All in a Day's Work : Historic General Stores of Macon and Surrounding Counties of North Carolina [Paperback]

Londa L. Woody (Author), Gail Wood Blakeley (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2001

All in a Day's Work is an illustrated collection of histories of general stores in Macon and surrounding countries in western North Carolina. The book tells about the entrepreneurial families which founded and nurtured these businesses. A number of these general stores are still in existence.

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About the Author

Londa Thomas Woody was born in Monmouth, IL. She and her husband Jim retired to the Great Smoky Mountains. She collected the information by interviewing owners and family members associated with the general stores. Woody has been writing for almost twenty years. Her work has appeared in magazines such as Mountain Ideals and Guideposts.

The illustrator, Gail Blakeley Wood, was born in Placerville, CA. Her paintings and mosaic works grace many public buildings including a large mural at the Naval Hospital in Cherry Point, NC. Gail has served as Vice President of the Person County (NC) Art Guild.

Product Details

• Paperback: 88 pages
• Publisher: Parkway Pub (April 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1887905448
• ISBN-13: 978-1887905442
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,608,208 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome see and hear Book, October 21, 2002

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Pam K. Keyser "oolala" (NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All in a Day's Work : Historic General Stores of Macon and Surrounding Counties of North Carolina (Paperback)

I loved this book. It richly describes the old 'General Store' days of my grandfather. Some may have been sitting in the sun playing checkers, but times were hard then, and most people worked from sun-up to sun-down.

This books lets you hear, feel, and smell those old places. It introduces you to some of the old pioneers of The NC area. You can almost feel their hard cracked hands, as if the author had you shake hands.

With this book you can actually drive and see some of the old stores still standing. But more fun, was visiting the ones that are STILL in business.

If walls can tell stories, then they surely bend MS Woodys ear! A very enjoyable read!