The Miracle of Brasstown Valley
Title | The Miracle of Brasstown Valley PDF eBook |
Author | Zell Miller |
Publisher | Stroud & Hall Publishers |
Pages | 193 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 0979646200 |
A true story of the miraculous creation of a college in a remote mountain valley at the turn of the 19th century and the captivating characters who, with the grace of God, made it happen: The Methodist circuit rider, still in his 20s, who came into the valley on a mule, bringing only a dream and the fierce faith of an Old Testament prophet. The wise, resourceful, soft-spoken widow who breathed life into the infant school not once but twice. The wealthy Methodist laymen whose generosity for Christian education was so great that his kin sued him because they felt left out. The college president, a Shakespearean scholar, who was more at home on the farm with his britches rolled up and shirt tail flapping.
The Splendor of Brasstown Valley
Title | The Splendor of Brasstown Valley PDF eBook |
Author | Leota Hunter Hamilton |
Publisher | AuthorHouse |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 2006-06-29 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1467801410 |
Purt Nigh Gone
Title | Purt Nigh Gone PDF eBook |
Author | Zell Miller |
Publisher | Stroud & Hall Pub |
Pages | 171 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780979646232 |
Purt Nigh Gone: The Old Mountain Ways, the latest book by New York Times best-selling author, former U. S. senator and Georgia governor Zell Miller, is about a way of life that once was, but is no more. Time has taken its toll on much of the unique Appalachian mountain culture. Only a remnant now remains. "Purt nigh gone" (pretty near gone) is the region's disappearing dialect, swallowed up by exposure to mass media popular culture. Nearly gone as well is the area's traditional music, its food, its old-time religion, its humor, and even its moonshine. While considering these fading treasures, this book also looks at the Appalachian mountains in their prehistoric times, when they rose higher than the Rockies, at the Cherokees and their removal, at the nation's first gold rush, and at the timeless question of whose mountains these truly are. Finally, Zell Miller leaves us with 101 good reasons for living in these mountains today. But after reading through these remembrances of a time "purt nigh gone," you will hardly need them. These mountains will feel like home already.
The Independent
Title | The Independent PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Pages | 788 |
Release | 1909 |
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The Independent
Title | The Independent PDF eBook |
Author | William Livingston |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1424 |
Release | 1909 |
Genre | American periodicals |
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Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature
Title | Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1268 |
Release | 1910 |
Genre | Periodicals |
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American Illustrated Magazine
Title | American Illustrated Magazine PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Pages | 656 |
Release | 1909 |
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