Literary Trails of the North Carolina Piedmont
Title | Literary Trails of the North Carolina Piedmont PDF eBook |
Author | Georgann Eubanks |
Publisher | Univ of North Carolina Press |
Pages | 466 |
Release | 2010-10-15 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 0807899526 |
Read your way across North Carolina's Piedmont in the second of a series of regional guides that bring the state's rich literary history to life for travelers and residents. Eighteen tours direct readers to sites that more than two hundred Tar Heel authors have explored in their fiction, poetry, plays, and creative nonfiction. Along the way, excerpts chosen by author Georgann Eubanks illustrate a writer's connection to a specific place or reveal intriguing local culture--insights rarely found in travel guidebooks. Featured authors include O. Henry, Doris Betts, Alex Haley, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, John Hart, Betty Smith, Edward R. Murrow, Patricia Cornwell, Carson McCullers, Maya Angelou, Lee Smith, Reynolds Price, and David Sedaris. Literary Trails is an exciting way to see anew the places that you already love and to discover new people and places you hadn't known about. The region's rich literary heritage will surprise and delight all readers.
Mushrooms of the Georgia Piedmont and Southern Appalachians
Title | Mushrooms of the Georgia Piedmont and Southern Appalachians PDF eBook |
Author | Mary L. Woehrel |
Publisher | University of Georgia Press |
Pages | 664 |
Release | 2017-11-01 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0820350036 |
This well-organized reference guide to wild mushrooms will aid professional mycologists, students, and mushroom enthusiasts alike with its accurate and detailed identification tools. It provides nomenclaturally and scientifically accurate accounts of the unusually wide range of mushrooms in the Southeast, from northerly species found in North Georgia and North Carolina to the subtropical and even tropical species found in the Piedmont. Comprehensive in scope, this guide offers a thoughtful approach to solving taxonomy and identification problems. Features: -Coverage of 24 genera and 450 species -More than 1,000 color photographs that aid in identification -Line drawings that detail the complicated and subtle structures of fungi -Classification of seldom-seen species as well as those most familiar in the region -Sections on toxic and psychoactive properties of some fungi -Warnings about the dangers of some mushroom varieties
Piedmont Plantation
Title | Piedmont Plantation PDF eBook |
Author | Jean Bradley Anderson |
Publisher | Historic Preservation Society |
Pages | 227 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Durham County (N.C.) |
ISBN | 9780961557713 |
Nancy Brachey's Guide to Peidmont Gardening
Title | Nancy Brachey's Guide to Peidmont Gardening PDF eBook |
Author | Nancy Brachey |
Publisher | Sports Publishing LLC |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 2000-10 |
Genre | Gardening |
ISBN | 9781571674906 |
Nancy Brachey's Guide to Piedmont Gardening is a comprehensive gardening reference for any Piedmont area resident. As the gardening editor of the Charlotte Observer, Nancy has helped beginners and advanced gardeners from the basics of planting to cultivating a garden. The book offers a month-by-month guide to gardening. Each month includes sections like "What to Plant," "It's Time to...," "What is Blooming," and "Ask Nancy: Answers to Some Common Problems" as well as other topics relevant to the month.
Piedmont Airlines
Title | Piedmont Airlines PDF eBook |
Author | Richard E. Eller |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 756 |
Release | 2012-12-14 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 0786491817 |
Founded by Thomas H. Davis in 1948, Piedmont Airlines was one of the most respected regional airlines of its time. This exhaustive history follows the airline from its humble beginnings at Smith Reynolds Airport in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to its 1989 absorption into USAir after a buyout at the highest price ever commanded by a regional airline. Drawing upon corporate documents, local news stories, and countless personal interviews with former Piedmont employees, the author tells the airline's history in detail. Nearly 100 photographs show the airline's development, and two appendices provide comprehensive lists of its fleet and service destinations. Fully indexed.
Piedmont Wagon & Manufacturing Co.
Title | Piedmont Wagon & Manufacturing Co. PDF eBook |
Author | Piedmont Wagon Manufacturing & Co. |
Publisher | From the Library and Archive of the Carriage Museum of America |
Pages | 50 |
Release | |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Piedmont Wagon & Manufacturing Company, Hickory, NC. Contains manufacturing information about the Piedmont wagon, and black and white images of the vehicles produced.
North Carolina’s Wild Piedmont
Title | North Carolina’s Wild Piedmont PDF eBook |
Author | Adam Morgan |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 176 |
Release | 2015-08-17 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1625853262 |
The North Carolina Piedmont is rich in natural beauty and wildlife. Home to eleven state parks, three state natural areas, a national wildlife refuge and a national forest, the region offers more than just gently rolling hills. Tour the wild wine vines in Medoc Mountain State Park, marvel at the floodplains of the Haw River and follow the migratory birds in Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge. Experience the natural history, field research, interviews with park rangers and firsthand experiences of the state's largest physiographic region. Author Adam Morgan joins in a rich tradition of nature writing to paint the majestic beauty and raw power of North Carolina's wild Piedmont.