n e w s b y t e s

october 1998 / december 1998




welcome to News Bytes, an online newsletter featuring the books and authors of the University of North Carolina Press. As we notice the dropping temperatures and leaves, our minds turn to autumn and all the festivities we associate with the season. Foremost in the mind of many sports lovers this time of year is the advent of football season. A quick quiz for football fiends: can you name the father of American football? Former professional football player, Michael Oriard (Kansas City Chiefs, 1970-1973), author of Reading Football: How the Popular Press Created an American Spectacle can answer that question and give us a quick lesson in football history. . . . Everyone will be relieved to say good-bye to this year's particularly active hurricane season. Learn more about the man who always has hurricanes on his mind - Jay Barnes, "Mr. Hurricane History" and author of North Carolina's Hurricane History (updated and revised edition) and the new Florida's Hurricane History, is profiled in this issue.

November 1998 marks the centennial of the Wilmington race riot of 1898 and the publication of a collection of essays, Democracy Betrayed: The Wilmington Race Riot of 1898 and Its Legacy, edited by David S. Cecelski and Timothy B. Tyson. You'll find out more about this new book and what the town of Wilmington, NC is doing to honor the victims of the violence and learn from the tragic events of one hundred years ago.

It's time to take advantage of the wealth of pumpkins we'll find at roadside stands and in gardens everywhere. A hearty recipe for Pumpkin Bread is featured in this issue from The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Cookery. . . . Speaking of pumpkins, are you ready for the spooky thrills and chills of Halloween? Meet Ruth Little, author of a new book about North Carolina gravemarkers, who will show us some of the history that abounds in old North Carolina graveyards and explain how she sees an old graveyard as a cultural encyclopedia. . . . And if that doesn't put you in a haunted mood, we'll treat you to a couple of ghostly tales: "The Lost Colony," from The Devil's Tramping Ground by John Harden and a short piece from Bland Simpson's The Mystery of Beautiful Nell Cropsey. If you want to take a longer soak in spooky Tar Heel history, we offer a list of books that will make your hair stand on end - or will at least give you some new stories to tell around the campfire.

We'll leave you with some thoughts on Thanksgiving from John Seelye, author of Memory's Nation: The Place of Plymouth Rock.

Look for news about the Press, our books, and our authors: awards won, bookstore events featuring UNC Press authors, and excerpts from reviews.

Just a reminder: all books mentioned here are available at bookstores, including online booksellers. You can also order directly from UNC Press. Call 1-800-848-6224. Say you saw it on our website.

We hope you enjoy this issue of News Bytes.



feature

Wilmington race riot of 1898 commemorated

profile

Jay Barnes, Mr. Hurricane History

book excerpt

Football Frenzy

story

"The Lost Colony"

profile

Ruth Little, author of Sticks and Stones

story

Chapter One of The Mystery of Beautiful Nell Cropsey

book excerpt

Pilgrims and Thanksgiving

recipes

Pumpkin Bread

more books

reading treats for ghosties and ghoulies

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