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All In A Days Work: Historic General Stores Of Macon And Surrounding Counties Of North Carolina Counties
Author: Woody, Londa L.; Illustrator Wood, Gail Blakeley
Paperback
Parkway Publishers
ISBN: 1887905448
About the BookAll in a Day's Work presents the stories of the historic general stores of Macon and surrounding counties of western North Carolina and the entrepreneurial families who founded and nurtured these stores. A number of these stores are still thriving although others closed their doors.Jacob Siler and William Brittain founded the first general store in 1818 in the area which later became Macon County. Other stores followed. A typical general store carried everything a family needed - from seeds to shoes and from lumber to coffins. These stores conjure up the images of live chickens, snuff, and buying on credit. People gathered at these stores, gossiped, kept up with community and family news, and played games to entertain themselves. Friendships forged out of thes
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