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Author : Best Books on
Publisher : Best Books on
Page : 703 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1939
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781623760328
compiled and written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Federal Works Agency, Work Projects Administration for the state of North Carolina. Sponsored by North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development.
Author : Federal Writers' Project (N.C.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1939
Category : African Americans
ISBN : UOM:39015007194262
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 601 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1939
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:911994329
Author : Federal Writers' Project (N C
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1022889656
A comprehensive guide to the state of North Carolina, this book is filled with fascinating facts, historical information, and stunning photography. Whether you're a native of the state or a visitor, this book is an essential resource for anyone interested in learning more about the Old North State. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Federal Writers' Project
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 702 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-22
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0266592945
Excerpt from North Carolina: A Guide to the Old North State Elizabeth City - Kitty Hawk - Na gs Head - Manteo - Fort Raleigh - Oregon Inlet - Hatteras Inlet (state 30, 34, 345) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Federal Writers Project,Federal Writers' Project Staff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1989-07-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0781210321
Bonded Leather binding
Author : George Scheer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Science
ISBN : 0891022597
Briefly portrays the history of North Carolina and surveys the parks, museums, historic sites, cultural activities, special events, and other attractions across the state
Author : Anonim
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2003-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0786413158
Through interviews with survivors of the Depression, the use of photographs taken by Federally supported photographers (many reproduced here) and research into the history of the period, the work provides an accurate and even uplifting portrait of the people of the mountains, piedmont and Coastal areas of North Carolina in the 1930s. The chapters include examinations of the industries and natural resources of North Carolina during the Depression, as well as information on the education, health, population, labor, governorships, housing and entertainment of the time. The effects of the New Deal Programs and other important historic events are discussed. The work includes 200 photographs to complement interviews with North Carolina natives about their experiences, as well as appendices, a bibliography, and an index covering important federal photographers in North Carolina during the Great Depression.
Author : Anita Price Davis
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10-29
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780786437795
As the people and economy of the United States struggled to recover during the Great Depression, 42 towns in North Carolina would benefit directly from the $83 million the federal government allocated for public art as part of the New Deal. The result was some of the state's most memorable murals, sculptures, reliefs, paintings, oils, and frescoes, most of which were installed in post offices and courthouses. This book is the only record of all of the North Carolina public art works under the program. It provides in-depth accounts of the works themselves and the artists who created them. Photographs of all of the buildings that originally received the art, the works themselves, and almost all of the 41 artists are provided. An appendix describes federal art projects, 1933-1943. There are detailed footnotes, an extensive bibliography, and an index.
Author : James R. Troyer
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781469611211
Through the pioneering efforts of ecologist B. W. Wells (1884-1978), thousands of North Carolinians learned to appreciate and protect the state's diverse plant life long before ecology and conservation became popular causes. A keen observer of the natural landscape, Wells provided the first scientific descriptions in modern terms of the forces that shaped coastal communities, bogs and savannahs, the Carolina bays, pine forests, old fields, and mountain grassy balds. But the broader impact of his life lay in his championship and popularization of nature. Outside academic circles, he shared his knowledge through public lectures, articles, and lobbying efforts, and by teaching anyone who would listen. In 1932 he produced for his Tar Heel audience a revolutionary work on the plant ecology of the state, The Natural Gardens of North Carolina. Organized by habitat, this volume is still entertaining and instructive. Wells received his Ph.D. in botany from the University of Chicago in 1917 and served as chair of the North Carolina State College botany department for thirty years. He was a memorable teacher and a significant force in the development of his academic institution.
Author : Wendy Griswold
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226357973
In the midst of the Great Depression, Americans were nearly universally literate—and they were hungry for the written word. Magazines, novels, and newspapers littered the floors of parlors and tenements alike. With an eye to this market and as a response to devastating unemployment, Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration created the Federal Writers’ Project. The Project’s mission was simple: jobs. But, as Wendy Griswold shows in the lively and persuasive American Guides, the Project had a profound—and unintended—cultural impact that went far beyond the writers’ paychecks. Griswold’s subject here is the Project’s American Guides, an impressively produced series that set out not only to direct travelers on which routes to take and what to see throughout the country, but also to celebrate the distinctive characteristics of each individual state. Griswold finds that the series unintentionally diversified American literary culture’s cast of characters—promoting women, minority, and rural writers—while it also institutionalized the innovative idea that American culture comes in state-shaped boxes. Griswold’s story alters our customary ideas about cultural change as a gradual process, revealing how diversity is often the result of politically strategic decisions and bureaucratic logic, as well as of the conflicts between snobbish metropolitan intellectuals and stubborn locals. American Guides reveals the significance of cultural federalism and the indelible impact that the Federal Writers’ Project continues to have on the American literary landscape.
Author : John D. Bennett
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786490783
Despite the plethora of books about the Civil War, the origins of many of the placenames associated with the conflict remain a mystery. This gazetteer provides information on nearly 1600 sites, including not only locations of battles and skirmishes but also hospitals, prison camps, military academies, factories and navy yards, both North and South. Also listed are islands, rivers, creeks, fords, ferries and railroad stations, as well as many temporary fort and camp names. From Abbeville, Georgia, where Jefferson Davis stopped in May 1865 days before his capture near Irwinville, to Yorktown, Virginia, which was besieged by General George B. McClellan at the start of the Peninsula campaign, entries explain the origin of each placename and its wartime connections. An appendix listing town and city population figures from the 1860 census completes this informative supplement for Civil War scholars and enthusiasts.
Author : Scott Ellsworth
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780316244633
Winner of the 2016 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing The true story of the game that never should have happened--and of a nation on the brink of monumental change In the fall of 1943, at the little-known North Carolina College for Negroes, Coach John McLendon was on the verge of changing basketball forever. A protégé of James Naismith, the game's inventor, McLendon taught his team to play the full-court press and run a fast break that no one could catch. His Eagles would become the highest-scoring college team in America--a basketball juggernaut that shattered its opponents by as many as sixty points per game. Yet his players faced danger whenever they traveled backcountry roads. Across town, at Duke University, the best basketball squad on campus wasn't the Blue Devils, but an all-white military team from the Duke medical school. Composed of former college stars from across the country, the team dismantled everyone they faced, including the Duke varsity. They were prepared to take on anyone--until an audacious invitation arrived, one that was years ahead of anything the South had ever seen before. What happened next wasn't on anyone's schedule. Based on years of research, The Secret Game is a story of courage and determination, and of an incredible, long-buried moment in the nation's sporting past. The riveting, true account of a remarkable season, it is the story of how a group of forgotten college basketball players, aided by a pair of refugees from Nazi Germany and a group of daring student activists, not only blazed a trail for a new kind of America, but helped create one of the most meaningful moments in basketball history.
Author : Carolyn Sakowski,Angela Harwood,John Tarleton
Publisher : Blair
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : North Carolina
ISBN : 0895873370
Since 1954, John F. Blair, Publisher, has been specializing in nonfiction books about the Southeast, and specifically about North Carolina. Over the years, Blair has published numerous travel guides. So to say that the Blair staff knows something about travel in its home state is no small assertion. Travel North Carolina is a comprehensive guide to the entire Tar Heel State. In this volume, you will find information about historic places, gardens, tours, museums, science centers, cultural offerings, special shopping, recreation, seasonal events, accommodations, and restaurants. If you buy only one travel guide to the Old North State, here are some reasons why it should be Travel North Carolina: This guide was written by longtime residents of North Carolina, It is published by a North Carolina publisher known for its travel guides, It offers more annotated entries about unique places to eat and stay than other guides on the market, You will need to purchase only one guide to cover the entire state, The authors accepted no advertising fees when selecting what to include in the book. Book jacket.
Author : Eugene Frizzelle Goldston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Soil surveys
ISBN : ERDC:35925002004338