In this episode, Statesville lawyer Mike Lassiter shares the many images he captured on his travels along North Carolina's rural highways and byways, exploring an era before Internet shopping, big-box stores, shopping malls, chain restaurants and strip malls.

North Carolina Bookwatch 2007-08 | UNC-TV

Mike Lassiter, Our Vanishing Americana | NC Bookwatch

UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch is the state’s premier literary series, bringing the Tar Heel State’s best and brightest Southern writers to the small screen. In every illuminating interview, host D.G. Martin sheds light on authors’ lives, books and the state’s indelible imprint on their works. D.G. Martin has hosted North Carolina Bookwatch since the series’ third season in 1999. A Yale Law School graduate and former Green Beret, Martin has been involved with public service, and politics throughout his life, including stints as interim Vice Chancellor for Development and University Affairs at both UNC-Pembroke and North Carolina Central University, work as the Carolinas Director of the Trust for Public Land, and a hard-fought 1998 campaign for the Democratic nomination to the U.S. Senate against John Edwards. Formatted for iTunes U

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North Carolina Bookwatch 2007-08 | UNC-TV