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While Vern Berry was moving with her husband and family to Colorado in 1927, she thought of her ancestors on their pioneer journey from Kentucky to settle in the Heartland—Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa. The image of each woman doing her best to keep her family well fed and healthy in a pleasant home inspired her. Many years later, Vern, with the help of coauthor Connie Heckert, has compiled a wonderful collection of family recipes and history, the story of how those six generations lived and cooked in the Midwest. Hardcover.
Designed by planning pioneers Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk—the same husband-and-wife team who rose to prominence for their design of Seaside—Rosemary Beach is a decidedly different community. Whereas Seaside evokes small-town America, Rosemary Beach evokes the ambiance of a preindustrial city, featuring a more urban landscape than previous New Urbanism developments.
Roy Acuff: The Smoky Mountain Boy draws upon personal interviews with Acuff’s contemporaries, friends, and family as well as Acuff himself. This combination honors Acuff by tracing the roots of his career through the evolution of his musical style and his distinctive American art form. Paperback.
In this extraordinary picture book, author Joan Schoettler imparts the life of a remarkable woman, teacher, and artist. Ruth Asawa’s life journey is one filled with injustice, learning, and expression.
When ol’ Cap’n Claus suddenly appears in his tugboat pulled by a team of eight seahorses, he surprises a weary first mate who has just begun his night watch on Christmas Eve. Hardcover.
Contributors to this unique memorial include the family of military women and those who preserve their history.
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The year 1780 is one of much confusion and excitement for eleven-year-old Sarah Boone. Living at Boone Hall in Charles Towne, South Carolina, she finds herself constantly observing the changing world in which she lives. Struggling to please her parents, Sarah is often caught between her desires to act like a rebellious tomboy and a proper young lady. Just when she begins to adjust to the changes around her, plantation life is made more interesting with the arrival of a baby sister and new slave family.
This collection of recipes is coupled with a history lesson on the most popular restaurants and cafés in the city. B. Matthews was the first tavern in Georgia in 1792 and is constructed from old ship parts. Their B 52 Cheesecake is more up-to-date than their building, using Irish Cream liqueur and Heath bar crunch cookies. Vic’s on the River likes to share its traditional Southern food with customers, such as its Sweet Potato Crème Brûlée. The former cotton warehouse also shares a piece of history from the Civil War. Union soldiers mapped out Sherman’s march from Tennessee through Georgia on one of the walls. Part of the original map is still on display.
A top tourist destination with a knack for Southern hospitality, Savannah has a lot to offer when it comes to preparing fresh, irresistible seafood. Presenting a flavorful array of beautifully photographed crab, fish, oyster, shrimp, and scallop dishes, these selections provide a gustatory tour from the best and most-beloved Savannah restaurants and chefs.
A striking visual diary of Savannah, this lovely and haunting collection of photographs offers a distinctive portrayal of the city’s buildings, landmarks, and local scenery. Using a classic Diana toy camera circa 1962, photographer Kathy Smith presents dozens of images from around the city. The camera’s signature plastic lens produces images with soft, dreamlike effects, embracing the everyday scenes hidden in plain view throughout the Coastal Empire.
More than 130 original watercolors by students and faculty members of the Savannah College of Art and Design capture the unforgettable atmosphere of Savannah, Georgia, a city whose beauty, history, and mystery have attracted visitors from around the world. These twenty-one artists portray landmarks ranging from Forsyth Park and the Telfair Museum in Savannah’s elegant historic district to the Isle of Hope and the ruins of the Wormsloe estate outside the city.
Scotland offers a vast array of facilities for genealogical research, and Scottish Roots: A Step-by-Step Guide for Ancestor Hunters by Alwyn James, tells you exactly how to tap into the wealth of services and information available to trace your Scottish forebears.
Scottish Songs is a collection of 44 traditional compositions arranged for voice and piano, providing the full lyrics and music from the rousing Jacobite song “Charlie my Darling” to the sad lament of “Loch Lomond.” Hardcover.
Designed by small-town planning pioneers Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Seaside has been called “probably the most influential resort community since Versailles” (Newsweek). Hardcover.
Tourists from every continent travel to Seaside, Florida, to enjoy its beautiful beaches, award-winning architecture, diverse restaurants, and wide program of cultural and sports events. Now the serene twilight cityscapes, intimate interiors, and even the Yellow House (the first home in Seaside) are presented to you in this dazzling collection of twelve notecards. By taking in this artistically photographed assortment, it is easy to see all of the elements that make Seaside the small town that has influenced architecture throughout the world. Notecards.
The creators of Seaside developed it around the fundamental idea that a community is forged by a social, pleasant design—thus, the picket fences on all structures decreed in the Seaside Code. The fences that range so dazzlingly in form and style are required not only for their aesthetic appeal, but also for their unique ability to define space within the community. Steven Brooke captures it all in stunning detail in the photographic journey Seaside Picket Fences. Paperback.
Now the serene twilight cityscapes, intimate interiors, and even the Yellow House (the first home in Seaside) are presented to you in this dazzling collection of thirty postcards. By flipping through this artistically photographed assortment, it is easy to see all of the elements that make Seaside the small town that has influenced architecture throughout the world. Postcards.