north carolina

A guide to hiking the Appalachian Trail through Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, with forty-five day hikes and overnight backpacking trips, including information on parking, camping, and water resources.

Chronicles the fifty-year rivalry between the Duke and Carolina basketball teams, examining the contrasts between the two schools and their teams and describing some of the games that have influenced the rivalry.

Gene Cheek describes his childhood in North Carolina with his loving mother and abusive, alcoholic father, tells how he was torn from his mother's home at the age of twelve when his father filed a complaint in court that she was unfit due to her involvement with an African-American man, and discusses the lasting impact of that event on his life.

Contains a collection of folk tales from North Carolina and Virginia.

The autobiography of an African-American woman Ph.D. who teaches at various colleges in the South.

The autobiography of a young African American girl growing up in North Carolina during a time when the Southern system of segregation seems to offer little hope for a future.

Jackie Torrence who overcame her severe childhood speech impediment to become a celebrated storyteller shares her childhood memories in this collection of twelve stories. Included are anecdotes from her childhood and stories that were recounted by her grandparents and shared by her family some of whose photographs are presented in the book.

In 1956 in Half Moon, North Carolina, thirteen-year-old Edie Jo comes to terms with her own prejudice and the death of a friend.

When a clerk at the local Quik-Pik is found murdered, the townspeople work together to find his murderer before he can strike again.