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Boarding house reach : North Carolina's entrepreneurial women / Alice E. Sink & Nickie Doyal.

Sink, Alice E., (author.). Doyal, Nickie, (author.).

Summary:

"In times past, if a woman found herself suddenly on her own, there were very few options for her to make her way in the world. Widowhood, abandonment and other circumstances often forced women to turn to one of the only respectable avenues of income available to them - opening a boarding house. In this unique volume, Alice Sink and Nickie Doyal tell the stories of resourceful women across North Carolina who opened their homes to strangers out of necessity, and in the process created a kind of family for people who were of no blood relations. Featuring boarding houses from the colonial period through modern times, stretching across the entire state, it's North Carolina history from a new and different perspective! Illustrated with great pictures and recipes that would have graced the boarding house table."-- Back cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780978624866
  • ISBN: 0978624866
  • Physical Description: x, 218 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: Wilmington, NC : Dram Tree Books, 2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes "... recipes that would have graced the boarding house table."--p. [4] of cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject:
Boardinghouses > North Carolina > History.
Women-owned business enterprises > North Carolina > History.
Businesswomen > North Carolina > Biography.
North Carolina > History.
Genre:
Biographies.
Recipes.

Available copies

  • 9 of 10 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)

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  • 0 current holds with 10 total copies.
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Marion Library 923.3 SIN (Text) 37810435053532 Local History Reference Available -
Cumberland Headquarters RNC 331.4097 S (Text)
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31781067083251 Local History Reference Available -
Denton Public Library 975.6 S (Text) 25908004983917 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Forsyth Central NC647.947 S617 (Text) 0112519952793 North Carolina Collection Noncirculating -
Government and Heritage Library 338.04082 S617b (Text) 33091007020571 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Government and Heritage Library 338.04082 S617b (Text) 33091007829989 NC Research Room Available -
High Point Library R NC 331.4097 Sink (Text) 30519010647199 North Carolina Room Adult Reference Available -
Lexington Public Library 975.6 S (Text) 25908005154773 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Lexington Public Library R-GEN NC 331.4 S LAA (Text) 25908008224466 Genealogy Available -
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