North Carolina Books
North Carolina Books
Compiled by Eileen L. McGrath
December 2011
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Julia Taylor Ebel, with M. Joann Moretz. Mama’s Wreaths. Vilas, N.C.: Canterbury House Publishing, 2011. 64 pp. $10.95. ISBN 978-0-9829054-3-2. Reviewed by Deborah Ashby, Sandhills Community College. |
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Stanley R. Riggs, Dorothea V. Ames, Stephen J. Culver, and David J. Mallison. The Battle for North Carolina’s Coast: Evolutionary History, Present Crisis, and Vision for the Future. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2011. 142 pp. $25.00. ISBN978-0-8078-3486-2. Reviewed by Matthew Reynolds, East Carolina University. |
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William H. Rohe. The Research Triangle: From Tobacco Road to Global Prominence. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011. 298 pp. $45.00. ISBN 978-0-8122-4343-7. Reviewed by Beth L. Rowe, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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James Valentine, with text by Chris Bolgiano. Southern Appalachian Celebration: In Praise of Ancient Mountains, Old-Growth Forests, & Wilderness. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2011. 136 pp. $35.00. ISBN: 978-0-8078-3514-2. Reviewed by Nicole Robertson, Vance-Granville Community College. |
October 2011
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27 Views of Chapel Hill: A Southern University Town in Prose & Poetry. Hillsborough, NC: Eno Publishers, 2011. 235 pp. $16.50. 978-0-9820771-91. Reviewed by Kelley Lawton, Duke University. |
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Deborah Beckel. Radical Reform: Interracial Politics in Post-Emancipation North Carolina. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2011. 296 pp. $45.00. ISBN 978-0-8139-3002-2. Reviewed by C. William Gee, East Carolina University. |
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Steve Cushman. Heart with Joy. Vilas, N.C.: Canterbury House Publishing, 2010. 182 pp. $14.95. ISBN 978-0-9825396-3-7. Reviewed by Judi Bugniazet, Perquimans County Library. |
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Carolyn Guy. Autumn Bends the Rebel Tree. Vilas, N.C.: Canterbury House Publishing, 2011. 261 pp. $16.95. ISBN 978-0-9825396-9-9. Reviewed by Carol Truett, Appalachian State University. |
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Leonard Carson Lambert, Jr., as told to Michael Lambert. Up from These Hills: Memories of a Cherokee Boyhood. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2011. 197 pp. $18.95. ISBN 978-0-8032-3536-6. Reviewed by David W. Young, University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
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Cheryl Shelton-Roberts and Bruce Roberts. North Carolina Lighthouses: Stories of History and Hope. Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Press, 2011. 152 pp. $19.95. ISBN 978-0-7627-7351-0. Reviewed by Nina Exner, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. |
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Eileen Clymer Schwab. Shadow of a Quarter Moon. New York: New American Library, 2011. 380 pp. $15.00. ISBN 978-0-451-23328-8. Reviewed by Arleen Fields, Methodist University.
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Carole Watterson Troxler. Farming Dissenters: The Regulator Movement in Piedmont North Carolina. Raleigh: Office of Archives and History, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, 2011. 221 pp. $15.00. ISBN 978-0-86526-350-5. Reviewed by Jason E. Tomberlin, University of North Carolina. |
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Stan Ulanski. Fishing North Carolina’s Outer Banks: The Complete Guide to More Fish from Surf, Pier, Sound, & Ocean. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2011. 198 pp. $20. ISBN 978-0-8078-7207-9. Reviewed by Stephen Bank, Wake County Public Library. |
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Ann Greenleaf Wirtz. The Henderson County Curb Market: A Blue Ridge Heritage since 1924. Boone, N.C.: Parkway Publishers, 2010. 172 pp. $19.95. ISBN 978-1-933251-71-4. Reviewed by Michelle Cronquist, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
June - August 2011
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Jennifer Bean Bower. Animal Adventures in North Carolina. Winston-Salem: John F. Blair, 2011. 263 pp. $14.95. ISBN 978-0-89587-382-8. Reviewed by Michelle Cronquist, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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Leah Chester-Davis, and Toby Bost, eds. The Successful Gardener Guide, North Carolina. Winston-Salem, N.C. : John F. Blair, 2011. 218 pp. $19.95. ISBN 978-0-89587-515-0 and 978-0-89587-515-7 (ebook). Reviewed by Nancy R. Frazier, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (retired). |
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Diane Daniel. Farm Fresh North Carolina: The Go-To Guide to Great Farmers’ Markets, Farm Stands, Farms, Apple Orchards, U-Picks, Kids’ Activities, Lodging, Dining, Choose-and-Cut Christmas Trees, Vineyards and Wineries and More. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2011. 282 pp. $18.95. ISBN 978-0-8078-7182-9. Reviewed by Michele Hayslett, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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Donald Davis. Tales from a Free-Range Childhood. Winston-Salem: John F. Blair Publisher, 2011. 239 pp. $12.95. ISBN 978-0-89587-509-9. Reviewed by Catherine Tingelstad, Pitt Community College Library. |
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Gregory P. Downs. Declarations of Dependence: The Long Reconstruction of Popular Politics in the South, 1861-1908. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2011. 346 pp. $39.95. ISBN 978-0-8078-3444-2. Reviewed by Audra Eagle Yun, Wake Forest University. |
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Clint Johnson. Touring the Carolinas’ Civil War Sites. 2nd ed. Winston-Salem, NC: John F. Blair, 2011. 360pp. $19.95. ISBN 978-0-89587-403-0. Reviewed by Vicki Miller, Winston Salem State University. |
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Joe Miller. Backpacking North Carolina: The Definitive Guide to 43 Can’t–Miss Trips from Mountains to Sea. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2011. 238 pp. $45.00 ISBN 978-0-8078-3455-8 (cloth); $20.00 ISBN 978-0-8078-7183-6 (paper). Reviewed by Katie Nash, Elon University. |
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Tim Peeler, and Roger Winstead. NC State Basketball: 100 Years of Innovation. Raleigh: NC State University Athletics Department, 2010. 245 pp. $30.00. ISBN 978-0-8078-3447-3. (Copies of this publication may be ordered from the UNC Press web site (www.uncpress.unc.edu) or by calling Longleaf Services at 800-848-6224.) Reviewed by Suvanida Duangudom, Wake Technical Community College. |
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Kevin Reynolds. Native North Carolina: The What, Why, and Where of Native American Place Names. Boone, NC: Parkway Publishers, Inc., 2010.(Distributed by John F. Blair, Publisher) 122 pp. $14.95. ISBN 978-1-933251-72-1. Reviewed by Jennifer McElroy, Minnesota Historical Society Library |
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Bland Simpson and Scott Taylor. The Coasts of Carolina: Seaside and Sound Country. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2010. 140 pp. $30.00. ISBN 978-0-8078-3439-8. Reviewed by Shannon Tennant, Elon University. |
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Alan D. Watson. Tyrrell County: A Brief History. Raleigh: Office of Archives and History, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, 2010. 244 pp. $15.00, paperback. ISBN 0-86526-347-7. Reviewed by Patrick M. Valentine, East Carolina University. |
