Jerry Bledsoe
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| Born | 1941 (age 82–83) |
Jerry Bledsoe (born 1941) is an American author and journalist known for several true crime titles based on murders in his native state of North Carolina.[3]
His journalism career, which spanned over 20 years, included newspaper work in the North Carolina cities of
Rhinoceros Times
, including a multi-part series detailing the controversies surrounding the Greensboro Police Department.
His first published book was the stock car book The World's Number One, Flat-Out, All-Time Great Stock Car Racing Book published by Doubleday in 1975. His book Bitter Blood was #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and was adapted as a television movie. Bledsoe established Down Home Press to publish books about North Carolina.
He and his wife, Linda, live in Randolph County, North Carolina.
Books
- The World's Number One, Flat-Out, All-Time Great Stock Car Racing Book (1975)
- You Can't Live on Radishes (1976)
- Just Folks: Visitin's With Carolina People (1980)
- Where's Mark Twain When We Really Need Him (1981)
- From Whalebone to Hot House: A Journey Along North Carolina's Longest Highway, U.S. 64 (1986)
- Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder (1989)
- Bare-Bottomed Skier: And Other Unlikely Tales (1990)
- Just Folks: Visitin' With Carolina People (1990)
- North Carolina Curiosities: Jerry Bledsoe's Outlandish Guide to the Dablamedest Things to See and Do in North Carolina (1990)
- Blood Games: A True Account of Family Murder (1991)
- Country Cured: Reflections from the Heart (1991)
- Blue Horizons: Faces and Places from a Bicycle Journey Along the Blue Ridge Parkway (1993)
- Before He Wakes: A True Story of Money, Marriage, Sex and Murder (1994) (About convicted murderer Barbara Stager)
- Grits For Brain (1994)
- The Angel Doll: A Christmas Story (1996)
- Death Sentence: The True Story of Velma Barfield's Life, Crimes, and Execution (1998)
- A Gift of Angels: Sequel to the Angel Doll, a Christmas Story (1999)
- Partial to Home: A Memoir of the Heart (w/Bob Timberlake, 1999)
- Death by Journalism: One Teacher's Fateful Encounter With Political Correctness (2001)
- Built on a Rock: A Memoir of Faith, Family and Place (w/Jerry D. Neal, 2005)
- Fire In The Belly: Building A World-leading High-tech Company From Scratch In Tumultuous Times (w/Jerry D. Neal, 2005)
References
- ^ "Jerry Bledsoe". Penguin Random House. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
- ^ Scripps-Howard Newspapers (February 6, 1971). "N.C. Newsman Receives Second Ernie Pyle Award". El Paso Herald-Post. Section B, Page 2.
- ^ Twitter: @larrypenkavaCT, Larry Penkava lpenkava@courier-tribune com. "Bledsoe an unlikely writer, according to memoir". The Courier-Tribune.
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