Jackie Haines

Little Mill on Beaver Creek: Volume 1

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Produktbeschreibung

In 1913, there is a water-powered sawmill in rural southeast Guilford County, NorthCarolina. The Gilmer family, including Samuel, Anna, and their children live with Anna's father, Lee Hanner, in the home beside this mill. The two men own andoperate this sawmill. The story begins during a winter blizzard in late February, flowing throughout the year 1913, culminating in a Thanksgiving celebration. WillGranger, the neighbor who has lived in the next farm over for three years, is so disagreeable that he has alienated all his neighbors. The Gilmer youngsters attend a one-room school, where tiny six-year-old Lillie faces a bully. Molly, Jake, and Lilliework hard around the farm and sometimes get into frightening situations. Young men in 1913 learn how to use firearms early; they help provide food for their familyas well as protect them. Jake, age ten, is skillful with his shotgun, but gets intotrouble when he accidentally trespasses onto land of their angry neighbor. Molly, a mature sixteen-year-old in her last year at Tucker School, is recommended by herteacher to attend college to be educated as a teacher. Lives of early Native Americans in rural Guilford County is explained, and also the history of AlamancePresbyterian Church, founded 1762. Farming in rural North Carolina is just becoming mechanized in 1913, changing how planting and harvesting are done. During this time, church is the center of the community. Lives are changed, and churches also provide social activities. Folks living at this time work hard, but they also enjoy celebrations, music, food, and fun. "Little Mill on Beaver Creek" is the story of the hardships, the struggles and joys of living in rural North Carolina in the early part of the 20th century. It is about a family who work, pray, and play together, keeping their sense of humor and faith in God.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Neil Investments Inc
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9781640087057
• ISBN-10: 1640087052
• Artikelnr.: 49227270

Autorenporträt

Jackie Jobe Haines was raised outside Greensboro in southeast Guilford County, North Carolina on land that had been farmed by her mother's family for four generations. Jackie is a lifelong member of Alamance Presbyterian Church. She graduated from Southeast Senior High School in 1972. Following her dream to do something in the medical field, Jackie attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, where she also played clarinet in the UNC Bands. She graduated in 1977 with a Bachelor of Arts in Theraputic Recreation. Jackie was employed by Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital in Greensboro from fall of 1977 until April of 1984 as Recreation Therapist on Pediatrics. She married Marion D. Haines on April 28, 1984, moving to Port St. John (between Titusville and Cocoa), FL. Marion retired in 1989 from the U.S. Air Force, then took a job as Networking Specialist (computers) with Brevard County, FL in 1990. Also in 1990, Marion and Jackie became parents to their sson, Benjamin. The Haines family joined Indian River City United Methodist Church in 1992. Marion and Jackie planned to retire to Greensboro and build a home on the Jobe farm, but Marion died of pancreatic cancer on Halloween night, 2008. Jackie Haines lives in Titusville, FL as well as Greensboro, in the neighborhood where she had grown up. She published an article about her Grandfather, Albert Jobe's garage, service station and store in 2014, just before it was demolished to make room for a new road. Jackie sings in the choir in both her churches, and does volunteer work in the community, including her churches and the local hospitals. Jackie has written avariety of things for family and friends, but this is her first novel