Child medical organizer

Co-authored by a physician and an educator, “Be Well: Essential Medical Organizer” is a guide to understanding and organizing the medical details of a child’s development from birth to age 18. Simple to follow and easy to use, this medical organizer includes forms for recording medical visits and immunization records as well as integrative questionnaires and important developmental milestones. The guide is authored by North Carolinians Danielle Rose, an M.D., and Anne McIntosh, a Ph.D. Softcover, 107 pages, $29.95. Published by Lorimer Press in Davidson.

(800) 336-3137
www.lorimerpress.com

Hurricane Hazel in the Carolinas

Hurricane Hazel, one of the most deadly and enduring hurricanes ever, swept the U.S. Eastern Seaboard in mid-October 1954 and people still recall it vividly. In a new pictorial history book, North Carolina native Jay Barnes employs more than 200 vintage photographs to chronicle the benchmark hurricane that killed more than 1,000 people. Hazel struck the Carolina coast as a ferocious Category 4. Landfall occurred near the South Carolina-North Carolina border, where a massive ocean surge swept away hundreds of homes in coastal communities like Myrtle Beach, Long Beach, Carolina Beach and Wrightsville Beach. Then Hazel barreled inland and battered eastern North Carolina with wind gusts exceeding 100 mph that peeled away rooftops before racing northward setting new wind records across seven states. The book’s author hopes that by studying the power of benchmark storms like Hazel, we can all better prepare for future hurricanes. Published by Arcadia in Mount Pleasant, S.C. Softcover, 128 pages, $21.99.

(888) 313-2665
www.arcadiapublishing.com

Lumbee Indians in the Jim Crow South

North Carolina’s Lumbee Indians are the largest Native American tribe east of the Mississippi River. Between Reconstruction and the 1950s, the Lumbee crafted a distinct identity against the backdrop of some central issues in American history, including race, class, politics and citizenship. Author Malinda Maynor Lowery, Ph.D, describes their challenges in an era defined by racial segregation in the South and paternalistic policies for Indians. Lowery writes that for outsiders, the identity of “Indian” sometimes hinged on the presence of “Indian blood” (for federal New Deal policy makers) and sometimes on the absence of “black blood” (for southern white segregationists). Lumbee people themselves have constructed their identity in multiple layers that tie together kin and place, tribe and nation, and not all Indians agreed on how best to do this. Lowery, herself a Lumbee and an assistant professor of history at UNC-Chapel Hill, uses photographs, letters, federal and state records, and first-person family history to show different sides and tell how the Lumbee challenged the boundaries of Indian, southern, and American identities. Published by University of North Carolina Press in Chapel Hill. Softcover, 368 pages, $21.95.

(800) 848-6224
www.uncpress.unc.edu

Easy day hikes for Smokies

The latest book in FalconGuides®’ nationally popular “Best Easy Day Hikes” series, this guide features nearly 30 easy hikes throughout the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Hiking author Randy Johnson includes accessible trails with waterfalls, wildflowers, historic sites and spectacular views, along with 23 trail maps, GPS coordinates for each trailhead, a Trail Finder by level of difficulty and an introductory travel overview to the park, scenic drives, and surrounding towns. The author divides his time between his home in Banner Elk and Greensboro. “Best Easy Day Hikes Great Smoky Mountains” is softcover, 120 pages and by itself sells for $12.95. It can also be purchased bundled with a National Geographic’s Trails Illustrated topographic map of the Great Smoky Mountains Park for $13.57 online and in select outdoor stores.

(336) 508-2178
www.randyjohnsonbooks.com

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