Forged in the Spirit
Can a community rooted in peace survive in a world of unrest? The year is 1750. Seeking fertile soil and spiritual freedom, Quaker pioneers journey from Pennsylvania to the heart of North Carolina. Along the banks of th…
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Can a community rooted in peace survive in a world of unrest? The year is 1750. Seeking fertile soil and spiritual freedom, Quaker pioneers journey from Pennsylvania to the heart of North Carolina. Along the banks of th…
"A newly open marriage brings discovery, excitement, and upheaval to a young couple, and to the friends and lovers in their orbit. Thirty years old and reeling from her mother's recent death, Frances feels as if she's l…
Visitors to the Eno River don't expect to encounter haunted houses, train wrecks or fun outings that turn into tragedy, but some of them have experienced just that. In 1771, a few of America's first rebels were hanged n…
"Eno River Valley, North Carolina, 1776. In a cozy, sheltered den in the woods, four red wolf puppies are born. Their parents and older brothers will nurture and teach them through the summer and fall, as they learn to …
For millions who grew up in ACC territory humming "Sail With The Pilot" and distilling their self-worth down to a three-day tournament in Greensboro, Tar Heel Bred will serve as a warm, poignant and humorous recollectio…
More than idle chatter -- Almost (but not quite) free -- School days, rule day -- To work the livelong day -- The plague of madness in our midst.
"Between North Carolina's coastal plain and the Blue Ridge Mountains lies the Piedmont: some 250 linear miles of rolling, long-settled lands covering almost half of the state. Geologically speaking, piedmont regions are…
"The First Parish Register of the Chapel of the Cross is a transcription of the parish register of the Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, for the years 1842 to 1881. It includes an Introduction and bibl…
"This book examines how a Southern Baptist congregation emerged as a bastion of liberal Christianity in late twentieth-century Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Andrew B. Gardner narrates a detail-rich history, from the late…
The Eno River starts in Orange County, North Carolina, and flows through the town of Hillsborough and then into Durham County. In the 1960s the city of Durham proposed a dam along the river. Saving the Eno River tells t…
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