DUBLIN — Dr. Ryan Anderson was guest speaker at Bladen Community College on Tuesday, offering a presentation on the history of caddies at Pinehurst.
Anderson is a history professor and oversees American Studies at UNC Pembroke. He has written “Frank Merriwell and Fiction of All-American Boyhood: The Progressive Era Creation of the Schoolboy Sports Story” and offered essays, talks, reviews and online writing on advertising, gender, race and kids’ books.
He’s working on a history of the world-famous golf and spa resort’s young African-American caddies.
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Dr. Ryan Anderson (left) was guest speaker at Bladen Community College on Tuesday, offering a presentation on the history of caddies at Pinehurst. He’s with Ray Sheppard (middle), the director of Distance Learning at the college, and Dr. Amanda Lee, president of the college.
Dr. Ryan Anderson (left) was guest speaker at Bladen Community College on Tuesday, offering a presentation on the history of caddies at Pinehurst. He’s with Ray Sheppard (middle), the director of Distance Learning at the college, and Dr. Amanda Lee, president of the college.