Dykeman Waldron Baily (July 1, 1871 - 1953) was a businessman and writer.
His novel ''
The Heart of the Blue Ridge'' was adapted into a
silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...
. Baily established Baily Manufacturing Company, a locust wood pin and cross arm manufacturing business in
Elkin, North Carolina
Elkin is a town in Surry and Wilkes counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina, along the Yadkin River. Elkin shares its name with the surrounding township of Elkin Township. The population was 4,083 at the 2020 census.
Geography
Elkin is ...
. He also owned the Baily Chair Company.
[ Many of his books are set in North Carolina locations including ]Bogue Banks
Bogue Banks form a barrier island off the mainland of North Carolina in Carteret County. The island, separated from the mainland by Bogue Sound, runs east to west, with the ocean beaches facing due south. Bogue Banks is the only island on the C ...
, North Carolina's Piedmont
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region and Wilkes County, North Carolina
Wilkes County is a county located in the US state of North Carolina. It is a part of the state's western mountain region. As of the 2020 census the population was 65,969, in 2010 the census listed the population at 69,340. Its county seat is ...
.
Baily was born in Mount Kisco
Mount Kisco is a village and town in Westchester County, New York, United States. The town of Mount Kisco is coterminous with the village. The population was 10,959 at the 2020 United States census over 10,877 at the 2010 census.
It serves as a ...
, New York.[
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Bibliography
*''Heart of the Blue Ridge'', W.J. Watt and Co., New York City (1915), illustrated by Douglas Duer
*''The Homeward Trail'' (1916), illustrated by George William Gage
*''When the Cock Crows'', Bedford Publishing Co., New York City (1918), illustrated by George W. Gage
*''June Gold'', W. J. Watt and Co., New York City (1922), frontispiece by Paul Stahr
*''Autobiography; the Life of the Novelist and Politician from North Carolina'' (1958)
References
External links
*
''June Gold''
online at East Carolina University
East Carolina University (ECU) is a public university, public research university in Greenville, North Carolina. It is the fourth largest university in North Carolina.
Founded on March 8, 1907, as a Normal school, teacher training school, East ...
1871 births
1953 deaths
20th-century American novelists
Novelists from North Carolina
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