Dr. William E. Dunstan, who has taught history at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina for more than twenty-five years, will give a book talk at Louisburg College on Thursday, October 16, at 7 p.m. in the Benson Chapel. The presentation is free and open to the public. Parking is available in front of the chapel. Dunstan's presentation is being sponsored by the Tar River Center for History and Culture at Louisburg College.

Dunstan will discuss his series of autobiographical books, Adventures of a Southern Boyhood. Dunstan was raised in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. His mother, Ida Powell Fuller Dunstan (b. 1914) grew to adulthood in Franklin County and earned a diploma from Louisburg College, as did her mother and two sisters.

Volume One, Walking with Giants, includes stories about the family of David Thomas Fuller of Franklin County, who in the 1870s developed a farm near the Moulton community. His second wife, Annie Elizabeth Mangum, studied at Louisburg College. After her husband's death, Miss Annie, as she was known, became active in civic affairs and served for many years on the Franklin County Board of Education. Dunstan's talk will emphasize information about his Franklin County connections.

A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dunstan earned a doctorate in history from Carnegie Mellon University. He is an authority on ancient history. Harcourt Brace and Rowman and Littlefield have published several of his books in this field.

Dunstan will have a limited number of his books to give away to attendees.