{"product_id":"remembering-henderson-county-a-legacy-of-lore-9781540229083","title":"Remembering Henderson County: A Legacy of Lore","description":"Having written for almost forty years on the cultural heritage that Henderson County holds so dear, Louise Bailey has progressed elegantly from being a valued preservationist of mountain history and lore to becoming something of a local treasure herself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis special selection of essays offers the best of Bailey's work along with some new stories that together offer readers, whether \"old-timers\" or newcomers to the area, a warm and informative perspective on the history and folklore of the county. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe meet a delightful cast of characters whose stories--many of them told in a unique dialect and some dating back as far as the Civil War--tell of a truly independent way of life and of a fierce pride in their traditions. Silas Stepp's letters home from Confederate battlegrounds; Gran'dad Owenby's stories of logging and life in his log cabin; anecdotes from blind, old Elzie Floyd and from Clem the moonshiner; tales of granny-women and the old-time \"yarb\" doctors: these are just some of the stories that bring the history of this unique county to life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBailey, Louise Howe:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - For 37 years, Louise Howe Bailey has been a newspaper columnist for the Hendersonville Times-News in Hendersonville, North Carolina, and a lecturer on local history. She is the author of Draw Up a Chair, a history of Henderson County, and Generations of Excellence, a history of Henderson County's hospital system.","brand":"History Press Library Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50854891847954,"sku":"9781540229083","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c518c96e-f283-49b9-aca5-5d1b6d63f5c3.jpg?v=1737472943","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/remembering-henderson-county-a-legacy-of-lore-9781540229083","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}