North Carolina Books

This book chronicles the lives of four working-class Jewish immigrant women from their common start as survivors of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire through their careers as labor leaders. These women are absolutely astounding American heroes just waiting to be discovered. In addition to her awe-inspiring subject matter, Orleck also employes a readable and interesting writing style that is true to life and avoids becoming bogged down with useless facts. This book reminded me how much one person really can make a difference simply through conviction and perseverance.

This text provides a clear overview of the power structures within local community systems, then expands the concept to a more regional view. Hunter's work fits well with C. Wright Mill's studies, and should be considered and studied alongside Mills. Some of the topics investigated: community power and the individual; types of power in a local setting; private aspects of power; location within a community; loci of control in elites.

Where was this book when I was studying North Carolina history? I was born in NC, but have learned a lot I didn't know from this book. Turnage has done great research and includes lots of little known trivia that really make the history come alive. Readable, entertaining, and lots of good travel information, too. Outstanding photographs! If you're traveling in NC, this guide is a plus.

Don Kirkendall is a doc that really has "been there and done that." This book provides super information, based on studies and years of experience from the youth to national team level on what comprises soccer fitness, how to improve it, and how to test for it. The section on injury prevention alone is worth the cover price. This is a great way for club and high school coaches, in particular, to get up to date with the latest in exercise physiology as it relates to soccer. It's a much more user friendly book than Jens Bangsbo's excellent, but way down in the physiological weeds, book.

Mark Neely, Harold Holzer, and Gabor S. Boritt effectively collaborate to present a pioneering and seminal examination of the popular lithographs and engravings cherished by Southerners during and after the Civil War in The Confederate Image: Prints Of A Lost Cause. These were the images in southern popular culture that helped to sustain and revive a post-confederacy identity following the collapse of the Confederacy at the end of the war. It is one of history's ironies that these images were actually crafted by Northern artisans. The principle focus of The Confederate Image is on the prints of three prominent southern Civil War figures (Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, Stonewall Jackson) as well as offering informative discussions on prints of other significant Confederates as well as the contributions of the short-lived "Southern Illustrated News". The Confederate Image is a highly recommended and unique addition to Civil War studies and of considerable interest to students of American popular culture and art history.

"Huxley in Hollywood" has been selected for listing in "Religion and Psychoactive Sacraments: An Entheogen Chrestomathy."

This work should be in the personal library of every student of Alabama history, as well as every attorney and law student. First published in 1955, Auburn University History Professor Malcolm C. McMillan's study of the genesis of Alabama's six constitutions is the authoritative book on this subject. The late Dr. McMillan was known for his devotion to research, and this book is evidence of that trait. Dr. McMillan traces the roots which brought about the constitutional conventions which framed Alabama's constitutions, then takes the reader "inside" the conventions, with their various factions, to explore how and why each of these constitutions was finalized. In the process, he details every step with annotations which not only lend credence to his narrative, but serve as rich sources for those wishing to conduct further research into the subject. The cohesion of each chapter of the book is artfully accomplished. The result is a monumental work on the constitutions, each a reaction to its predecessor. Thus, in order to fully comprehend the Constitution of 1901, one must study the Constitution of 1875, which was not only used as the "working document" for the 1901 instrument, but was a refinement and extension of it. Further, in order to understand the 1875 instrument, one must have a firm grounding in the 1868 constitution, the conditions which brought it forth and the wholesale revulsion toward it by the Bourbon Democrats who framed the 1875 document. In essence, the genesis of Alabama's six constitutions are Alabama history itself - an interlocking chain of events, each consequent to the other and none fully comprehensive in and of itself. Dr. McMillan renders the most lucid and reliable explanation of the creation and subsequent recreations of Alabama's organic law. This reviewer offers his highest recommendation of this book, and offers a belated thank you to Dr. McMillan for this gift to Alabama historians.

I really like the way this book begins each section with a practical application. It really assists a student with developing a contextual, math modeling based understanding of mathematics, and provides a pretty good understanding of concepts such as logarithms and exponentiation.

Cotton Mill Girl, set in Gastonia,N.C., begins in 1912 as twelve-year-old Selena Wright is forced to leave School and work in Loray Cotton Mill. Long hours in the noisy and sometimes dangerous mill dominate the lives of all who work there -- especially the children like Selena.
But Selena lives at Calloway Boardinghouse and the bustle of activity there - singing at the piano, sharing everything from savory home-cooked meals to the latest gossip with fellow boarders -- enriches her life.
Selena learns how to escape the monotony of the mill through trips to the movie house to see Mary Pickford and outings for Cherry-Berry ice cream sodas. Selena also finds solace in conversations with her mother - who comforts and advises her from beyond. Eventually Selena discovers her talent for writing poetry - her ultimate means of escape and expression.
Savor this coming-of-age story - a story of finding one's way when the only constant in the world was change.

Just for information, the first flight was NOT in 1904! Amazon - shame on you! DECEMBER 17, 1903 was that eventful day.