North Carolina's Piedmont Triad was a magical place to grow up in the '40s and '50s. Time ticked slowly with The Lone Ranger on black-and-white TV sets, newspaper cartoons like Roy Rogers and nine-cent Saturday morning kiddie movies. Teens joined the Latin Club, danced at the city swimming pool's upstairs pavilion and swooned over Elvis Presley at the YMCA. Parents hosted bridge parties, followed Sam Sneed at the Greensboro Open and listened to Ella Fitzgerald at Club Kilby. Travel back with local author Alice Sink to the halcyon days of country fairs, stock car racing at Bowman Gray Stadium and Betty Crocker. Featuring nostalgic Triad recipes and an "Older than Dirt" quiz, this compendium of memories will make anyone of a certain age with roots around these parts feel like a kid in a candy store.
Hidden History of Hilton Head offers a lively array of historical tidbits and tales, focusing on people, lifeways, believe-it-or-not snippets and beloved local places. Discover the ties that Harriet Tubman and Clara Barton had to the region and learn about the lives of oyster shuckers, root doctors, debauched "Jack-ashores" and many other characters in the island's rich history. From beautiful poems written by renowned locals to the songs that guided the slaves to freedom and time-tested regional recipes, author Alice Sink's collection truly encompasses the spirit of the Lowcountry.
High Point, nestled in the heart of the Piedmont Triad, has long been at the forefront of progress, attracting those entrepreneurs who were "up to something out of the ordinary"?, a place where spanking leads to tragedy, ransom notes are left in mailboxes and people are railroaded through court. When Prohibition swept the nation, High Point's first saloonist stayed in business for only eighteen hours. High Point's speed-demon racecar drivers opted to smuggle liquor in their uncatchable cars, which sparked the beginning of NASCAR. Join veteran author Alice Sink as she explores these and other tales, from the cruel and comical to the mischievous and outrageous, in the story of this "international city's"? colorful past.
The famed Piedmont Triad city of Winston-Salem has a history filled with depraved people committing untoward acts. From Libby Holman, the singer with a sultry, smoky voice accused of murdering her millionaire husband to the man caught with hundreds of gallons of beer, liquor, and a "tin lizard" whiskey still, residents of Winston-Salem were no strangers to depravity. And leave it to a band of organized tobacco thieves to break into dozens of warehouses and steal the livelihood of law-abiding citizens, or a group of drunkards threatening to spread smallpox when they were confined to quarantine to wreak havoc throughout the city. Join prolific local author Alice Sink as she recounts tales of the dastardly denizens and rakish residents of this North Carolina town.
Martha McCorkle Anderson's memoir, as told to author Alice E. Sink, reveals both happy and tragic times in her eighty-three years of life. She doesn't want anyone to think she's been miserable all the time. But some experiences have been tougher than others. As this book goes to publication, Martha is suffering from many life-threatening illnesses, and her doctor has given her only a few months to live. Now is the right time to review her life. She is in constant pain; however, she continues to apply her great sense of humor, which has always sustained her. This is the true story of sheer guts and determination as Martha strives to overcome her rape as a young girl, two bizarre marriages, her nurses' training, which leads her to perform an amateur home mastectomy on her mother, scams she endures and overcomes, and harsh treatment from some of her family. Weighing 420 pounds in 1976, Martha underwent what she believes is one of the first gastric bypass operations after her doctor, who had never before performed that surgery, told her she could die if he operated, and she could die if he didn't She made the decision to go forward with the surgery. The aftermath was no fairy-tale. Martha McCorkle Anderson is definitely "a walking miracle.
Sometimes we think of "senior moments" as lapses of memory and recall. Join prolific author, Alice E. Sink as she delves into a different world where senior moments are treasured. Through Sink's original short stories and novella, she brings to life those incidents that are beautiful, provocative, scary, and unique-but believable and inspiring. Many antique black and white photographs that the author has collected over the years accompany the text to illustrate the following themes: Special Events, Posing for the Camera, Men and Women, Friendships, and Children.Included in the book's appendix are "treasured" tried-and-true recipes given to the author over the past years.
In times past, if a woman found herself suddenly on her own, there were very few options for her to make her way in the world. Widowhood, abandonment and other circumstances often forced women to turn to one of the only respectable avenues of income available to them opening a boarding house. In this unique volume, Alice Sink and Nickie Doyal tell the stories of resourceful women across North Carolina who opened their homes to strangers out of necessity, and in the process created a kind of family for people who were of no blood relations. Featuring boarding houses from the colonial period through modern times, stretching across the entire state, it's North Carolina history from a new and different perspective! Illustrated with great pictures and recipes that would have graced the boarding house table.
Few times in our early history have people put aside their differences about race relations! This epidemic, called infantile paralysis, was one of those times as illustrated in this true story so well written by Alice E. Sink.People came together, without preconceptions, to fight this terribledisease labeled the Great Crippler, and ultimately, over the years, overpower it.
Frannie Cline's mother has died. And Frannie's father is growing increasingly abusive towards the child. Her maternal grandmother, who is gravely concerned about the girl's welfare, orchestrates a daring and unusual escape for her to flee her vicious father. Shortly after Frannie's arrival at her new home in Georgia, Granny Taylor travels to a far location to live with her sister, leaving Frannie with attorney, Hal Lomax, and his friend Sam. Frannie adjusts and blossoms until the attorney learns her father is on her trail again. Their solution is for them all to move to desolate and underdeveloped Hilton Head Island, where-in that summer of 1953-the men are closely involved in the development of the remote southern end of the island. Soon, mysterious events endanger Frannie once again; then abruptly they cease. Her life returns to normal until, at the age of nineteen, she accompanies her freshman class from the University of South Carolina on a Latin Club weekend get-away at Fripp Island. Once again her life is threatened.
A middle-aged woman is brutally raped and murdered in 1951 in the North Carolina town of Piedmont. Through flashbacks to 1899, secrets about her past and the history of the town are revealed.
Join the Peppertree Retirement Village residents as they experience lives unlike the stereotyped views often associated with senior living. When this eccentric group travels to Charleston, S.C. for a visit to the Gibes Art Gallery, the Charleston Fine Arts Museum and the market area, they're forced by circumstances to interact during the trip and they come to terms with the reality that no (Wo)man Is An Island.
Quite unexpectedly, circumstances have led to an eclectic blending of Lowcountry neighbors, the pastors and congregation of Palmetto Church of the Brethren and the girls next door at the Pink Alligator Strip Club. Shortly after spring storms ravage the existing Braxton, South Carolina, church sanctuary, the members are forced to move to the only space in the area large enough to accommodate them, an empty warehouse outside the city. Sharing, to the dismay of many in the congregation, the same parking lot with "the girls next door." Meet Felicia Stedman, middle-school teacher by day and stripper by night. Fall in love with robust, middle-aged, red-headed house mom, Gertie. Get an inside bird's eye view of the strippers' nightly routines, their pride, as well as their gripes and concerns, in their chosen profession. Laugh and cry over the crude antics and often misguided mentality of the men who frequent the Pink 'Gator. Also meet Reverend Thomas Hunter, the young, handsome pastor of Palmetto Church of the Brethren, his two assistant pastors, and various members of his Reconciling Congregation, open and affirming of Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual, Transgendered, and Straight people. Their motto is "Open minds, open hearts, and open doors." Identify with Miss Estelle Sprinkle, octogenarian church member whose wisdom astonishes all. Become immersed in the mysterious disappearance of Braxton entrepreneur and church leader, John Jay Grimes.
Grace Lane Miller of Mount Olivia, North Carolina, marries Thomas Riley, a tobacco tycoon, and becomes the secretary of the T.R. Riley Tobacco Company, where she pushes for reforms in the company's policies toward employees. Later she supervises the family farm and implements progressive farming practices.
An acclaimed journalist shares the gripping story of her rape when she was a college freshman, achieving justice in the courtroom, and triumphing in the face of violence.
Quirky and always graceful, and with settings that range from San Francisco to North Carolina, from Paris to Mexico, the stories in this collection provide telling glimpses into the lives of "ordinary people made extraordinary by Adams's perception" ("Newsweek").
Not only are picture postcards as common in seaside shops as beach balls and seaside rock, vintage picture postcards are also very collectible. This unique book features authentic antique postcards featuring the diversity of women. A true historical accolade of each woman accompanies her picture. Any scrawled written messages, complete with the writer's original punctuation, grammar, and spelling, are included. When available, specific dates are given. This volume includes women of different nationalities, ethnic groups, and races. Their lives were all different; however, they are joined in sisterhood by their individual and collective diversities.
Her face is simply unmistakable as the council house based brothel madam, Lillian, in Channel 4's long running brilliant cult drama 'Shameless,' based on a Manchester sink estate. By her own admission not exactly the Bridget Bardot of the North West, she is fiercely and unapologetically proud of her working class roots and the many obstacles she has overcome in forging an acting career. In her long awaited autobiography she details her almost barbaric treatment as a youngster during her formative school years at the hands of bigoted bullies, both pupils and teachers alike. She describes how one day after being beaten for being a Catholic in the morning and beaten for being a protestant in the afternoon, she eventually fought back. It was a turning point in Alice's life. She became a rebel and beat one of the bullies so badly she ended up in hospital. Not surprisingly they never bothered her again. Who the Hell is Alice? is deep and personal, warts and all. The humour of Alice Barry shines like a beacon on every page but she also shares with the reader her real life tragedies such as the tragic circumstances surrounding the death of her brother Tommy and her husband Terry. Her current relationship with her partner Jeff is also well documented too. They love and respect each other, of that there is no doubt. The only slight twist in their magical bond is that Jeff is gay and their relationship is purely a plutonic one. Alice also takes the reader onto the set of Shameless. The long running Channel 4 show is quite simply a phenomenon and has been an on-going part of her life for over nine years. Alice talks at length about the entire team and her special relationship with Sally Carmen (Kelly Maguire) David Threlfall (Frank Gallagher) Jack Deam (Marty) and Elliott Tittensor (Carl Gallagher.)
Lara, who is in her early 30's and suffering from amnesia caused by trauma to her head, awakes to find herself all alone in an old farmhouse. The man who lives there arrives to find her and feels resentful that she has intruded in his life. Becoming accustomed to having her there, he tries in his crude way to help her. She meets a waitress who becomes her close friend and, with some influential friends, Lara discovers who she is and the reason for her amnesia. A surprising ending to this story.
This antiquarian volume contains 'Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch', Alice Hegan Rice's 1901 novel that tells the story of family coping with poverty in southern America. Heart-warming and humorous, this wonderful tale will appeal to those who enjoy inspirational stories of human endeavour, and is one not to be missed by fans of Rice's work. The book was extremely popular upon its release, and has been made into several films. The chapters of this book include: Mrs. Wigg's Philosophy, Ways and Means, The ''Christmas Lady'', The Annexation of Cuby, A Reminiscence, A Theatre Party, ''Mr. Bob'', Mrs. Wiggs at Home, How Spring Came to the Cabbage Patch, Australia's Mishap, et cetera. Alice Hegan Rice (1870 – 1942) was an American novelist. This volume is being republished now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
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