Journey Home

by Mike Hembree, Jimmy Cornelison, Reese Fant

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0962092304
• ISBN13: 9780962092305
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Greenville News-Piedmont Co
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excerpt from Front Flap

"Here are gathered dozens of stories about as it is and once was in the upcountry of South and North Carolina. Reprinted here is almost a decade's worth of the best feature writing in The Greenville News and Greenville Piedmont, two newspapers committed to chronicling the changing times and faces of one of the country's most interesting and colorful regions. Here are stories about many of the unusual characters who have populated this part of the world; some remain with us, others live on through stories told by an evening fire, and repeated here." Sections (Table of Contents): Reflections: A look back at the way things were Traditions: Syrup-making, bootlegging, coon-hunting and other diversions Images: Portraits of some special places, in spring green and autumn gold Seasons: The splendor of the land, from mountain peaks to valley floor Pathways: Visiting the country store, the barbershop and other landmarks Foundations: Building roads to the future on the lessons of the past This is an attractive and heavily illustrated book, filled with the life and landscape of the Carolina's upcountry.