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SLNC Government & Heritage Library Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: Lost in Transition: Removing, Resettling, and Renewing Appalachia, Aaron D. Purcell

Lost in Transition: Removing, Resettling, and Renewing Appalachia

Aaron D. Purcell
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Late Harvest: Stories and Photographs by Forest McMullin Lost in Transition: Removing, Resettling, and Renewing Appalachia, edited by Aaron D. Purcell Radical Black Theatre in the New Deal by Kate Dossett (also available from the @nclive Homegrown e-book Collection) https://t.co/sQaPyN4GNN

Hardcover, 2021

$48.00$24.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: 11: 59, David Williams

11: 59

David Williams
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Check out the evolution of a snow crystal. 📷 "Winter's Delicate Tracery" written by Lawrence S. Earley& illustrated by David Williams from Wildlife in North Carolina, vol. 59, no. 12 (December 1995). #ArchivesSparkle #ArchivesHashtagParty https://t.co/rYCh6EwzF1

Paperback, 2010

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Look Homeward, Angel, Thomas Wolfe

Look Homeward, Angel

Thomas Wolfe
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Next time you visit us, make sure to check out our display case. We are featuring the works of North Carolina author Thomas Wolfe from our collections. Including the 1929 and 1952 illustrated editions of Wolfe's first novel, Look Homeward, Angel. #DNCR50 https://t.co/1Q7QSNODCT

Paperback, 2006

$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The North Carolina Practical Spelling-Book: A Complete Graded Course in Orthography for the Use of Public and Private Schools, Anonymous

The North Carolina Practical Spelling-Book: A Complete Graded Course in Orthography for the Use of Public and Private Schools

Anonymous
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Happy #TeacherAppreciationDay! Ready for a spelling pop quiz? 📷 "North Carolina Practical Spelling-Book: A Complete Graded Course in Orthography for the use of Public and Private Schools (1892)." Check out more related to North Carolina schools in the NC Digital Collections. https://t.co/I5xJbr0Krd

Paperback, 2019

$23.50$11.75 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Floods Of July 1916: How The Southern Railway Organization Met An Emergency, Southern Railway (U S. ).

The Floods Of July 1916: How The Southern Railway Organization Met An Emergency

Southern Railway (U S. ).
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Explore the book "The Floods of July 1916: How the Southern Railway Organization Met an Emergency" in the NC Digital Collections at https://t.co/pVPVJvZO9F. ⁣ https://t.co/iqau0Oy2dB

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Book Cover for: History of the Gems Found in North Carolina, George Frederick Kunz

History of the Gems Found in North Carolina

George Frederick Kunz
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Image: Emeralds and aquamarine gemstones found in North Carolina from "History of the gems found in North Carolina" by George Frederick Kunz, 1907. Bulletin (North Carolina. Geological and Economic Survey); no. 12 https://t.co/TyctDDFWAa https://t.co/kT9GzWZyRt

Paperback, 2022

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Floods of July 1916: How the Southern Railway Organization Met an Emergency, Southern Railway

The Floods of July 1916: How the Southern Railway Organization Met an Emergency

Southern Railway
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Explore the book "The Floods of July 1916: How the Southern Railway Organization Met an Emergency" in the NC Digital Collections at https://t.co/pVPVJvZO9F. ⁣ https://t.co/iqau0Oy2dB

Hardcover, 2022

$30.95$15.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: We Who Believe in Freedom: The Life and Times of Ella Baker, Lea E. Williams

We Who Believe in Freedom: The Life and Times of Ella Baker

Lea E. Williams
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"Wherever #EllaBaker went, she stood out," says Dr. Lea E. Williams, author of "We Who Believe in Freedom: The Life and Times of Ella Baker." This bio of Baker is intended for middle & high school readers. Visit your local library or us to check it out. https://t.co/U3vk0jfTXr https://t.co/GHTMgSixZR

Paperback, 2017

$14.00$7.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Somerset Homecoming: Recovering a Lost Heritage, Dorothy Spruill Redford

Somerset Homecoming: Recovering a Lost Heritage

Dorothy Spruill Redford
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Dorothy Spruill Redford's book" Somerset Homecoming: Recovering a Lost Heritage" documents her efforts to recover the history of her ancestors, culminating in the 1986 homecoming and lasting legacy. Check it out from us or visit your local library, https://t.co/oWeaZkNTTi. https://t.co/8FEWOAMvFK https://t.co/YGvrOW80Fq

Paperback, 2000

$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Radical Black Theatre in the New Deal, Kate Dossett

Radical Black Theatre in the New Deal

Kate Dossett
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Late Harvest: Stories and Photographs by Forest McMullin Lost in Transition: Removing, Resettling, and Renewing Appalachia, edited by Aaron D. Purcell Radical Black Theatre in the New Deal by Kate Dossett (also available from the @nclive Homegrown e-book Collection) https://t.co/sQaPyN4GNN

Paperback, 2020

$37.50$18.75 + Free shipping50% off your first book