author
Waldron Baily
1871–1953
A North Carolina businessman-novelist, he wrote stories rooted in mountain towns and coastal landscapes, with a strong feel for local life. One of his best-known books, The Heart of the Blue Ridge, was adapted into a silent film.
2 Audiobooks
Heart of the Blue Ridge
by Waldron Baily
When the Cock Crows
by Waldron Baily
About the author
Born in Mount Kisco, New York, in 1871, Waldron Baily became known as both a businessman and a writer. He built successful manufacturing companies in Elkin, North Carolina, and his fiction often drew on places and communities in the state.
Baily wrote novels set in the Blue Ridge and along the North Carolina coast, giving his work a strong regional flavor. His 1915 novel The Heart of the Blue Ridge reached an even wider audience when it was adapted for the screen during the silent-film era.
Sources consulted during this search describe him as a sportsman, businessman, and novelist, and note that he died in 1953. I wasn’t able to confirm a suitable portrait photograph from the pages reviewed, so no profile image is included.