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The roots of Penderlea : a memory of a New Deal homestead community / Ann S. Cottle ; edited by students in the Publishing Laboratory, University of North Carolina Wilmington.

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  • ISBN: 9780979140334
  • ISBN: 0979140331
  • Physical Description: xix, 100 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Wilmington : Pub. Laboratory, Dept. of Creative Writing, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-100).
Formatted Contents Note:
Penderlea Project Map vi -- A Chronology of Penderlea xv -- Chapter 1 Before the Homestead 1 -- Chapter 2 A New Deal for Penderlea 13 -- Chapter 3 Homesteaders Arrive 30 -- Chapter 4 A Strong Social Fabric 59 -- Chapter 5 Change Comes to Penderlea 73 -- Appendix 1 A Penderlea Portrait Gallery 79 -- Appendix 2 Penderlea's First Homesteaders 91 -- Appendix 3 Homesteaders' Job Assignments 94 -- Appendix 4 Black Workers at Penderlea 96 -- Appendix 5 Penderlea Wage Rates, July 1938 97.
Subject:
New Deal, 1933-1939 > North Carolina > Penderlea.
Rural development > North Carolina > Penderlea.
North Caroliniana.
Penderlea (N.C.) > History > 20th century.
Penderlea (N.C.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Penderlea (N.C.) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
United States > Social conditions > 1933-1945.

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