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Preorder Chris Cooper's latest book with discount promo code

Preorder Chris Cooper's latest book with discount promo code

Noted expert on southern politics and North Carolina politics Chris Cooper’s newest book will ship later this fall, and with the General Election right around the corner, “Anatomy of a purple state” couldn’t come at a better time.

Cooper, the Robert Lee Madison Distinguished Professor and director of the Haire Institute for Public Policy at Western Carolina University, is well-known to readers of The Smoky Mountain News and has appeared in some other publications you may have heard of, like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. He’s also won WCU’s highest awards for research and for teaching, along with the 2013 North Carolina professor of the year award from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. His 216-page “Anatomy of a purple state,” meant as a primer for political observers, journalists and anyone interested in what makes the Old North State such a fascinating blend of blue and red, is now available for preorder from the University of North Carolina Press.

Visit uncpress.org/book/9781469681719 and use promo code 01SOCIAL30 for a 30% discount. Or, support a local business by preordering from City Lights Bookstore in Sylva — visit citylightsnc.com/book/9781469681719 or stop by 3 East Jackson Street, in Sylva.

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