Download or read book Growing Up in Davie County written by Jamie W. Moore and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For those who find themselves reminiscing of times past when life seemed less complicated, let William Jamie Moore take you back in time to an era in small-town America when crime was almost nonexistent, your backyard acted as the grocery store, charity wasn't an obligation; when life generally moved at a much slower pace. In Growing up in Davie County, Moore offers us an unusually candid and incredibly detailed window onto small-town life in North Carolina in the early decades of the twentieth century. Through the wide eyes of a child, we're transported back to a simpler, pastoral world that existed all over America not so very long ago. At times informative, at times moving and on occasion side-splittingly hilarious, this collection of stories is a must for anyone who can appreciate the joy of growing up in a friendly, close-knit community.
Download or read book Growing up in Yadkin County N C and Other Family Stories written by Ernest Clarence Groce and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is my attempt to compile as much as I can into a family history story for his grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and anyone else who chances to read this. To describe Ernest in one word, it could only be earnest. He was a serious, determined, intense, committed, sincere, devout, sober, diligent, heartfelt manall synonyms to the word earnest. He was all of those and a little more. One time, Floyd said to me that he didnt know what happened to Ernest to make him like he was. So, Floyd, these many years later, I think the answer may be that Ernest just earnestly lived up to his name. He was a good man.
Download or read book History of the American Negro and His Institutions North Carolina written by A. B. Caldwell and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 954 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Composite Index of Davie County History Books written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Composite Index of Davie County History Books contains indexes for 16 books: History of Davie County, The Historic Architecture of Davie County, Rambling and Reminiscing in Davie County, Cooleemee, Growing up in Davie County, Civil War Roster of Davie County, Images of America Davie County, History of Davie County Schools, Images of America Mocksville, Davie County in World War One, Davie County Veterans' Memorial, Remembering Davie County Protection and Service Personnel, Davie County in the Spanish-American War, Mary Ellen's Diary, 1924, Davie County Mavericks, Davie County Pre-Civil War Census"--Page [4] of book cover.
Download or read book The Three Musketeers of the Army Air Forces written by Robert O Harder and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2015-11-15 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While scores of books have been published about the atomic bombings that helped end World War II, little has been written about the personal lives and relationship of the three men that led the raids. Paul Tibbets, Tom Ferebee, and Ted “Dutch” Van Kirk exemplified what Life Magazine meant when in 1942 it called the B-17 pilot, bombardier, and navigator “the three musketeers of the Army Air Forces.” A former navigator-bombardier and pilot himself, Harder brings a fresh perspective to an otherwise well-known narrative. He provides a rare insider’s look at exactly who these three fellows were, how they were trained, what they meant to each other, and finally how everything coalesced into the Hiroshima and Nagasaki attacks.
Download or read book The Secret to Their Success written by Emily A. Colin and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women in North Carolina have important stories to tell. In The Secret To Their Success: How 33 Women Made Their Dreams Come True, and The Long Way Around: How 34 Women Found the Lives They Love, editor Emily A. Colin provides the reader with intimate glimpses into the lives of North Carolina women. In candid interviews and essays, these women share their secrets, fears, dreams and advice in the hopes that the women who read them will find common threads -- and ultimately be inspired. From a twenty-five-year-old Peace Corps volunteer to the Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, the diverse women in these volumes -- among them writers, artists, entrepreneurs, and athletes -- let down their hair, chat about their experiences and talk openly about the events that led them to their current paths.The Secret To Their Success features the stories of ordinary women going about the extraordinary business of mothering, volunteering, managing households, and simultaneously fulfilling their dreams. Filled with real-life dilemmas, struggles, and victories, this book is a must-have for every woman who has ever wondered if she can do it all.
Download or read book Soil Survey of Davie County N C written by Robert Campbell Jurney and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Island in the Storm written by Jamie W. Moore and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006-08-16 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Island in the Storm, by local historians Jamie and Dorothy Moore, documents in vivid detail the devastation, loss and eventual rebuilding of this beloved island community. On the night of September 21, 1989, Hurricane Hugo slammed into the South Carolina coast at Sullivan's Island with winds exceeding 160 miles per hour. The colossal force of the hurricane was punctuated by storm surges ranging from five to ten feet above sea level. At approximately one minute after midnight, Hugo's eye passed over the island, and the charming community seaside community disappeared beneath the tumultuous sea for nearly an hour. After Hugo left Sullivan's Island in its furious wake, the first news broadcasts from the Charleston area reported that the island and neighboring Isle of Palms were completely destroyed. The Ben Sawyer Bridge--the only connection to the island at the time--was knocked off its pedestal and rendered useless, and so the hundreds of families who had evacuated the area could not return to their homes to see what, if anything, remained. The recovery process started slowly, and for many it would be a long, arduous journey. More than 15 years later, Sullivan's Island's homes and businesses have been restored, but the memory of Hugo's fury will not soon be forgotten.
Download or read book Faye Tedder written by Rhabi Rites and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-01-14 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ive always thought that if something went wrong, it was my fault, said Faye as we began our journey together as interviewer and subject. As I approached this frail woman who as of lately, has been through quite an ordeal, she began to smile while tears streamed down her face. Stop that, said her husband, Alex, of 40 years. He knew just how much this biography meant to Faye; the full meaning of the interview brings tears to Fayes eyes. I greeted her and sat down in the chair beside her bed. As I looked all around the room, I couldnt help but notice all of the machines that were placed there to help her breathe and to monitor her respiratory system. One has to understand that Faye was suffering from COPD, a condition that makes it hard to breathe and worsens over time. I have heard a little about COPD from TV commercials and others who were suffering with it, but what I didnt know was you could actually recover after it seems that all hope was lost. Well this was one of those times. After a long struggle with asthma and COPD, and after several visits to the hospital over the years, Fayes family was told that she would not make it. In fact, all of the family was called-in because just a few days prior Faye was brought home from the hospitalto die. She had made her last visit to the hospital and wanted to die at home. Troubling as this may have been, her family agreed and Faye was taken home. Several days had gone by and Fayes condition was not getting any better as was expected. Flowers and cards were sent and prayers were offered from everyone who knew her. When her husband Alex called the family to their house, he felt as if he knew deeply that he was about to lose the most important person in lifehis wife. It seemed inevitable that Faye would pass but as to when, they did not know. All they knew was they needed to be there, loving and giving support to the woman who had given their family life. What they didnt know at the time was she would live beyond that night. They know now.
Download or read book Historic Shallow Ford in Yadkin Valley Crossroads Between East and West written by Marcia D. Phillips and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shallow Ford, the natural rock path across the Yadkin River, served as the gateway for pioneers to the western North Carolina frontier and as a stage for history. The ford was the site of the Battle of Shallow Ford in the Revolutionary War and Stoneman's Raid during the Civil War. The eye of the needle for General Cornwallis in the Race to the Dan, it was also the silent witness to the Great Wagon Road and the trans-Appalachian migration led by local son Daniel Boone. Bypassed for the last hundred years, Shallow Ford faded from view but remains a landmark of another era. Local historian Marcia D. Phillips recounts the history of a time when safe passage across the river provided the way to reach the American future that lay beyond.
Download or read book The North Carolina Historical Review written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Davie County Mavericks Four Men Who Changed History written by Marcia D. Phillips and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Davie County, in the forks of the Yadkin River, produced several sons who climbed to national prominence. Daniel Boone learned to hunt along Bear Creek before blazing trails through the Appalachian Mountains. Hinton Helper grew up on the same piece of land, in a slave-owning family, before writing one of the defining antislavery books of the antebellum era. Peter Ney arrived in Davie County after escaping the Napoleonic Wars and influenced a generation of children as a schoolteacher. Thomas Ferebee left Davie County for a career in the army and secured a place in history when he pulled the handle to release the first bomb of the atomic age. Historian Marcia Phillips narrates the stories of these men and the dreams that were born in Davie County.
Download or read book Portrait and Biographical Record of Madison and Hamilton Counties Indiana written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proceedings written by American Pomological Society and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Famous Americans written by Victor J. Danilov and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People who are considered “famous” can be found in many different fields. This book describes 472 museums, historic sites, and memorials about 409 people in 26 categories: Actors Explorers Playwrights Architects First Ladies Poets Artists/Sculptors Frontiersmen Presidents Athletes Journalists/Publishers Public Officials/ Author/Writers Medical Innovators Political Figures Aviators/Astronauts Military Figures Religious Leaders Business/Industrial/Financial Musicians/Singers/ Scientists/Engineers/ Figures Composers Inventors Educators Outlaws Social Activists Entertainers Patriotic Figures Socialites They include such people as Clark Gable, Judy Garland, Georgia O’Keeffe, Norman Rockwell, Ernest Hemingway, Edgar Allan Poe, Sinclair Lewis, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Will Rogers, Daniel Boone, Buffalo Bill Cody, William Randolph Hearst, Douglas MacArthur, Robert E. Lee, Louis Armstrong, Elvis Presley, Betsy Ross, Carl Sandburg, Jesse James, Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Webster, Billy Graham, Martin Luther King, Jr., Jane Addams, Frederick Douglass, Doris Duke, Helen Keller, Wilbur and Orville Wright, and all the Presidents, including George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Among the sites of the museums and other tributes are such places as the Katharine Hepburn Museum, Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio, Babe Ruth Museum, Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House, Mark Twain House and Museum, Charles A. Lindberg Historic Site, Lincoln Memorial, Morgan Library and Museum, Kit Carson Home and Museum, Clara Barton National Historic Site, Stonewall Jackson’s Home, Marian Anderson Residence/Museum and Birthplace, Stephen Foster Memorial Museum, Tennessee Williams Birthplace/Home, Mount Vernon: George Washington’s Estate and Gardens, Roger Williams National Memorial, Rachel Carson Homestead, Rosa Parks Library and Museum, and Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum. In addition to the chapters and directory, the book includes a geographical guide to the sites, selected bibliography, index, and 29 photographs.
Download or read book Report of the Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Bar Association written by North Carolina Bar Association and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The National Magazine written by Abel Stevens and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
