Boarding House Reach.Boarding House Reach Alice E. Sink & Nickie Doyal Dram Tree Books PO Box 7183, Wilmington, NC 28406 9780978624866, $18.95 www.dramtreebooks.com The collaborative effort of Alice E. Sink (Associate Professor of English/Communications at High Point University, High Point, North Carolina
High Point is a city located in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina -- the 36th largest metro area in the United States with a population of 1.5 million. ) and North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. realtor Nickie Doyal, "Boarding House Reach: North Carolina's Entrepreneurial Women" provides a unique and informative perspective on North Carolina history as it chronicles the impressive achievements of hard working but hitherto obscure women that through such traumas as death, divorce, or abandonment turned their homes into boarding houses in order to financially support themselves. "Boarding House Reach" is an informed and fascinating history of boarding houses all across North Carolina along with their historical contexts. An impressive and original body of work, the authors conducted interviews and engaged in research over a period of several years. The result is seminal seminal /sem·i·nal/ (sem´i-n'l) pertaining to semen or to a seed. sem·i·nal adj. Of, relating to, containing, or conveying semen or seed. and thoroughly 'reader friendly' contribution to Women's Studies women's studies pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) An academic curriculum focusing on the roles and contributions of women in fields such as literature, history, and the social sciences. and American History reference collections and supplemental reading lists. A very highly recommended addition for academic and community library collections, "Boarding House Reach" could well serve as a template (1) A pre-designed document or data file formatted for common purposes such as a fax, invoice or business letter. If the document contains an automated process, such as a word processing macro or spreadsheet formula, then the programming is already written and embedded in the for similar studies for other states. |
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