Philip Gerard Livres

The narrative explores North Carolina's pivotal role during the Civil War, highlighting the diverse experiences of various groups, including Confederates, Unionists, free blacks, and enslaved individuals. It delves into the state's complex loyalties and geography, illustrating how it served as both a battleground and a home front. Through the perspectives of different characters, the book captures the multifaceted nature of the war, showcasing the personal struggles and broader implications of this significant historical period.

The narrative centers on the historical coup staged by white citizens in Wilmington, NC, in 1898, following the election of black officials. This gripping account, based on actual events, explores themes of racial tension, power struggles, and the fight for civil rights. The twenty-fifth anniversary edition offers a renewed perspective on this pivotal moment in American history, shedding light on the resilience of the black community in the face of systemic oppression.

Everyone who writes a novel, a poem, or a memoir almost certainly conducts research along the waywhether to develop a story idea, or to capture the voice, the speech patterns, or the exact words of a character, or to ensure authenticity or accuracy of detail in describing a person, a place, an object, a setting. This kind of experiential research is an art form of its own, and this book is the first to treat it as such. Addressing writers of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, Philip Gerard covers all the different kinds of archives that might inform creative work, including historical documents, site visits, interviews, and memory. He offers practical tips for drawing on these different types of sources, including such mundane matters as planning and budgeting for travel costs, arranging access in advance, and troubleshooting when plans go awry. And he illustrates how the insights gleaned from research can be incorporated into stories, poems, and nonfiction using examples from a wide range of writers."

"Notable events of the 1950s in North Carolina, the second book in this North Carolina history series. This book is the second in a series of small, richly illustrated books about North Carolina history through the decades. Originally published as hugely popular serialized articles for Our State magazine, this book chronicles events in North Carolina in the 1950s-a decade which began with a postwar boom in transportation, travel, and progress while some North Carolinians also began to speak out for their rightful piece of prosperity and freedom. The volume is not a textbook overview of the state's history. Rather, each chapter focuses on a lively and illuminating set of events in the era such as the fight for recognition by the Lumbee Tribe, the opening of an art museum with a collection owned by the people of North Carolina, the formation of Research Triangle Park, and the birth of the civil rights era at a small lunch counter. The book contains color vintage photographs and illustrations. The author-writer, professor, and musician, Philip Gerard-has published widely, including an iconic novel about the Wilmington coup of 1898, Cape Fear Rising, and is beloved in North Carolina, especially among Our State readers"--. Provided by publisher