Our Vanishing Americana: A North Carolina Portrait

by Mike Lassiter and Lee Grant

Book Overview

Someone once said, "If you start forgetting how things began, you stop beginning things." With undaunting energy and perseverance, Mike Lassiter spent six years traveling across the state of North Carolina, looking for the lifeblood of small towns, community icons and historic businesses--the beginnings of Tar Heel commerce, livelihoods, family enterprises. At first it was old storefronts and signage that captured his imagination; soon he became...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 097046519X
• ISBN13: 9780970465191
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Lorimer Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 3.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 11.5" x 10.5"