Product Description
by Thomas D. Perry (Author)
Patrick County Virginia was once home to four covered bridges. Today, there is only one left standing, the bridge over Jack's Creek in the Woolwine section of The Free State of Patrick. Historian Thomas D. "Tom" Perry tells the story of the bridges and the man who designed them, Walter Weaver. This part of the Patrick County Virginia History Series from Laurel Hill Publishing.
Author Biography
Historian Thomas D. "Tom" Perry was born in Mount Airy, North Carolina, the town native son Andy Griffith made famous as Mayberry. Perry grew up in Ararat, Patrick County, Virginia, near the birthplace of J. E. B. Stuart, and Virginia Tech, where he studied under Civil War professor James I. Robertson, Jr. Perry writes about history along the Virginia and North Carolina border.
