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Close to Home: North Carolina January 2018
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Close to Home: North Carolina is a NextReads newsletter that focuses on the treasures found in the North Carolina Room at the Central Library. Please note that North Carolina Room copies of books are considered reference only and cannot be checked out, but circulating copies may be available elsewhere in Forsyth County or in the NC Cardinal consortium.For additional resources check out the links below and read our very popular blog!
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The North Carolina Room of the Forsyth County Public Library houses a broad range of non-circulating resources to suit your research needs. The room contains a wealth of local, state and federal information as well as archived issues of newspapers and magazines. Our knowledgeable staff will be happy to assist you with your project, whether you are an experienced researcher or just getting started. For help with questions about North Carolina, local history, or genealogy, please come visit us on the second floor of the Central Library in Winston-Salem, NC or call 336-703-3070 during regular business hours.
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Pure heart : a spirited tale of grace, grit, and whiskey by Troylyn Ball"The founder and principal owner of Troy and Sons, shares how she, a Southern woman and devoted full-time mother of two developmentally challenged sons, became America's foremost legal distiller of traditional Appalachian moonshine."
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Carolina Belle
by Rose Senehi
"Scarred by betrayal, Belle mellows from bitterly unforgiving, to a woman willing to swallow her pride to win back the man she never stopped loving. Cut from the same tenacious cloth as her grandfather, Pap, who owns the biggest apple orchard in North Carolina, she risks her life rescuing four hundred antique apple trees her neighbor has spent a lifetime collecting from old farms all over the South. From them, Belle, a botanist, is hell bent on creating a "billion dollar" apple she'll call the Carolina Belle. Matt has worked for Pap since he was old enough to hold up his end of an apple box. Pap thinks of him as the son he never had, but Belle as the man whom she loved and who betrayed her. Rich in emotion and driven by suspense, this tale reveals the bold, resourceful character needed for a clan to survive for five generations int he precarious business of apple growing in the North Carolina Mountains. Woven throughout this story is the fascinating history of the American apple that started when countless settlers planted seeds all over the country and kicked off one of the biggest evolutionary experiments this nation has ever seen."
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North Carolina Moonshine : An Illicit History by Jr. Stephenson, Frank"North Carolina holds a special place in the history of moonshine. For more than three centuries, the illicit home-brew was a way of life. NASCAR emerged from the illegal moonshine trade as drivers such as Junior Johnson, accustomed to running from the law, moved to the racetrack. A host of colorful characters populated the state's bootlegging arena, like Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton, known as the Paul Bunyan of moonshine, and Alvin Sawyer, considered the moonshine king of the Great Dismal Swamp. Some law enforcement played a constant cat-and-mouse game to shut down illegal stills, while some just looked the other way. Authors Frank Stephenson and Barbara Mulder reveal the gritty history of moonshine in the Tar Heel State."
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Cursed in the Carolinas : stories of the damned
by Patty A Wilson
"In Cursed in the Carolinas, Patty A. Wilson recounts tales of genuine maledictions intended to invoke evil and unease across both North and South Carolina. The stories in this book are brought to chilling life, letting you decide whether the resulting tragedies were simply bad luck, coincidences...or something far more sinister. Read about the misfortunes of others and thank your lucky stars that none of these things are happening to you."
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Still & barrel : craft spirits in the Old North State
by John Francis Trump
"Although legal spirits in the Tar Heel state only go back about ten years, making liquor in North Carolina is not new. Wilkes County, which was once dubbed the “Moonshine Capital of the World,” was the leading producer of illegal liquor for decades. In 1965, Tom Wolfe’s article in Esquire―“The Last American Hero is Junior Johnson. Yes!”―made the area nationally famous. Today descendants of famous moonshiners are now respectable craft distillers carrying on the family tradition―people like Brian Call, the master distiller at Call Family Distillers, who is descended from Reverend Daniel Call, who sold his still seven generations ago to burgeoning entrepreneur Jack Daniels. Brian is the son of the legendary Willie Clay “The Uncatchable” Call, who hung around with Junior Johnson and whose favorite car―a 1961 Chrysler New Yorker fitted with toggle switches that kill the brake lights, is on display at the distillery today. Today, the Calls make a 101-proof sour mash moonshine as well as strawberry, cherry, and apple pie varieties. In Still & Barrel, Trump traces the history of manufacturing moonshine whiskey, gin, vodka, and rum in the state all the way to today’s boom from the artisan movement. The book also serves as a guide so you can visit the almost 50 distilleries that are now in business. The state’s distillers are not just making moonshine. Their wares include rum―from sorghum and molasses―aged red-wheat organic whiskey and vodka infused with the mysterious Tobago pepper. The information about the distillers and their products is surrounded by history and compelling stories about people and their passion."
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Rail Depots of Eastern North Carolina by Jr. Neal, Larry K."Railroads have been an integral part of North Carolina since the 1850s, allowing goods and people to travel across the state or to other areas of the country. For many years, the main focus of small towns and large cities in the stae was railroad depots. Residents could purchase train tickets, businesses sought to ship or receive goods for market, and kids loved to visit and wave to the passing train crews. During the Christmas season, presents ordered from catalogs would arrive by Railway Express and were delivered to homes across the area. Mail was also delivered by rail to the depots, even if the train did not stop at a particular community. This book hopes to provide rail enthusiasts, local and economic historians, and history lovers in general, a look at the heyday of railroads and how much they affected daily life in North Carolina."
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The farmhouse chef : recipes & stories from my Carolina farm
by Jamie DeMent
"Offering 150 recipes for every occasion, the author opens a bright kitchen window onto the newest kind of farming life in North Carolina—raising sustainably nurtured and sought-after heirloom varieties of produce and livestock—and reveals what life is really like on a working farm."
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New voyages to Carolina : reinterpreting North Carolina history
by Jeffrey J Crow
"New Voyages to Carolina offers a bold new approach for understanding and telling North Carolina's history. Recognizing the need for such a fresh approach and reflecting a generation of recent scholarship, eighteen distinguished authors have sculpted a broad, inclusive narrative of the state's evolution over more than four centuries. The volume provides new lenses and provocative possibilities for reimagining the state's past. Trancending traditional markers or wars and elections, the contributors map out a new chronology encompassing geological realities; the unappreciated presence of Indians, blacks, and women; religious and cultural influences; and abiding preferences for industrial development within the limits of "progressive" politics. While challenging traditional story lines, the authors frame a candid tale of the state's development."
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THE CULTURE, HISTORY AND HUMAN ECOLOGY OF THE UPPER YADKIN RIVER VALLEYTuesday, January 16, 6:30 PM Walkertown Branch Library Free public lecture The Culture, History and Human Ecology of the Upper Yadkin River Valley, AD 800-1600 will be presented by Eric E. Jones, the Assistant Professor from the Department of Anthropology of the Wake Forest University. This talk will cover the history of archaeological research in the Yadkin River valley and wider North Carolina and southern Virginia Piedmont, and what the research on settlement patterns and economic behaviors is adding to the body of knowledge. It focuses on the period AD 1200-1600, and the primary culture in the region at that time, the Piedmont Village Tradition.
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THE JOY OF BIRDFEEDING Tuesday, February 6, 2:00 PM Kernersville Branch Library Join us as we welcome birding expert Liz Schmid, who will explain how to attract birds to your yard and identify them, thus exploring the joy of birdfeeding. You can then use what you learn to participate in the 2018 Great Backyard Bird Count. Free and open to the public. To register, please call 336-703-2930. Liz Schmid has been an avid birder for over 15 years and has been an active member of the Audubon Society of Forsyth County, the North Carolina Bluebird Society, and the Piedmont Bird Club. Liz is also a member of Wildlife Rehab Inc, where she works with the education committee as a presenter.
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"MAN TO MAN: BIGHOUSE GAINES"
Saturday, February 24, 10:30 AM
Walkertown Branch Library
NC Historian Fam Brownlee will present "Man to Man: Bighouse Gaines", a talk about the now in production documentary film "Man to Man: Bighouse Gaines". Bighouse is world famous for winning 828 games as a college basketball coach, third on the all-time list. But it was his role as a maker of men that was really important, from the hundreds of young basketballers who passed through his programs to the troubled local teenagers down the street. Call 336-703-2990 for more information.
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Get Crafty at the Rural Hall Branch Library Tuesdays, Various Rural Hall Branch Library Tuesdays are all about the arts at the Rural Hall Branch Library! If you are looking to join together with fellow painters, crocheters, knitters, quilters or those who love to sew, then there is a club for you. Bring your current works in progress and supplies. No registration is necessary. Appropriate for ages 13 and over. Club Schedule Art Club- Every Tuesday at 10 am Stitching Circle- 2nd & 4th Tuesdays at 6 pm Quilting Club- 2nd Tuesday at 6 pm Sewing Club- 3rd Tuesday at 6 pm Call 336-703-2970 or contact Crystal Holland at hollancd@forsyth.cc for more information.
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Forsyth County Public Library 660 West Fifth Street Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101 336-703-2665www.forsythlibrary.org |
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