New Book Recalls A Great Era Of Railroading In The State
A Raleigh authored volume notes North Carolina railroading from 1833 to 1900. It details the Experimental Railroad kickoff to Raleigh rock quarry and the later lines forming major Southern networks, with notes on publishers Helios Press and authors John Gilbert Grady Jefferys.
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North Carolina
State Capitol
Raleigh
Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio
Jefferys
Helios
Spitfire
Cyclops
Apollo
Excelsior
Tempest
South
Raleigh & Gaston Railroad
Seaboard Air Line
Wilmington & Weldon
Atlantic Coast Line
North Carolina Railroad
Southern Railway
North Carolina Railroads Shape Growth Amid Wrecks and Progress
The North Carolina Railroad linked Charlotte and Goldsboro with sections joined in 1856, spurring High Point growth. Mountains challenged lines like the Western North Carolina Railroad reaching Asheville by 1880 and Murphy by 1891. Notable wrecks include 1891 Statesville and 1901 Lexington incidents.
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North Carolina Railroad
High Point
Fayetteville and
Salem Plank Road
Charlotte
Goldsboro
Hill Top
Jamestown
Greensboro
North Carolina
Western North Carolina Railroad
Salisbury
Old Fort
Blue Ridge
Asheville
Paint Rock
Tennessee
Murphy
Saluda
Hendersonville
Bostian
Third Creek
Statesville
Lexington
Annie Oakley
Hamlet
Wilmington
Fayetteville
Cape Fear
A Spy Scene Suits Author But We Didn’t Get the Fox
Richard Llewellyn’s second espionage novel follows Ed mund Trothe, deputy director of a multinational gas pipeline company, as he hunts a traitor, rescues a prisoner in East Germany, and chases daring tech feats across cities. The fast moving, polished thriller keeps readers alert as secrets vanish and danger looms.
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Richard Llewellyn
Doubleday
Llewellyn
Edmund Trothe
Arabia
Trothe
East
Germany
Inside 12 Cities Inside 12 Cities
Book review of John Gunther’s Inside 12 Cities, a travel journalism work blending hotels, dishes, interviews and local history. It favors London Paris Warsaw Moscow Jerusalem Beirut Amman and Brussels with vivid anecdotes but lacks maps and comprehensive scope.
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Brussels
Warsaw
Tokyo
London
Paris
Belgium
Hamburg
Vienna
Rome
Italy
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Moscow
Middle East
Jerusalem
Beirut
Amman
Africa
Americas
Mas
A Valedictory by Norman Thomas Ives Washburn
Book review notes Thomas as a long time socialist crusader who died before completing this self reflective work. It argues poverty racism and war are linked to economic policy and war financing, urging pragmatic peaceful reform and participatory democracy while praising civil rights progress and nonviolent reform.
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Norman Thomas
Ives Washburn
Thomas
Socialist Party
America
Vietnam
Brotherhood of Man
Mas
Rebekah Harkness Ballet Stuns Piedmont Audiences
A youthful five year old Rebekah Harkness Ballet shines in Winston-Salem with Madrigalesco and Sebastian. Brundila Ruiz and Lawrence Rhodes win applause for Sebastian as next season features Pennsylvania Ballet and Camerata Singers under Civic Association.
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Piedmont
Rebekah Harkness
Rebekah
Reynolds Auditorium
Winston-Salem
Benjamin Harkarvy
Antonio Vivaldi
Vivaldi
Leo Delibes
Samuel Barber
Sebastian
Menotti
Brunilda Ruiz
Lawrence Rhodes
Hurras
Pennsylvania Ballet Company
Winston-Salem Civic Assa
Camerata Singers
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Houston Symphony
Birgit Finnila
Gary Graffman
Twin-City
Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home review
Rabbi David Small continues solving murders while revealing temple workings and Jewish theology. Kemelman’s tone remains homespun and accessible, mixing philosophy with a murder plot. readers see church dynamics and factional conflicts echoed in faith communities.
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Rabb
Harry Kemelman
Putnam
David Small
Kemelman
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