Download or read book Way Down Upon the Pee Dee River written by Troy Keefe and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Franklin Keefe, Jr. was born in 1800 in South Carolina. His parents were William Franklin Keefe, Sr. and Sarah. He married Mary Boatright in about 1826 and they had five children. He married Lucinda Kennedy in about 1845 and they had eleven children. Traces the descendants of thirty-five South Carolina families who lived near the Pee Dee River, many of whom are related to the Keefe's.
Download or read book Down the Little Pee Dee written by William S. Walker and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-07 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Legendary River, A Promise And A Unique Adventure It was a familiar place that William Walker returned to in the summer of 2012-back from a writing career in Europe to his boyhood home in Eastern South Carolina and to the Little Pee Dee, a legendary river celebrated from the time of Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox. He had made a promise to his dying cousin Ben to paddle the river of their youth and he meant to keep his word. When he could fi nd no book to guide the 109- mile journey Walker wrote one. Down The Little Pee Dee-Paddling South Carolina's Legendary Blackwater River records the events of the trip made by the author and his friend and cousin, naturalist L.L. Gaddy. The two paddled the Little Pee Dee from its headwaters at Red Bluff Lake in Marlboro County, S.C., to the junction with the Great Pee Dee River near the Atlantic Ocean. Walker's entertaining and often deeply personal narrative intertwines the history of the Little Pee Dee-and his family's history-with the two paddlers' adventures on the river.
Download or read book Florida Curiosities written by David Grimes and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2011-01-11 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you’re a born-and-raised Floridian, a recent transplant, or just passing through, Florida Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as David Grimes and Tom Becnel take you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sides of the Sunshine State. Discover the state’s smallest police station; its highest point (at a measly 345 feet); and its warmest (and smelliest) mineral spring. Meet a worm-fiddlin’ woman; a chainsaw-wieldin’ man; and some real-life underwater dancing mermaids—sure to make a splash with the little ones! Join the fun at a flip-your-own-pancake restaurant; the Chumuckla Redneck Parade’s lack-of-beauty pageant; or the get-nekked-if-you-dare Butt Hutt.
Download or read book Backroads of Florida written by Paul M. Franklin and published by Voyageur Press (MN). This book was released on 2009-04-04 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliantly illustrated guide to the secret splendors, quieter haunts, and wilder side of Florida, from spectacular shores and otherworldly swamplands to historic sites and cultural gems.
Download or read book Scenic Driving South Carolina written by John Clark and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This indispensable highway companion maps out short trips for exploring the Palmetto State's scenic byways and back roads.
Download or read book A Memory of Trains written by Louis Decimus Rubin (Jr.) and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a literary critic and historian, uses over 100 of his own photographs to recall his life-long love of trains.
Download or read book Blue Highways written by William Least Heat-Moon and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hailed as a masterpiece of American travel writing, Blue Highways is an unforgettable journey along our nation's backroads. William Least Heat-Moon set out with little more than the need to put home behind him and a sense of curiosity about "those little towns that get on the map -- if they get on at all -- only because some cartographer has a blank space to fill: Remote, Oregon; Simplicity, Virginia; New Freedom, Pennsylvania; New Hope, Tennessee; Why, Arizona; Whynot, Mississippi." His adventures, his discoveries, and his recollections of the extraordinary people he encountered along the way amount to a revelation of the true American experience.
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 River Home written by Franklin Burroughs and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1998-02-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Burroughs chronicles a canoe voyage through the Carolinas, visiting his ancestral homeland and the people who inhabit the banks of the Waccamaw River.
Download or read book Best Backroads of Florida Beaches and hills written by Douglas Waitley and published by Pineapple Press Inc. This book was released on 2003-10 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takes readers on a tour through the backroads of Florida, providing directions, maps, and recommended sights.
Download or read book Thirty Florida Shipwrecks written by Kevin M McCarthy and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sunken treasure, cannibalism, prison ships, Nazi submarines, the Bermuda triangle—all are tied into the lore of shipwrecks along Florida's coasts. There are as many shipwreck stories as there are thousands of Florida shipwrecks. This book offers thirty of the most interesting of them—from the tale of young Fontaneda, who wrecked in 1545 and was held captive by Indians for 17 years, to the story of the Coast Guard cutter Bibb, which was sunk off Key Largo in 1987 to provide an artificial reef and diving site. In between there is the Atocha, flagship of a Spanish treasure fleet, which sank in a hurricane in September 1622 and was found, along with its $100 million worth of gold and silver, by Mel Fisher in July of 1985. Each shipwreck story has a map pinpointing its location and a full-color illustration by renowned artist William L. Trotter. There is an extensive bibliography and a foreword by Florida state underwater archaeologist Roger Smith.
Download or read book American Popular Song Lyricists written by Michael Whorf and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume (a companion to American Popular Song Composers), 39 leading American lyricists from the Tin Pan Alley, Hollywood and Broadway of the 1920s to the 1960s discuss their careers and share the stories of creating many of the most beloved songs in American music. Interviewed for radio in the 1970s, they include such writing teams as Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, and such individuals as Harold Adamson, E.Y. Harburg, Gus Kahn, Leo Robin and Paul Francis Webster. Photographs and rare sheet music reproductions accompany the interviews.
Download or read book Digging for Death written by Charles P. Frank and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-12-23 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digging for Death is a journey in fiction that explores relationships and romance wrapped around mystery. Strange events (and strange people) seem to have a way of finding Mac and Maggie Mason, even as the retired couple enjoys family, faith, and the surprises of daily life. Join the world where archaeologists keep digging when others might have quit. Read Digging for Death. Join the world where two strangers can suddenly find their lives intertwined in ways that only love can hold together. Read Digging for Death. Join the world where family tensions bring heartbreak and an empty place at the holiday table. Read Digging for Death. Join the world where death and threat and kidnapping all seem part of a shadowy underworld. Read Digging for Death. Join the world where calm preparation does battle with adversity to see which will carry the day. Read Digging for Death. Join the world of those who love to meet new people and love to wonder what will happen next. Join those who read Digging for Death!
Download or read book You Got Me Florida written by Rob Lloyd and published by Pineapple Press Inc. This book was released on 1999 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wild, wacky, and often-hilarious Florida trivia
Download or read book South Carolina Off the Beaten Path written by William Price Fox and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-02-19 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: South Carolina Off the Beaten Path features the things travelers and locals want to see and experience––if only they knew about them. From the best in local dining to quirky cultural tidbits to hidden attractions, unique finds, and unusual locales, South Carolina Off the Beaten Path takes the reader down the road less traveled and reveals a side of South Carolina that other guidebooks just don't offer.
Download or read book Sawdust in My Veins written by William Henry (Bill) Griffin, Jr. and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2012-09-19 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This autobiography is the story of an authentic Georgia lumberman. Bill Griffin has captured the essence of culture in rural Georgia while painting an intimate picture of the sawmilling industry in his home state. Within the framework of his narrative, he has interwoven colorful stories about his personal life and family relationships, as well as the development of his business, Griffin Lumber Company, which he began in 1948. Bill has lived in Georgia his entire life and this story displays his pride in his family and region of origin from the very beginning. He introduces his grandfather and grandmother, his father, mother, and sisters, his own family, his grandchildrenof whom his son and four of the grandsons are presently running the family businessand now his great-grandchildren are coming along, which include his namesake William Henry Griffin V.
Download or read book Visiting Small Town Florida written by Bruce Hunt and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-10-17 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of Bruce Hunt's popular guide reveals the real, old-time Florida still to be found on the back roads of the Sunshine state in little towns that lure you in with their quaintness and keep you there for a spell with their friendly occupants. The towns featured all have a population of less than 10,000. There is an introduction with each town’s history. Included are museums, galleries, antiques shops, local eateries, local fishing holes, and unusual and endearing local characters. This travelogue and guidebook lets you experience the flavor of Florida's back-road burgs and provides directions, addresses, phone numbers, and websites.
