Bøger af Georgann Eubanks

"Georgann Eubanks offers readers a tour of the seasonal joys of ecosystems in the Southeast. The ordinary destinations and events she explores are scattered across seven states and include such wonders as a half-million purple martins roosting on an island in a South Carolina lake, the bloom of thirty acres of dimpled trout lilies in a remote Georgia forest, gnat larvae that glow like stars on the rock walls of an obscure Alabama canyon, and the overnight accumulation of elaborately patterned moths on the side of a North Carolina mountain cabin. These phenomena and others reveal how plants, mammals, amphibians, and insects are managing to persevere despite pressures from human invasion, habitat destruction, and climate change. Their stories also shine a light on the efforts of dedicated scientists, volunteers, and aspiring young naturalists who are working to reverse losses and preserve the fabulous ordinary that's still alive in the fields, forests, rivers, and coastal estuaries of this essential and biodiverse region"--

"Paul Green (1894-1981) is best known for his outdoor historical dramas, which are still performed across the United States. In North Carolina, The Lost Colony remains a must-do event on a trip to the Outer Banks. Green was not only a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, but was also an activist committed to human rights, racial equity, prison reform, and ending the death penalty. This anthology includes the frank reflections from an array of award-winning contemporary North Carolina writers. Their essays about Green's work and relationships will launch new conversations about a man who was seen as progressive, even radical in his time" --

Telling the stories of twelve North Carolina heritage foods, each matched to the month of its peak readiness for eating, Georgann Eubanks takes readers on a flavourful journey across the state. These foods, and the stories of the people who prepare and eat them, make up the long-standing dialect of North Carolina kitchens.

The American South is famous for its astonishingly rich biodiversity. In this book, Georgann Eubanks takes a wondrous trek from Alabama to North Carolina to search out native plants that are endangered and wavering on the edge of erasure. Even as she reveals the intricate beauty and biology of the South's plant life, she also shows how local development and global climate change are threatening many species, some of which have been graduated to the federal list of endangered species.Why should we care, Eubanks asks, about North Carolina's Yadkin River goldenrod, found only in one place on earth? Or the Alabama canebrake pitcher plant, a carnivorous marvel being decimated by criminal poaching and a booming black market? These plants, she argues, are important not only to the natural environment but also to southern identity, and she finds her inspiration in talking with the heroesthe botanists, advocates, and conservationists young and oldon a quest to save these green gifts of the South for future generations. These passionate plant lovers caution all of us not to take for granted the sensitive ecosystems that contribute to the region's long-standing appeal, beauty, and character.

This concluding volume of the Literary Trails of North Carolina trilogy takes readers into an ancient land of pale sand, dense forests, and expansive bays, through towns older than our country and rich in cultural traditions. Here, writers reveal lives long tied to the land and regularly troubled by storms and tell tales of hardship, hard work, and freedom.

Organized geographically through a series of eighteen half-day and day-long tours in the western part of North Carolina, this book directs curious travelers to the historic sites where Tar Heel authors have lived and worked. It features more than 170 writers, including Sequoyah, Fred Chappell, Charles Frazier, Robert Morgan, and Gail Godwin.

This brings the North Carolina's rich literary history to life. Eighteen tours direct readers to sites that more than two hundred authors have explored in their fiction, poetry, plays, and creative non-fiction.