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I highly recommend this book to those who have spent some of their life in Chapel Hill. The stories about life in Chapel Hill ring true. A town where "life is at once simple and civilized." I learned a lot about the history of the town here - from the stories of local restauranteurs to university's role in WWII to presidential visits to UNC. Especially moving where two stories of Chapel Hill in the pre-Civil Rights Act 1960s, told from the vantage point of two people involved in sit ins. They se...
While some of the submissions are pretty loosely connected to Chapel Hill, this is a fun read for any UNC grad or Chapel Hill resident. My favorites were Jock Lauterer's story about growing up with James Taylor, Will Blythe's story about the importance of hating Duke, and the story called Muslims in the Cul de Sac. I also liked the history section, with submissions on presidential visits to Chapel Hill, the campus's role in World War II and the civil rights movement.
Shameless self-promotion. I love this state/town/place.
Actually 29 views of Chapel Hill, 30 if you count the introduction, and I loved most of them. The three or four that I didn't enjoy pulled my stars down from 5 to 4. My favorites were the sort of memoir of James Taylor, Muslims in the cul-de-sac, the sisters' garden, Battle Forest, the civil rights protests...okay too many to post. I would have omitted most of the fiction and the presidents' visits to CH. Keep all the poetry. And please, a sequel?!!
A very interesting way to give out stories is through poems. At first knowing a little background about poems, I loved them. I found them to be a smarter way to tell a story than to read lines from right to left and long worded sentence with little detail. Well this adorable book 27 views of chapel hill gave me 29 not 27 views of what happens on Chapel hill. Each story or I guess I would say poem is written by different authors and gives us stories that very from a death of a dog to slavery and
27 chapters, 27 authors. Some are really dry, some are informative, and some stir up pure nostalgia for our beloved UNC. It's worth it suffering though the dry parts to get to the good parts. Esp. liked the chapter on presidential visits to Chapel Hill; I learned a lot.
