This Is My South

This Is My South

Author: Caroline Eubanks

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2018-10-01

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1493034316

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You may think you know the South for its food, its people, its past, and its stories, but if there’s one thing that’s certain, it’s that the region tells far more than one tale. It is ever-evolving, open to interpretation, steeped in history and tradition, yet defined differently based on who you ask. This Is My South inspires the reader to explore the Southern States––Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia––like never before. No other guide pulls together these states into one book in quite this way with a fresh perspective on can’t-miss landmarks, off the beaten path gems, tours for every interest, unique places to sleep, and classic restaurants. So come see for yourself and create your own experiences along the way!


100 Things to Do in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Before You Die

100 Things to Do in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Before You Die

Author: Jill Rohrbach

Publisher: Reedy Press LLC

Published: 2023-09-01

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 168106460X

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While Fayetteville may be best known as the home of the University of Arkansas and the Arkansas Razorbacks, the city complements those offerings with broad cultural experiences and outdoor pursuits. Tucked within its rolling, wooded landscape are incredible unexpected experiences, both rural and urban. 100 Things to Do in Fayetteville Before You Die offers visitors and locals alike ideas and itineraries for food, shopping, recreation, history, music, and entertainment. Discover Fayetteville’s quirky offerings like Greedy Goats, which brings goats to visit you, or spend the afternoon horseback riding at Flying Q Farms. Buy some vinyl at Block Street Records, then go hear great music at George’s Majestic Lounge, which has been in business for nearly a century. Get lost in the maze-like shelves in Dickson Street Bookshop or learn about flying history at the Arkansas Air and Military Museum. Take in a seasonal festival or get your passport stamped when visiting all the breweries on the Fayetteville Ale Trail and turn it in for a prize. Longtime travel writer Jill Rohrbach has lived in Fayetteville for more than 30 years and knows all about the city’s iconic and lesser-known spots. In 100 Things to Do in Fayetteville Before You Die, learn about the memorable places that make the city so special.


Northwest Arkansas Travel Guide

Northwest Arkansas Travel Guide

Author: Lynn West

Publisher:

Published: 2014-07-06

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780916744151

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The Northwest Arkansas Travel Guide captures the area's best outdoor activities - from fishing and water sports to hiking, camping, and biking - while also showcasing its fabulous art, historical, and cultural scene. It covers its bustling business community as well as its vibrant culinary, microbrew, and entertainment districts. This easy-to-use Arkansas travel guide helps you make the most of your stay in this emerging world-class destination for outdoor, entrepreneurial, and art enthusiasts. Inside Northwest Arkansas Travel Guide Covering ALL of NWA: THE BIGGEST TOURIST DRAW - CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART - A stunning architectural accomplishment, and a world-class, 1.2 billion dollar museum, located in Bentonville that attracts visitors locally, regionally, and from around the globe. COVERS CAN'T MISS ATTRACTIONS from Eureka Springs to Fayetteville. From The Great Passion Play and Christ of the Ozarks in Eureka, to Crystal Bridges in Bentonville, to the Daisy Airgun Muesum in Rogers, to the Northwest The Arkansas Naturals in Springdale, to the Walton Art Center and the world-renowned Arkansas Razorbacks in Fayetteville. OUTSTANDING ACCOMMODATIONS Name the amenities you need and the guide will help find suitable lodging for you and your family, or if you are in the area on business, hotels like the John Q. Hammons in Rogers can arrange for meetings and conventions. Perhaps you're planning an Arkansas wedding, Eureka Springs is The Wedding Capital of the South. Here for pleasure? Stay at the exquisite 21c Museum Hotel in Bentonville. Thinking of a cozy Romantic getaway, try the Pratt Place Inn in Fayetteville. Is adventure calling to you, stay at Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge in a tree house overlooking a big cat habitat. AWARD-WINNING RESTAURANTS to satisfy every taste. With the metropolitan population reaching 500 thousand, award-winning chefs migrated to the area and opened restaurants to rival the best in the world. The area offers fine dining at its best. HELPFUL FEATURES on museums, trails, nightlife and live music. It's hard to know what to do in a new place isn't it, but these features help you plan your stay to get the most out of your trip. From Arkansas History, to fantastic museums like Crystal Bridges, to the new Bentonville Film Festival (BFF), to helpful information on NWA's extensive trails system, to scoops on the exciting nightlife in the area; these features help you make the most of your stay. IMPORTANT TIPSon how to save and where to go. Good food doesn't have to be expensive. Discover the off the beaten path hole in the walls that offer tasty cuisine in a casual atmosphere. Get money-saving tips on lodging, restaurants and attractions. ITINERARIES AND DAY TRIPS to help harried travelers make the most of their stay. These themed itineraries help you cover all the important stops in less time and with less hassle. LOCAL RECOMMENDATIONS The Northwest Travel Guide offers solid recommendations from the people who actually live in the area to help visitors have a successful, pleasurable and memorable trip. Our colorful, "What The Locals Say" sections give travelers time and money-saving tips and useful observations on eateries, lodging, and things to do. NWA, a place where local visionaries consistently harness their dreams and turn them into world-class realities. This helpful Arkansas Travel guide is filled with 286 pages of information that will allow you to make the most of your visit. Spend your time enjoying the area, not researching it. Scroll up and Buy now with 1 click. Includes Bentonville, Bella Vista, Eureka Springs, Fayetteville, Lowell, Rogers, Siloam Springs and Springdale.


Barons

Barons

Author: Austin Frerick

Publisher: Island Press

Published: 2024-03-26

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 1642832707

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“In this eye-opening debut study, Frerick, an agricultural policy fellow at Yale University, reveals the ill-gained stranglehold that a handful of companies have on America’s food economy...It’s a disquieting critique of private monopolization of public necessities.” --Publishers Weekly, starred Barons is the story of seven corporate titans, their rise to power, and the consequences for everyone else. Take Mike McCloskey, Chairman of Fair Oaks Farms. In a few short decades, he went from managing a modest dairy herd to running the Disneyland of agriculture, where school children ride trams through mechanized warehouses filled with tens of thousands of cows that never see the light of day. What was the key to his success? Hard work and exceptional business savvy? Maybe. But more than anything else, Mike benefitted from deregulation of the American food industry, a phenomenon that has consolidated wealth in the hands of select tycoons, and along the way, hollowed out the nation’s rural towns and local businesses. Along with Mike McCloskey, readers will meet a secretive German family that took over the global coffee industry in less than a decade, relying on wealth traced back to the Nazis to gobble up countless independent roasters. They will discover how a small grain business transformed itself into an empire bigger than Koch Industries, with ample help from taxpayer dollars. And they will learn that in the food business, crime really does pay—especially when you can bribe and then double-cross the president of Brazil. These, and the other stories in this book, are simply examples of the monopolies and ubiquitous corruption that today define American food. The tycoons profiled in these pages are hardly unique: many other companies have manipulated our lax laws and failed policies for their own benefit, to the detriment of our neighborhoods, livelihoods, and our democracy itself. Barons paints a stark portrait of the consequences of corporate consolidation, but it also shows we can choose a different path. A fair, healthy, and prosperous food industry is possible—if we take back power from the barons who have robbed us of it.


Haunted Northwest Arkansas

Haunted Northwest Arkansas

Author: Bud Steed

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1625859562

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Discover the tales of the ghosts and specters that linger in northwest Arkansas. The mountains and deeply wooded valleys of Northwest Arkansas have a mysterious side to match their pristine beauty. Eureka Springs is home to more than a few hotel guests who have never checked out. The lingering spirits of fallen Civil War soldiers are said to haunt the battlefields of Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove. Many former patients of sadistic doctor Norman Baker are believed to roam the grounds of his former hospital, now the Crescent Hotel. Elkhorn Tavern, a well-known stop on the historic westward thoroughfare, is still plagued by lingering apparitions from its days as a field hospital. Join paranormal investigator and author Bud Steed on a tour of some of the most haunted spots in Northwest Arkansas.


The Uncivil War

The Uncivil War

Author: Robert Russell Mackey

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 2005-07-02

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 9780806137360

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An in-depth examination of irregular warfare in the Upper South during the Civil War outlines the Southern strategy of waging war, the Northern response, and the outcome of the conflict. Reprint.


Explorer's Guide Ozarks: Includes Branson, Springfield & Northwest Arkansas (Second Edition) (Explorer's Complete)

Explorer's Guide Ozarks: Includes Branson, Springfield & Northwest Arkansas (Second Edition) (Explorer's Complete)

Author: Ron W. Marr

Publisher: The Countryman Press

Published: 2012-06-04

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 1581577907

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This in-depth, native’s-eye view of this varied region, which sprawls from Missouri to Arkansas, gives travelers the best of the Ozarks. The Ozarks has become the destination of choice for music lovers seeking bluegrass jams or classical , foodies of all stripes looking for down-home rib shacks or 5-star cuisine, culture mavens searching out the gems of Branson, and outdoor enthusiasts gliding along lazy rivers snaking among the rolling hills which make this area so beautiful. This in-depth, native's-eye-guide to this varied region sprawling from Missouri to Arkansas will give travelers the best of the Ozarks, flavoring discriminating information with anecdotes and historical facts.


Arkansas Made, Volume 1

Arkansas Made, Volume 1

Author: Swannee Bennett

Publisher: University of Arkansas Press

Published: 2021-02-11

Total Pages: 817

ISBN-13: 168226131X

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Volume I. Quilts and textiles, Ceramics, Silver, Weaponry, Furniture, Vernacular architecture, Native American art -- volume II. Photography, Fine art.