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...revisit the people and places and deepen your enjoyment of the
sublime BBC tv series "Wayfaring Stranger" ...in these pages
revisit people and places you loved in the BBC tv series "Wayfaring
Stranger" ... by the authors as featured in the acclaimed BBC tv
series "Wayfaring Stranger" Throughout the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries, a steady stream of Scots migrated to Ulster
and eventually onward across the Atlantic to resettle in the United
States. Many of these Scots-Irish immigrants made their way into
the mountains of the southern Appalachian region. They brought with
them a wealth of traditional ballads and tunes from the British
Isles and Ireland, a carrying stream that merged with sounds and
songs of English, German, Welsh, African American, French, and
Cherokee origin. Their enduring legacy of music flows today from
Appalachia back to Ireland and Scotland and around the globe. In
Wayfaring Strangers, Fiona Ritchie and Doug Orr guide readers on a
musical voyage across oceans, linking people and songs through
centuries of adaptation and change. From ancient ballads at the
heart of the tradition to instruments that express this dynamic
music, Ritchie and Orr chronicle the details of an epic journey.
Charlotte might have built the nation's first tax-supported
university had an institution begun in 1771 survived the American
Revolution, but it did not. Over the years, other efforts to
establish a public college or university also failed. By the end of
World War II when thousands of returning veterans sought an
education on the GI Bill, the city found itself without a public
institution to accommodate them. This is the story of visionary
citizens and their valiant effort to fill that void. It is the
story of Bonnie Cone and the other community leaders who shared her
dream: Elmer Garinger, Woody Kennedy, Murrey Atkins, and many
others. It is also the story of how Charlotte and UNC Charlotte
grew up together: Charlotte from a city of 120,000 to a
metropolitan hub of over one million, and UNC Charlotte from a
community college to one of North Carolina's leading universities.
It is almost certain that neither would have realized such
potential without the other. Many state and local leaders provided
crucial support. Bill Friday, president of The University of North
Carolina, and his assistant Arnold King, recognized the rising
needs of the state's largest metropolitan region. At key moments,
Governors Terry Sanford, Dan Moore, and Robert Scott played pivotal
roles. In succession, Chancellors Dean Colvard, E. K. Fretwell,
Jr., and James H. Woodward arrived to accept the challenge of
building a great university. Throughout, it is the story of
dedicated professors, administrators, staff members, students, and
generous friends who shared the vision and worked to make it a
reality. It is also a story of struggle: first for existence, then
for facilities and public support, and finally for state and
national recognition. Above all it is a story of success--of
triumph over apathy, of startling growth, of rapid progress, of
entrepreneurial verve, and of increasing excellence.
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