What We Remember
Personal Recollections of Raleigh
Published on 23. November 2021
Book
Hardback
726 pages
978-1-6629-1535-2 (ISBN)
Description
What We Remember is the story of some memories as Raleigh made the transformation from a quiet capital city to a significant cultural and governmental center. The beginning of the story is from the perspective of a native son who made his first public appearance as the "Red Feather Boy" marking the success of fund raising for Community Chest through his career as a member of the city council, mayor, and businessman.
Smedes York and his family were at the center of the transformation of the city in those vibrant days after the end of World War II when returning soldiers were seeking homes for their families, and businesses were looking for new locations. In response to those demands for housing as well as shopping and business, Smedes's father James Wesley "Willie" York and his father Charles Vance York left evidence of their building and development skills throughout the city and the state.
Raleigh: What We Remember attempts to broaden the scope to view the growth and changes in the city as seen from the perspective of Smedes and others who have experienced this transformation.
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Language
English
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 43 mm
Weight
1199 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-6629-1535-2 (9781662915352)
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John Lawrence Sharpe, a South Carolinian, graduated from Wofford College with a degree in English and foreign languages and then entered Duke University where he received a BD degree in Greek New Testament language studies. For the first year of his graduate work he was at St. Mary's College of St. Andrews University, Scotland, before returning to Duke to complete his PhD where he remained as Curator of Rare Books in Perkins Library for forty years. His research in the history of the book has taken him to libraries in Europe and Egypt. In pursuing his research he has spent sabbaticals at both Cambridge and Oxford.His publications and lectures have included editing and writing about the history of bookmaking and publishing as well as assembling and writing memoirs among which are Early Days and Achievement: The Life of Harry L. Dalton, published by The Pentland Press in Edinburgh in 1986 and Growing Up with Raleigh: Smedes York: Memoirs and Reflections of a Native Son, published in 2014.