Cape Fear Rising

Blair is reissuing Cape Fear Rising to mark the 25th year of its publication. This book’s vivid depiction of the events surrounding a coup of the local government of Wilmington, NC, at the turn of the century remains relevant and important today, as evidenced by the brisk ongoing sales of the original paperback edition.

To celebrate this new edition, Blair will commission a new foreword for the book, which will speak to the relevance of its themes-both for Wilmington, NC, and for the nation. Efforts are underway for organizing a community reading program for the book in Wilmington. Other events, state-wide, will focus on the author and other Civil Rights activists, as well as musicians. Gerard is well-known for his historical serial pieces in NC regional magazines, so many readers will be familiar with him and eager to revisit this seminal work.