at the Southern Museum and Galleries by Dr. Carolyn Livingston, who will be signing her newly-published book, “Charles Faulkner Bryan, His Life and Music.”
To be priced at $20, the large format book will be available beginning today at The Southern Museum and Galleries Gift Shop located at 210 E. Main in downtown McMinnville. For more information call 931-507-8102; [email protected].