{"product_id":"the-spirit-in-the-south-stories-of-our-grandmothers-spirit-paperback","title":"The Spirit in the South: Stories of Our Grandmothers' Spirit - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThe Rev Dr Cynthia Vold Forde\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Rev. Dr. Cynthia Vold Forde, Author \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What questions would you like to ask your grandmothers, great grandmothers or tenth great grandmothers? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this work, the authors of the \"grandmother stories\"(Dr. Forde and cousins) imaginatively ask their grandmothers questions about the source of their indomitable spirit; and as you read, you will appreciate the choice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The centerpiece of the book consists of interpretative essays featuring our grandmothers in times of trial and times of joy. The essays are accompanied by descriptive chronologies, with the reader appropriately instructed by maps from each period, photographs, sketches, portraits and recipes. An encyclopedic Appendix in CD-ROM form offers further documentation, extensive genealogies, and even more maps, photographs, and archival materials; all of which will eventually be published as Volume II. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Rev. Dr. Cynthia Vold Forde's valiant work of genealogy presented herein is encyclopedic, intelligible and thoroughly entertaining. Lineages of our scattered kindred so lovingly compiled by her, are a \"collection for remembrance\" inspired by the faithful lives of ten generations of Southern ancestors. Impressive archival research and background materials on the Bankston, Brooks, Cobb, Hamlin, Henderson, Ivey, Jarrett, Lea, McDonald, Miller, Rambo, and Sappingtons of Georgia lines are included. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Within the pages of this book, you will find adventure, love, war, peace, depression, and prosperity in the lives of our valiant colonial, pioneer, antebellum and postbellum ancestors. You may correlate traits of these brave and steadfast women with those in your own mothers, grandmothers, sisters, and daughters. If you seek a greater understanding of your Southern ancestry and of yourself, you will surely find it here.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 380\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 11 x 8.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 16, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42731460657215,"sku":"9781434356543","price":76.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/2d60a14b4f539d531e0c0a99f3ea5c18.webp?v=1765128942","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-spirit-in-the-south-stories-of-our-grandmothers-spirit-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}