The Great Dismal: A Carolinian's Swamp Memoir (Chapel Hill Books)

Book is in very good condition. Service sending was wonderful. Great seller.

My family settled in the very early 1600 and spent many generations (some still there to this day) in the NC and Virginia Areas. (Whitaker, Spence, Aydlett, Worthington, Marks, Dinkle, Brite, Williams, Gregory, Bean, Koen, Davis, Harris, Jackson, Brock, Harrison, White, Payne, Smithson and Sawyer--- and got stuck on my family tree. So much of my family tree seems to begin in America around this Great Dismal Swamp (Pasquotank, Camden, Aydlett, Blackwater, Norfolk) Areas that I thought it might be a good read. This book taught me that I have so much more to learn. Thank you- a fun easy read!

Bland Simpson is a delightful author. His books are well researched, as this one is, and capture the essence of the place he writes about. The history is well told as are the personal stories of the people of the Dismal Swamp who have been there for hundreds of years. The beauty of the place is well described. This was a pleasant read.

This book was purchased for my wife, she has enjoyed it greatly, coming from an area of North Carolina where the Great Dismal Swamp is located she enjoyed reading about it.

Haven't read book yet! Will surely add comment when I am prepared to do so. Have a lot of nooks on bedside table right now. That is books...

Arrived quickly, as described.

Very interesting book. I enjoyed it immensely.I was reared in that area and knew some of the people mentioned in the book. Now reside on the other coast.It was like a trip home.