A busy day in loafer's glory : a rambler's guide to mostly off-the-path Carolina places / Mart Baldwin.
| Author/creator | Baldwin, Mart |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Nebo, NC : Appalachian Press, ©1996. |
| Description | vi, 156 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Howard Gap: where a boy defeated a nation -- Do bananas grow in Tryon? -- Climbing the wall at White Oak Mountain -- What color is the Green River? -- Pearson's Falls: Misty Glen and a mountain rescue -- Apples and apples and the Big Hungry River -- Caesar's Head: or hound dog's nose? -- Over the river and through the woods: The Pisgah Forest Exercise Trail -- Chatting with trees at Holmes State Forest -- Wild river, blue cheese and a big hole in the ground: Mountain Rest, S.C. -- Wildflowers in the clouds: The Blue Ridge Parkway -- In search of Sandy Mush -- When Warm Springs turned hot -- Poetry and trees: Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest -- Balsam Lake: Jewel of Pinhook Valley -- Carl Sandburg's home -- The expensive view from Highlands -- Old Fort: mountain gateway. |
| Contents | A busy day in Loafer's Glory -- In Grandfather's shadow: Banner Elk -- The Vance birthplace -- Roan Mountain: Canadian island in North Carolina -- Nature's rollercoaster, Forestry's Cradle, yard-long trout: climbing Pisgah's southern slope -- Town Creek Indian mound -- Along Rutherford's Trace to Cherokee -- A doorstop that changed history: the Reed Gold Mine -- The Outer Banks: from Duck to the end of the road -- Shrimpboats and steel mills: Georgetown -- Don't step on the PhDs: Durham, Duke homestead and the Research Triangle -- Culture by the fairgrounds: the North Carolina Museum of Art -- Kings Mountain: British bayonets in the Carolina woods -- Where Daniel Morgan turned the tide of war: Cowpens Battleground . |
| Contents | Ninety Six: trading post, frontier forest and unconquered British stronghold -- Roanoke Island: from Virginia Dare to the general who invented sideburns -- Charleston: little brown fleas and a gray whale -- A tale of two forts [Fort Moultrie and Fort Sumter]. |
| Acquisitions source | Joyner NC stacks copy Purchased from Better World Books 02/07/2013 |
| LCCN | 96079547 |
| ISBN | 1888549017 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9781888549010 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | NC Stacks | F252.3 .B35 1996 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |