Released by: Diane Hailey

Perry Deane Young signs copies of his book "The Untold Story of Frankie Silver" before the performance of his play Frankieat Mars Hill College on Aug. 4, 2001.  (photo by Lana Whited)

           Perry Deane Young, whose book “The David Kopay Story” spent nine weeks on The New York Times bestseller list, will speak at Ferrum College on Wednesday, March 20, at 7pm in the Panther’s Den, located in Lower Franklin Hall. A weekly columnist for the Chapel Hill Herald, Young is the author of seven nonfiction books. The event is free and open to the public.

           He will discuss Frankie Silver’s story and his book about the case in Dr. Lana Whited’s Women in Literature Course on Thursday, March 21 at 9:30 a.m. in Britt 106. The class welcomes visitors.

           Young’s visit to Ferrum comes just days before the 5th Annual Women’s Leadership Conference (March 25-26). This year’s Conference, themed “Creative Women,” will feature author Sharyn McCrumb, also an expert on Frankie Silver, having penned best seller “The Ballad of Frankie Silver.”

           On assignment for United Press International in 1968, Young went to Vietnam, arriving in Saigon the night the Tet Offensive began. Later, he worked for the New York Post in New York, Beirut, and Cairo, and has published articles in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Newsday, Harper’s, Ms., Rolling Stone, Penthouse, Cosmopolitan, The Advocate, Washingtonian, Saturday Review, The Chicago Journalism Review, and The Quill, as well as newspapers in Raleigh, Durham, Greensboro, and Chapel Hill, N.C.

           Ferrum College is a four-year, private, co-educational, liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church.  Ferrum offers a choice of nationally recognized bachelorís degree programs at a cost well below the national average for private colleges.  To learn more about the College, call 1-800-868-9797 or visit www.ferrum.edu.

           Young's appearance at Ferrum College is sponsored by the English and journalism programs.

Read about the Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre's production of Frankie