Call to the Blue Ridge
Author: Raymond Houston Minter
Publisher: Xulon Press
Published: 2005-08
Total Pages: 182
ISBN-13: 1597814121
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The Blue Ridge Tunnel
Author: Mary E. Lyons
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2014-02-25
Total Pages: 247
ISBN-13: 1625849524
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe true story of the construction of the historic Crozet railroad tunnel—as seen through the eyes of three Irish immigrant families who helped build it. In one of the greatest engineering feats of the time, Claudius Crozet led the completion of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Tunnel in 1858. More than a century and a half later, the tunnel stands as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, but the stories and lives of those who built it are the true lasting triumph. Irish immigrants fleeing the Great Hunger poured into America resolved to find something to call their own. They would persevere through life in overcrowded shanties and years of blasting through rock to see the tunnel to completion. In this intriguing history, Mary E. Lyons follows three Irish families in their struggle to build Crozet’s famed tunnel—and their American dream. Includes photos and illustrations
Midwife of the Blue Ridge
Author: Christine Blevins
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2008-08-05
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0425221687
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA stirring debut novel-of love, struggle, and savagery on America's colonial frontier- (Bernard Cornwell). They call her Dark Maggie for her thick black hair, but the name also has a more sinister connotation. As the lone survivor of an attack on her village, she was thought to be cursed, and unfit for marriage. Maggie is also gifted with quick wits and skilled in medicine, trained as a midwife. Venturing to the colonies as an indentured servant, she hopes to escape the superstitions of the old country, and find a home of her own. But what she discovers is a New World fraught with new dangers.
Blue Ridge Billy
Author: Lois Lenski
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2015-10-13
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 1504022041
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA young boy dreams of music and sunshine in the Great Smoky Mountains As far as Billy is concerned, there’s no sight more beautiful than the sun setting over the Blue Ridge Mountains. When the day is done, he sneaks away from his work to watch the sun go down. If his father knew, he would call Billy lazy, but Mama would understand. She knows life in the mountains is hard and that there’s no point in living if a person can’t take time to appreciate what he has. Billy dreams of the day when he can pick up his fiddle and sing the folk songs of his people. Until then, he will be content with the sun. This beautifully written novel tells a story of simple fun and irresistible pleasures in 1 of the most beautiful regions in the United States.
The Man who Moved a Mountain
Author: Richard C. Davids
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780800612375
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis biography of Reverend Bob Childress of the Blue Ridge Mountains has been compared to the tales of Mark Twain and the Mississippi. Shows Childress' transforming effects on rough and wild mountain communities.
Moonshiner's Daughter
Author: Mary Judith Messer
Publisher: Doing Well Now Publishers
Published: 2010-07
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780578054209
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMoonshiner's Daughter is the early life story of a young girl raised in the some of the most remote, backwoods parts of Haywood County, North Carolina, deep in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains. Her father, an ardent moonshiner when he wasn't in prison, and her mother, often showing mental illness from an earlier brain injury, raised their four children in some of the grimmest circumstances that you will ever read about. Mary Judith Messer eventually escaped her extreme living conditions by going to live with a family as their mother's helper near Washington, DC. She then moved to New York City to live with her older sister who had run away from a forced marriage. The memoir Moonshiner's Daughter is told through the eyes and words of a barely educated child and teenager yet their meaning and descriptions are clear as a mountain stream. She changed the names of most people and places to protect her still living family members. Authors Robert Morgan & Ron Rash give recommendations.
Secrets of the Blue Ridge
Author: Phil James
Publisher:
Published: 2010-12-15
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781936518524
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOrlean Puckett
Author: Karen Cecil Smith
Publisher: Blair
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOrlean Puckett was a midwife who lived from 1844 to 1939 in Carroll County, Virginia. Aunt Orlean delivered thousands of babies, she herself, however, lost 24 children of her own. She is commemorated on the Blue Ridge Parkway by a National Park Service marker.
Scholastic Book of World Records 2022
Author: Scholastic
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2021-12-07
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 1338821075
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt's been another year of amazing facts, trends, current events, and more. Read about all the epic world records you need to know from the past year! The world's most inspiring, awesome, and jaw-droppings records are packed in this updated seventh edition of the Scholastic Book of World Records! Find out amazing stats, like: - Which band has the longest-ever music video: BTS or Twenty One Pilots? - How many career points has LeBron James scored? - What's the price of the most expensive pet fish in the world? - And a whole lot more! This awe-inspiring updated edition of the Book of World Records comes complete with new entries in pop culture, science, tech, nature, sports, medicine, and more. This 2022 edition also includes "Trending" sections for each category, covering all the new cool social media facts, incredible stats, and facts you need to know from the past year.
Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains
Author: Camelia McNeil Elliott
Publisher: Infinity Pub
Published: 2008-09-01
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780741448675
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEvery summer, Camelia McNeil Elliott, spent a month with her beloved grandparents in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. While visiting Mabry Mill¿s rotating waterwheel, Elliott imagined Lizzie Mabry grinding white corn for customers in 1908. Inspired, she wrote stories about Appalachian mountaineers and her family, such as her great-great grandmother¿s incarceration in a corn crib by Civil War soldiers, her grandparent¿s 1917 elopement in a horse drawn carriage during a treacherous mountain ice storm, and her father¿s jail house shenanigans at the Floyd County Courthouse. Elliott¿s book tells captivating and intriguing stories of Virginia history, culture, traditions, and everyday living common to all mountain families.
