Before We Were Quaint: The Southport few remember...and others can't imagine

by Larry Maisel

This book punctures the myth about the nature of the small North Carolina coastal village of Southport. Today it is known as "the town with all the antique stores," but it's past is very different. From the mid 1800s to the 1950s Southport was a hard working, sometimes kind of rough, even industrial, town, not merely a fishing village. Only later could it be called "quaint." The author unfolds that past for us. The reader will learn not only of patriots...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1449546870
• ISBN13: 9781449546878
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.0" x 10.0"