Historic Ramsey House is excited to welcome local author Arthur Bohanan for a book signing on Friday, January 20 from 2:00pm – 4:00pm. Bohanan will also be giving a short presentation starting at 2:00pm highlighting his expertise as well as his new book - “Who are you walking ON?”. We will have a limited number of copies of “Who are you walking ON?” available for purchase in our gift shop (first come, first serve). No admission is required. 

Arthur M. Bohanan is an internationally award winning patented inventor, researcher, lecturer and writer, a Certified Latent Print Examiner (one of 860 in the world-ret),and a certified police instructor with 60 years in the study and practical application of forensics in thousands of violent crime scenes. He earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from East Tennessee State University with further studies at the University of Tennessee. The International Inventors Hall of Fame (Atlanta) awarded Art a Doctorate for pioneering research into children's fingerprints. Art patented the use of super glue to develop fingerprints on human skin. He wrote “Care of the Dead and Their Families”, a chapter in “Advanced Disaster Medical Response” published by Harvard Medical International( printed in 9 languages worldwide). Art has responded to eight plane crashes, World Trade Center, Katrina and other disasters in the identification of the human remains. Bohanan has written nineteen books and located over 4,000 lost graves. His research determines the gender and if adult or child is buried in the ground, with the oldest being local Native American Mounds over 1,000 years old. Bohanan is currently researching graves to determine if a Negro or Caucasian is under the soil , now with a high degree of accuracy with extensive continued work on the devices. Arthur M. Bohanan is a Army veteran (65-68) and a proud 6 th generation Sevier County native.

Come, walk with us in cemeteries and learn, think, and ponder much! His latest book, “Who are you walking ON?” details the current research to locate graves.