Left: The Biltmore Estate
offers a wide variety of
attractions in winter.
Above: The Thomas Wolfe
Memorial is on Market Street
in downtown Asheville.
Photo
courtesy
of
ExploreAsheville.com
Photo
courtesy
of
The
Biltmore
Company
BALLANTYNE MAGAZINE 81
WINTER 2015-2016
IN THOMAS WOLFE'S
ICONIC NOVEL, "YOU
CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN,"
protagonist George Webber
feels the magnetic pull of
Asheville and wonders if
"this little town, and the
immortal hills around it,
was not the only home
he had on earth?"
For Wolfe, that draw was
rooted in his childhood on
Market Street, where the
Thomas Wolfe Memorial
now celebrates his life.
For countless others, the
charms of this city nestled
in the Blue Ridge Mountains
ASHEVILLE
BRIMS WITH
WINTER
PLEASURES,
ROMANTIC
POSSIBILITIES
By Nan Bauroth