Author:
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402744679
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
On each of the twelve days of her Christmas visit with her cousin Mike, Abby sends her parents a letter describing the history, geography, animals, and interesting sights of North Carolina. Uses the cumulative pattern of the traditional carol to present amusing state trivia at the end of each letter.
Santa
Author: Federico Gamboa
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 080783369X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This enduring classic of Mexican literature traces the path to ruination of a country girl, Santa, who moves to Mexico City after she is impregnated and abandoned by her lover and subsequently shunned by her family. Once in the city, Santa turns to prostitution and soon gains prominence as Mexico City's most sought-after courtesan. Despite the opportunities afforded by her success, including the chance to quit prostitution, Santa is propelled by her personal demons toward her ultimate downfall. This evocative novel--justly famous for its vividly detailed depiction of the cityscape and the city's customs, social interactions, and political activities--assumed singular importance in Mexican popular culture after its original publication in 1903. The book inspired Mexico's first "talkie" and several other film adaptations, a music score, a radio series, a television soap opera, and a pornographic comic book. Naturalist writer Federico Gamboa, who was also a lawyer and politician, reveals much about Mexican mores and culture at the start of the twentieth century and beyond, from expectations regarding gender roles to the myth of the corrupting and decadent city. In describing how Santa is at the mercy of social problems beyond her control, Gamboa provides a rich historical portrayal of widespread conditions in the years leading to the Mexican Revolution.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 080783369X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This enduring classic of Mexican literature traces the path to ruination of a country girl, Santa, who moves to Mexico City after she is impregnated and abandoned by her lover and subsequently shunned by her family. Once in the city, Santa turns to prostitution and soon gains prominence as Mexico City's most sought-after courtesan. Despite the opportunities afforded by her success, including the chance to quit prostitution, Santa is propelled by her personal demons toward her ultimate downfall. This evocative novel--justly famous for its vividly detailed depiction of the cityscape and the city's customs, social interactions, and political activities--assumed singular importance in Mexican popular culture after its original publication in 1903. The book inspired Mexico's first "talkie" and several other film adaptations, a music score, a radio series, a television soap opera, and a pornographic comic book. Naturalist writer Federico Gamboa, who was also a lawyer and politician, reveals much about Mexican mores and culture at the start of the twentieth century and beyond, from expectations regarding gender roles to the myth of the corrupting and decadent city. In describing how Santa is at the mercy of social problems beyond her control, Gamboa provides a rich historical portrayal of widespread conditions in the years leading to the Mexican Revolution.
Santa Is Coming to Michigan
Author: Steve Smallman
Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
ISBN: 9781402275395
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The Jolly Old Elf heads south from his home in the North Pole to Michigan to deliver presents and good cheer.
Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
ISBN: 9781402275395
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The Jolly Old Elf heads south from his home in the North Pole to Michigan to deliver presents and good cheer.
Santa's Journey
Author: Cliff Snider
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
ISBN: 0741493063
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
In Santa's Journey, professional Santa Claus Cliff Snider reveals how God reached into his life and gave him a special assignment at a most painful time of his life. At only 15 years old, Cliff was chosen to "play" Santa Claus for his Methodist youth grou
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
ISBN: 0741493063
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
In Santa's Journey, professional Santa Claus Cliff Snider reveals how God reached into his life and gave him a special assignment at a most painful time of his life. At only 15 years old, Cliff was chosen to "play" Santa Claus for his Methodist youth grou
The Night Before Christmas in North Carolina
Author: Sue Carabine
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 9781586852719
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Just before Santa takes his Christmas Eve flight, he slips and falls on a patch of ice. All seems well until Santa realizes he's lost his memory. So instead of starting in China like usual, the reindeer take Santa to North Carolina to see if he can remember what he's forgotten!
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 9781586852719
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Just before Santa takes his Christmas Eve flight, he slips and falls on a patch of ice. All seems well until Santa realizes he's lost his memory. So instead of starting in China like usual, the reindeer take Santa to North Carolina to see if he can remember what he's forgotten!
The South Carolina Night Before Christmas
Author: E. J. Sullivan
Publisher: Cliff Road Books
ISBN: 9781581733969
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The classic Christmas tale gets a regional spin as Santa Claus takes on each states best-known characteristics.
Publisher: Cliff Road Books
ISBN: 9781581733969
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The classic Christmas tale gets a regional spin as Santa Claus takes on each states best-known characteristics.
The Twelve Days of Christmas in South Carolina
Author: Melinda Long
Publisher: Union Square Kids
ISBN: 9781454920588
Category : Board books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Take a fun holiday trip to South Carolina! As each of the twelve days of Christmas pass, VERY unusual gifts from around the state pile up. Lucky readers are in for a wild countdown!"--
Publisher: Union Square Kids
ISBN: 9781454920588
Category : Board books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Take a fun holiday trip to South Carolina! As each of the twelve days of Christmas pass, VERY unusual gifts from around the state pile up. Lucky readers are in for a wild countdown!"--
The Saint Who Would Be Santa Claus
Author: Adam C. English
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781602586352
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The real story of Santa-and why he became a Saint
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781602586352
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The real story of Santa-and why he became a Saint
Carolina's Lost Colony
Author: Peter N. Moore
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 164336362X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
An examination of the dual Scottish–Yamasee colonization of Port Royal Those interested in the early colonial history of South Carolina and the southeastern borderlands will find much to discover in Carolina's Lost Colony in which historian Peter N. Moore examines the dual colonization of Port Royal at the end of the seventeenth century. From the east came Scottish Covenanters, who established the small outpost of Stuarts Town. Meanwhile, the Yamasee arrived from the south and west. These European and Indigenous colonizers made common cause as they sought to rival the English settlement of Charles Town to the north and the Spanish settlement of St. Augustine to the south. Also present were smaller Indigenous communities that had long populated the Atlantic sea islands. It is a global story whose particulars played out along a small piece of the Carolina coast. Religious idealism and commercial realities came to a head as the Scottish settlers made informal alliances with the Yamasee and helped to reinvigorate the Indian slave trade—setting in motion a series of events that transformed the region into a powder keg of colonial ambitions, unleashing a chain of hostilities, realignments, displacement, and destruction that forever altered the region.
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 164336362X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
An examination of the dual Scottish–Yamasee colonization of Port Royal Those interested in the early colonial history of South Carolina and the southeastern borderlands will find much to discover in Carolina's Lost Colony in which historian Peter N. Moore examines the dual colonization of Port Royal at the end of the seventeenth century. From the east came Scottish Covenanters, who established the small outpost of Stuarts Town. Meanwhile, the Yamasee arrived from the south and west. These European and Indigenous colonizers made common cause as they sought to rival the English settlement of Charles Town to the north and the Spanish settlement of St. Augustine to the south. Also present were smaller Indigenous communities that had long populated the Atlantic sea islands. It is a global story whose particulars played out along a small piece of the Carolina coast. Religious idealism and commercial realities came to a head as the Scottish settlers made informal alliances with the Yamasee and helped to reinvigorate the Indian slave trade—setting in motion a series of events that transformed the region into a powder keg of colonial ambitions, unleashing a chain of hostilities, realignments, displacement, and destruction that forever altered the region.
Santa is Coming to the Carolinas
Author: Steve Smallman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781402275883
Category : Christmas stories
Languages : en
Pages : 29
Book Description
It's Christmas Eve, Have you been good? Santa's packed up all the presents and is headed your way! With the help of a certain red-nosed reindeer, Santa flies over the Bank of America building, Hearst Tower, Rainbow Row, and the Duke Energy Center, Charlotte; the Cape Hatteras lighthouse, NC; South Carolina State House, Columbia; Memorial Bell Tower, Raleigh; the Jackson Building, Asheville; the Arthur Ravenel Jr Bridge and Fort Sumter National Monument, Charleston; and The Gaffney Peach, SC. "Ho, ho ho!" laughs Santa. "Merry Christmas, Carolinas!"
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781402275883
Category : Christmas stories
Languages : en
Pages : 29
Book Description
It's Christmas Eve, Have you been good? Santa's packed up all the presents and is headed your way! With the help of a certain red-nosed reindeer, Santa flies over the Bank of America building, Hearst Tower, Rainbow Row, and the Duke Energy Center, Charlotte; the Cape Hatteras lighthouse, NC; South Carolina State House, Columbia; Memorial Bell Tower, Raleigh; the Jackson Building, Asheville; the Arthur Ravenel Jr Bridge and Fort Sumter National Monument, Charleston; and The Gaffney Peach, SC. "Ho, ho ho!" laughs Santa. "Merry Christmas, Carolinas!"
Lost Cove, North Carolina
Author: Christy A. Smith
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476644225
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Located just seconds from the winding Tennessee border, the remote mountain settlement of Lost Cove, North Carolina was once described as where the "moonshiner frolics unmolested." Today, Lost Cove is a ghost town accessible mainly to hikers hoping to catch a glimpse of the desolate settlement. In this first historically comprehensive book on Lost Cove, the author paints a portrait of an isolated yet thriving settlement that survived for almost one hundred years. From its founding before the Civil War to the town's ultimate decline, Lost Cove's history is an in-depth account of family life and kinship in isolation. The author explores historically relevant interviews and genealogical findings from railroad documents, old newspaper articles, church records and deeds. Also included are oral histories that provide authentic, conversational accounts from families in the cove.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476644225
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Located just seconds from the winding Tennessee border, the remote mountain settlement of Lost Cove, North Carolina was once described as where the "moonshiner frolics unmolested." Today, Lost Cove is a ghost town accessible mainly to hikers hoping to catch a glimpse of the desolate settlement. In this first historically comprehensive book on Lost Cove, the author paints a portrait of an isolated yet thriving settlement that survived for almost one hundred years. From its founding before the Civil War to the town's ultimate decline, Lost Cove's history is an in-depth account of family life and kinship in isolation. The author explores historically relevant interviews and genealogical findings from railroad documents, old newspaper articles, church records and deeds. Also included are oral histories that provide authentic, conversational accounts from families in the cove.