The Story of Henderson County

Asheville, North Carolina: The Miller Printing Company, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Hardcover. Bound in blue publishers cloth. Cover is plain with gilt lettering on the spine. Endpapers are a map of Henderson County, North Carolina. Illustrated occasionally throughout with photographs and maps in black and white. Frontispieces are of Judge Leon Henderson, and author Sadie Smathers Patton. The Table of Contents includes: Henderson County and its creation, Days of Cherokee Occupation, The First White Settler Crosses the Blue Ridge, Other Pioneers, The Pioneers Begin to Develop the Frontier, From Trading Paths to Roads, A New Country is Created, The First Twenty-Five Years, Schools, Churches, Flat Rock: The Little Charlston of the Mountains, Railroads, New Growth, hendersonville, The Period Between Pioneer Days and Modern Times, A New Era and Pre-Publication Subscribers. Also contains a list of illustrations and is indexed. FROM THE FORWARD: "The Story of Henderson County is a gift which its author, loyal to her heritage, has long conceived to be the most valuable contribution within her power to make to the people of her native county. Surely no other person could have recognized more keenly that the history of this county must be preserved, not only as a memorial to the heroic deeds of the pioneer settlers, but as an indispensable part of North Carolina's history, than has Sadie Smathers Patton, whose work in this behalf is presented in this volume. The idea of the book dates vaguely from that time in her early womanhood when she awakened to the consciousness of the fact that her actual knowledge of the people and happenings could be made the basis for an invaluable service to Henderson County." xx 290pp. Rare spiderweb spider web patterned glassine dust wrapper. Mylar cover.<br><br>CONDITION: Covers are unmarked. Pages are crisp and clean. Dustjacket has moderate edge wear and is now in protective mylar cover. Full refund if not satisfied.