Remembering A Blue Ridge Mountain Father

Author : Sherman T. Shifflett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781732744417
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Remembering a Blue Ridge Mountain Father written by Sherman T. Shifflett and published by . This book was released on 2019-10 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about growing up in a home under the strict guidance of a Blue Ridge Mountain father where we learned to accept responsibility, to live frugally, to appreciate what we had and how to work together as a team. We developed a strong work ethic, and were taught that if we wanted something, we had to work for it. Our dad believed in "tough love", and at the time, we felt he was extremely hard on us. But, by forcing us to work diligently and seldom expressing his love for us openly, we knew deep down he really cared. In this book, you will see and hopefully, appreciate the perserverance so typical of the displaced dwellers of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and their way of life.

Author : Ivy Corbin
Publisher : Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1638850399
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Growing Up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia written by Ivy Corbin and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-03-25 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the true story of the people who had made their homes for many generations in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, the hardships and sorrows the mountain people endured for being poor and secluded for living their way of life in the mountains. They were put out of their homes and put off their land to make way for the Shenandoah National Park. Memories linger in their minds of days gone by—what it was like not to have enough food on the table, hard work every day, thinking what the next day might bring. The history that has been left behind by the mountain people should never be forgotten. Oh, what secrets those Blue Ridge Mountains hold.

Author : Dr. George A. Baker III
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 147592805X
Total Pages : 903 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Making of a Marine-Scholar written by Dr. George A. Baker III and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-07-11 with total page 903 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. George A. Baker III distinguished himself both as a marine and educator; in this memoir, he looks back at a long life dedicated to serving others. From his boyhood in Sumter, South Carolina, to entering the service during the Cold War to his experiences on the battlefield, Baker examines his actions and those of others with refreshing honesty. As a confidante and contemporary to high-ranking military men, presidents, and Washington insiders, Bakers ascension through the military ranks allowed him to witness and analyze political and social changes from a unique perspective. He ultimately rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel, and his perspective of the Cold War, Vietnam, and politics provided him with a strong foundation to excel in his second career as an educator. Baker draws upon his experiences as a soldier, tactician, and teacher to share a theory of leadership that can be applied in various settings. Numerous vignettes offer powerful learning opportunities in various contexts. In The Making of a Marine-Scholar, discover untold history as well as what it really means to serve your country and fellow man. Baker presents a blueprint for living a rewarding life that has purpose and meaning.

Author : The Marine Scholar
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1532094310
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Making of a Us Marine Scholar written by The Marine Scholar and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2020-02-10 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was begun in 2010, and was published in 2012. It has now been recast into three volumes in 2019-2020- each one career segments an adventurous career. It begins with over 20 years as a career Marine and a family acquired of three children, seven grandchildren and a wife who drove the entire process and made it work This family move over 20 times and in to Durham, NC for a Doctor of Education at Duke University, and to become possibly the first Marine officer to complete the Marine Corps sponsored program. We retired after two wonderful years on the faculty of the Naval war College in Newport R.I. After two years in Greenville SC again, it was off to Texas for an appointment at the University of Texas at Austin and finally as a distinguished University professor, at NC State University. At each stop in higher education applying and implementing all I had learned as director of the Instructional Management School and Dean of academics as the Marine Corps Educational Center in Quantico, VA and in The National Laboratory for Higher Education.. After a full career in the Marine Corps and 24 years of teaching in various communities, we retired again to Greenville, SC and worked an additional 10 years consulting and working as a coach in the Achieving the Dream project, partially funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The ribbon of the three books is the culmination of about a half century in educational leadership positions and as well in two tours in combat in the US Marine Corps. There is much to learn in my life’s story. I hope if you try one you’ll get the entire set. You cannot go wrong should you desire to become a leader, or a better leader regardless of your career,

Author : Richard F. Long
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781425967789
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blue Mountain Memories written by Richard F. Long and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blue Mountain Memories, written by Syracuse native Richard Long, is the history of the mountain and the people from all over the world who settled there.

Author : Pepper Basham
Publisher : Barbour Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1683227816
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Heart Belongs in the Blue Ridge written by Pepper Basham and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey into the Blue Ridge Mountains of 1918 where Laurel McAdams endures the challenges of a hard life while dreaming things can eventually improve. But trouble arrives in the form of an outsider. Having failed his British father again, Jonathan Taylor joins is uncle’s missionary endeavors as a teacher in a two-room schoolhouse. Laurel feels compelled to protect the tenderhearted teacher from the harsh realities of Appalachian life, even while his stories of life outside the mountains pull at Laurel’s imagination. Faced with angry parents over teaching methods, Laurel’s father’s drunken rages, and bad news from England, will Jonathan leave and never return, or will he stay and let love bloom?

Author : Aïda Rogers
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 1611179998
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writing South Carolina written by Aïda Rogers and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded in 2013 by Steven Lynn, dean of the South Carolina Honors College, this annual writing contest was designed to engage the state's future leaders and thinkers. Each year the Honors College invited South Carolina high school juniors and seniors to respond to the question "How can we make South Carolina better?" in 750 words or fewer, in the genre of their choice. The finalists, selected by a panel of preliminary judges, were invited to the University of South Carolina campus for a second round comprising a forty-minute impromptu writing contest. This round was evaluated by two grand judges—South Carolina natives who have achieved national acclaim: short-story writer and novelist Pam Durban and poet Nikky Finney. Each chose a topic for the impromptu contest: write about a meaningful book and complete the statement "I come from...." This volume features the writing of the seventy-one finalists from the 2016–17 South Carolina High School Writing Contest.

Author : Dorothy Noble Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Recollections written by Dorothy Noble Smith and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tom Lyons
Publisher : Tom Lyons Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 47 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Camping Horror Stories, Volume 3 written by Tom Lyons and published by Tom Lyons Books. This book was released on 2023-11-15 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered what really goes on in the woods at night? These campers found out the hard way. In this collection of short scary stories, you'll hear real-life accounts of campers who encountered strange entities in the woods. From the wendigo to the sasquatch, these reports will chill you to the bone. If you're looking for a good scare, this book is for you. But be warned: once you start reading, you may never want to go camping again. Get it now.

Author : Dawn Lyon
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1467044075
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A NEW DAWN written by Dawn Lyon and published by Author House. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is for anyone who has suffered rejection, abandonment, and pain; frankly, anything that has come between them and being the best person they can be. A New Dawn has been written according to what I remember and according to accounts given me by family members. And please let me make it very clear, it is not and never will be my desire to hurt or blame others for anything that has happened in my life. Blame should never be an issue in the struggles of life. However, there were things from my past that influenced certain actions that took place as I grew up. As you read my autobiography it could help you to avoid some of the same pitfalls I suffered. Not only that, but writing my life's story was extremely therapeutic as I put my feelings into words.