The Jamestown Adventure(1st Edition) Accounts of the Virginia Colony, 1605-1614 (Real Voices, Real History) by EdSouthern, The Jamestown Adventure Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2004 by John F. Blair Publisher ISBN-13: 978-0-89587-302-6, ISBN: 0-89587-302-8
"In December 1606, three ships carrying 144 passengers and crew sailed from London bound for a land that had already claimed more than its share of English lives. In May of the following year, little more than 100 men would disembark to settle on a small peninsula in the James River. Eight months later, only 38 men were still alive in the fort they had named Jamestown. Jamestown is well known as the first permanent English settlement in ..."
"On February 11, 1780, a British army led by General Sir Henry Clinton came ashore on Johns Island, South Carolina. By the end of March, the British had laid siege to Charleston, the most important city south of Philadelphia. By the middle of May, they had taken the city and the American army defending it. On March 15, 1781, that same British army left the field at Guilford Courthouse exhausted, decimated, stripped of supplies and ration ..."
Fight Songs A Story of Love and Sports in a Complicated South by EdSouthern Softcover, Published 2023 by Blair ISBN-13: 978-1-958888-08-7, ISBN: 1-958888-08-7
"Ed Southern, lifelong fan of the Wake Forest University Demon Deacons, the smallest school in the NCAA's Power 5, set out to tell the story of how he got tangled, in vines of history and happenstance, with the two giants of his favorite ..."
Sports in the Carolinas(1st Edition) From Death Valley to Tobacco Road by EdSouthern Paperback, 260 Pages, Published 2009 by Novello Festival Press ISBN-13: 978-0-9815192-2-7, ISBN: 0-9815192-2-9
"A sports fan may die and go to heaven, but he or she might prefer going to the Carolinas. Athletes and teams from the region have won Heisman trophies, Olympic medals, championship belts in pro boxing and pro wrestling, and national titles in just about every sport people play. Sports in the Carolinas boasts dozens of essays, profiles, and personal reminiscences that celebrate these and other amazing stories."
"Lieutenant [John] McCleod, commanding the royal artillery, hastened up with two
pieces, and stationing himself in the road near the rivulet, returned our fire. Thus
the action commenced: the British general in the meantime arranging his army in
order of battle. Although he could form but one full line, he took the resolution of
attacking an able general advantageously posted, with a force more than double,
a portion whereof he knew ..."
"Since 1954, John F. Blair, Publisher, has been specializing in nonfiction books about the Southeast, and specifically North Carolina. Over the years, Blair has published numerous travel guides, so to say that the Blair staff knows something about travel in their own home state is no small assertion. Travel North Carolina is a comprehensive guide to the Tar Heel State. In this volume, you will find information about historic places, gard ..."
"Naturally, many of the stories and songs involved shoes -- the places they've been and the people who wore them. Now, for the first time, these works have been collected in The Shoe Burnin', Stories of Southern Soul."
Fight Songs A Story of Love and Sports in a Complicated South by Southern, Ed Hardcover, 308 Pages, Published 2021 by Blair ISBN-13: 978-1-949467-69-7, ISBN: 1-949467-69-4