Career
Hardy is an independent scholar of the history of the Civil War,North Carolina,and Southern Appalachia. The author of twenty-nine books,he was honored as the North Carolina Historian of the Year by the North Carolina Society of Historians in 2010. He received the 2012 Alice Parker Award for Outstanding Literature and Arts from his alma mater,the University of Alabama. [2]
Hardy teaches writing and history continuing education classes at Mayland Community College. In 2013,he became a Roads Scholar for the NC Humanities Council,remaining with the program until its demise. His articles have appeared in America's Civil War,Civil War Times,North &South,Gettysburg Magazine,and the Tar Heel Jr. Historians. In 2012,he penned the foreword to New York Times-best-selling author Sharyn McCrumb's re-released novel,Ghost Riders. [2]
A popular speaker,he frequently visits historical sites,museums,and libraries,and he is a member of numerous historical groups. He speaks on local radio and television broadcasts,and,in 2016,he appeared in the American Heroes Channel program Blood and Fury:America's Civil War. He hosts a popular weekly chat program on social media and has published a history blog for nearly twenty years. [1]
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