Willie Drye: 3 books
by Willie Drye
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014
Plymouth and Washington County, North Carolina, are entwined with the beginnings of American history. The area surrounding the Albemarle Sound was the birthplace of North Carolina. Plymouth began as a 17th-century trading post on the Roanoke River, which empties into the sound. When the nearby Dismal...
For Sale —American Paradise
How Our Nation Was Sold an Impossible Dream in Florida
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
Winner of the Independent Publisher Book Awards Silver Medal for Best Regional Nonfiction in the Southwest
The story of how Florida became entwined with Americans’ 20th-century hopes, dreams, and expectations is also a tale of mass delusion, real estate collapses, and catastrophic hurricanes....
Storm of the Century
The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2019
In 1934, hundreds of jobless World War I veterans were sent to the remote Florida Keys to build a highway from Miami to Key West. The Roosevelt Administration was making a genuine effort to help these down-and-out vets, many of whom suffered from what is known today as post-traumatic stress disorder....