Over its fifty-year existence, John F. Blair, Publisher, has become known for its Southern folklore—its tales of ghosts, goblins, ghouls, spirits, witches, devils, phantoms, haints, boogers, boo-daddi
Junior Ray Loveblood, one of the most outrageous and original personalities to appear in American literature in many years, returns in The Yazoo Blues, the sequel to John Pritchard's Junior Ray. Now
This guide to historically significant sites related to the Cherokee Nation received an Award of Merit from the Tennessee Historical Commission in 1996. This new edition covers 190 Cherokee sites in f
In September 1996, Cumberland Island blasted onto the national news scene when it was revealed that John Kennedy, Jr., and Carolyn Bassett were married on the island in the First African Baptist Churc
John Jeter was a burnt-out journalist living in Florida when his younger brother, who once saved Jeter's life by donating one of his kidneys, telephoned with life-altering news: he found the perfect s
At the age of 29, just five years after they met, John Rybicki's wife, the poet Julie Moulds, was diagnosed with cancer. Here, in poems raw and graceful, authentic and wise, Rybicki pays homage to the
Since its creation in 1934, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has become the most heavily visited of all our national parks, with yearly visitation sometimes surpassing 10 million people.To many
A century ago, a modestly successful Raleigh portrait and landscape painter named Jacques Busbee arrived by train in Seagrove, North Carolina, not knowing that his future, and the history of pottery-m
Although legal spirits in the Tar Heel state only go back about ten years, making liquor in North Carolina is not new. Wilkes County, which was once dubbed the “Moonshine Capital of the World,” was th
When deaths from the Civil War exceeded the burial capacity of the Washington, D.C area, the quartermaster general for the Union army was tasked with locating a site for a singular national cemetery l
The Cherokee Rose, written by award-winning historian and recipient of a recent MacArthur "genius grant" Tiya Miles, examines a little-known aspect of America's past—slaveholding by Southern Cherokees
Sixteen years have passed since Steven Sherrill first introduced us to "M," the selfsame Minotaur from Greek mythology, transplanted to the modern American South, in the critically acclaimed The Minot
Five thousand years out of the labyrinth, the Minotaur finds himself in the American South, living in a trailer park and working as a line cook at a steakhouse. No longer a devourer of human flesh, th
Boasting more craft breweries than any other state in the South, North Caro¬lina is the state of Southern beer. In 2012, Erik Lars Myers wrote North Carolina Craft Beer & Breweries, which profiled 45
When the deacons at Mark Beaver’s Bible Belt church cue up an evangelical horror flick aimed at dramatizing Hell, he figures he'd better get right with God, and soon. Convinced he could die at age sev
Nick Wolf is a “public research specialist” for NorthAm Oil Company, but he likes to think of himself as the company storyteller. Nick, who believes in the old-fashioned integrity of the people who
The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail tells how a bold, imaginative investment by a public employee pension fund turned into a world-class tourist attraction that helped change the image and boost the eco
Tess Wycheski is a standout bowler, just like her father before her. And just like her father, she is haunted and driven by the famous, career-ending humiliation he suffered at his first pro match. Jo
Crooked Letter i offers a collection of first-person nonfiction narratives that reflect the distinct 'coming out' experiences of a complex cross-section of gay, lesbian, and transgendered Southerners
In April 1912, white, 18-year-old reporter Charles Mears covers his first murder case in Hampton, Virginia: Virginia Christian, an uneducated black girl, was tried for killing her white employer and d
From Beaufort to Boone and a dozen places in between, this book is a rich collection of 25 stories showcasing the houses where some of the most notable Southern authors—including Jill McCorkle, Nikky
From Beaufort to Boone and a dozen places in between, this book is a rich collection of 25 stories showcasing the houses where some of the most notable Southern authors—including Jill McCorkle, Nikky
A gripping tale of family crisis and personal strength focuses on Maddy, an 11-year-old girl struggling to keep herself and her three younger brothers afloat in small-town segregated Mississippi in th
Twenty-seven Wilmington authors and poets contribute their "views" to this anthology, capturing the city, both present and past. They offer a broad and varied picture of the Port Cit
Thirty years after first discovering the timber-rich land of the West Virginia mountains during the Civil War, three Union veterans establish Cheat River Paper & Pulp and proceed to fund their
Based on Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" from "The Republic," in this novel, the Cave is a dank basement bar in the small Southern town of Waterville, overflowing wi
Since the first edition of Kevin Adams’s North Carolina Waterfalls came out in 1994, this book has sold almost 65,000 copies. Since the 1990s, Adams has established a widespread and well-respected rep
The author takes readers along on her journey back to find the food her grandmother called "sumntaeat." Along with the recipes come Tyson's comments, which reflect her biting wit as
Editor Stephen Kirk presents a collection of personal narrative accounts and information from a variety of other primary sources that together tell the history of North Carolina’s barrier islands from
"Late one night at the end of a scorching summer, a phone call rouses Sheriff Furman Chambers out of bed. Two men have been shot dead on Highway 9 in front of the Hillside Inn, a one-time boardinghous
These stories, all set in nearby towns in the Alabama Black Belt—a swath of dark soil that runs west to east through the central part of the state—explore the history, culture, and human spirit of the
On the one-hundred-fiftieth anniversary of the Civil War, award-winning author Frye Gaillard reflects on the war—and the way we remember it—through letters written by his family, including his great-g
In Chili Dawgs Always Bark at Night, Lewis Grizzard once again confirms his reputation as the "William Faulkner of just plain folks" using colorful storytelling to tackle such Grizzardian subjects as:
While working as a reporter and producer for North Carolina’s public television network, Bob Garner took his “love of good food to work” where he created a weekly program devoted to the state’s barbec
Ray McManus’s third book of poetry, Punch., is a call for the claw-hammer, a hymn to the steel toe, and a series of lonely missives from truck cabs and office cubicles. Punch. is a book about work, ab
From Brooklyn to the Olympics follows Mel Rosen from the streets of Brooklyn during the 1930s–’40s to his selection as head coach for United States track and field for the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympi
