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Okra Picks: Summer 2010

Written by Nicki Leone

Summer 2010 Okra Picks

It’s a hundred degrees in the shade out there—why, it must be Okra Season! Southern Indie Booksellers have a selected a basket full of books for the Summer Okra Picks —great southern books, fresh off the vine. From backseats to blueberries, freedom to folklore (and good Southern food!), these titles highlight just what it is that makes Southern literature great. All the books have the following things in common: 1) They are Southern in nature. 2) They are 2010 Summer releases and 3) There is a SIBA member Bookstore who is really excited about the book. Southern booksellers love their Southern authors—we grow good books!

Fiction

Backseat Saints by Joshilyn Jackson
Grand Central Publishing, June 2010
9780446582346 24.99

By Accident by Susan Kelly
Pegasus Books, May 2010
9781605980881 24.00

Countdown by Deborah Wiles
Scholastic Press, May 2010
9780545106054 $17.99

The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller
Razorbill, August 2010
9781595143082 17.99

The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove by Susan Gregg Gilmore
Shaye Areheart Books, August 2010
9780307395030 23.00

On Folly Beach by Karen White
New American Library, May 2010
9780451229212 15.00

The Secret Child by Marti Healy
Design Group Press, June 2010
9780979127779 24.95

Nonfiction

Freedom Summer Oraien Catledge

Big Appetite: My Southern-Fried Search for theMeaning of Life by Sam McLeod
Touchstone Books, June 2010
9781439188163 23.00

The Blueberry Years: A Memoir of Farm and Family by Jim Minick
Thomas Dunne Books , August 2010
9780312571429 27.99

The Food, Folklore, and Art of Lowcountry Cooking: A Celebration of the Foods, History, and Romance Handed Down from England, Africa, the Caribbean,France by Joseph Earl Dabney
Cumberland House Publishing, May 2010
9781402230981 29.99

Freedom Summer: The Savage Season That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy by Bruce Watson
Viking Books, June 2010
9780670021703 27.95

Oraien Catledge: Photographs by Oraien E Catledge,
University Press of Mississippi , August 2010
9781604735000 35.00

Countdown! 75 Years

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Written by Nicki Leone

Dee Gee's celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2009. As one of the oldest businesses in Carteret County and as far as we can tell, the oldest continually-operating bookstore in North Carolina, Dee Gee’s and Gifts has been a mainstay for locals and tourists alike.

Dee Gee’s was established in 1934 by Mr. D.G. Bell and his mother, Madie Bell of Morehead City, NC. The original store, which burned in 1961, was on Seventh Street, two blocks west of its current location. The store moved to Evans Street into the original Sanitary Fish Market building on the water. Ed and Millie Voorhees bought Dee Gee’s in 1961 from Mr. Bell’s estate. In January 1990, the shop expanded to a larger building across the street. Doug and Jane Wolfe purchased the store in 1992. In 2007, Cathy Stanley bought the store from the Wolfes. Then, in 2010, Kathy Chalk, who had been the store's manager, took over ownership.

Dee Gee’s has offered quality books and gifts to several generations of residents and visitors to the Crystal Coast. So often middle-aged adults remark that they bought the same kind of candy sticks we sell today when they were children visiting with their parents and even grandparents! In celebration of our 75 years, we invite folks to write in and share their fondest Dee Gee’s memories…so start jotting down your thoughts…we’d love to hear from you.

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