Novelist? For Ashton Hester, it hasn’t happened

The former Walhalla newspaperman and skilled book writer, Ashton Hester, apparently dreamed of writing a novel.  An Ashton Hester fan has told us that, many years ago, Hester was writing a book to not be released until after his death.  At the recent Walhalla day in his honor, Hester told us he was forced to junk the idea, although in his mind he had someday fashioned churning out a novel.  Nonetheless, Hester has proved to be a prolific author, having published one dozen look-back books about Walhalla and surrounding area.