The bats

Literature & Fiction

Mandell, Richard

United States

Hermes House Press

<p>When your mama said you won't melt in the rain because you weren't made of sugar, she was wrong. She never ate one of Mama Harris fried pies. Lawwwwwwd, those pies sure are sweet! Everyone in the itsy bitsy town of Josh, Georgia sure was getting fat from all those fried pies and they weren't slowing down, either. After decades of perfecting her secret recipe, ninety three year-old Mama Harris pies just kept getting better and better. They are so good that they have become an unstoppable force. In fact, they've become an army... Mama Harris Fried Pie Army begins as the townspeople of Josh, Georgia are preparing for the Brementon Day Parade. They all hope the Governor of Georgia will stop by but have no idea of how to make that happen. Oblivious to parade preparations, Mama Harris is busy frying pies. On the other side of town, a bank robbery erupts. A stray squirrel, a souped-up Mustang convertible, and an Army of Fried Pies converge at once to send the town into a tailspin with the Governor of Georgia mired in the middle! THE STORY BEHIND THE BOOK Ninety three year - old Mama Harris is a dynamo of a baker. She also happens to be the Great-Grandmother of Southern Pines, North Carolina youngsters Thomas and Joshua Mandell. Her knack for frying pies - the old Southern way - has inspired all of west Georgia and these two kids from North Carolina with her ability to fry hundreds of pies on a weekly basis. She hands them out all over town and has for many years. One day Thomas announced the need to write a book about Mama Harris, considering she is quite a character herself. That's when Thomas dad, Richard, stepped in to answer his son's call. Not one to back down from a task that needed to get done, Richard got cracking on a children s book that captured not only the essence of Mama Harris and small towns but also the Southern tradition of fried pies. That's when Mama Harris Fried Pie Army was born. "We were on the way back from visiting my wife Mary s family in Atlanta when Thomas simply said we should write a story about Mama Harris, who is Mary s Grandmother.  After a few moments of contemplation, I just started to recite the beginnings of a children's story based on Mama Harris and her penchant for making fried pies," shares Richard.  Thomas sprinkled details throughout the book, including naming Mama Harris town of Josh, Georgia after his brother Joshua (age four). The real name of the town is Jake, Georgia. Few of Mama Harris family know about the book and Mama Harris has no idea, yet.  They all live in west Georgia where the story takes place.  Each year they have a big family gathering and the plan is to wrap up books for the family and give it to them right then and there.  "We have no idea how Mama Harris will react, although we are confident she will be pleased.  She will probably just laugh and say how could someone draw up such an ugly character.  She always complains about breaking cameras!" said Richard. "It will be exciting to see everyone s reaction to the writing team s interpretation of certain characters in the book as well as local places where they live and work." Mama Harris Fried Pie Army is the first book in a projected series of Mama Harris Fried Pies books. The next two books to be released in the series are Hurricane Clara and The Fried Pie Army and Mama Harris Fried Pie Country Club. In Hurricane Clara and The Fried Pie Army, Mama Harris fried pies not only calm the townspeople during Hurricane Clara but keep little Union Church from flooding. In the process, Mama Harris discovers a whole new variation on her own fried pie recipe.</p>

Mama Harris' Fried Pie Army

Children's Books

Action & Adventure

JHM Children's Books

Principles of Golf Architecture

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

T. Eliot Press

<p>Today, Pinehurst stands at the pinnacle of a revolution in golf course design and development just as it found itself in that position in 1895. As the golf world adjusts to the new world economy, Pinehurst No. 2's recent transformation into a sustainable, yet exciting, playing experience finds itself as the prototype for the game of golf in the twenty-first century.It is a story of dumb luck, ingenuity, and grand visions... In anticipation of the 2014 Men's and Women's U. S. Opens to be played on the venerable Pinehurst No. 2 course comes the release of the definitive history of North Carolina Sandhills golf: The Legendary Evolution of Pinehurst, Home of American Golf. Written by veteran golf course architect Richard Mandell, it is a detailed account of the evolution of the golfing fields of the Sandhills of North Carolina and how it mirrored the growth, and directly affected, the game of golf in America a century ago to today. The book is a completely re-designed and updated book of Richard's 2007 Award-winning tome on the history of Sandhills golf, Pinehurst ~ Home of American Golf (no longer in print and very difficult to find). The Legendary Evolution of Pinehurst, Home of American Golf has forty-five new pages with numerous updates, including a brand new chapter chronicling the restorations of Pinehurst No. 2 and Mid Pines, the development of The Dormie Club and other advances in the recent past. This is a must have for those who love Pinehurst and the history of golf courses. In addition to the new text are 112 never before seen new images as well as an introduction from two-time Masters Champion, Ben Crenshaw. The Legendary Evolution of Pinehurst, Home of American Golf is the untold story of one of the three most popular golfing destinations in the world. This 424 - page, four-color history is more than just a coffee table book. Few authors have written books about Pinehurst. None of those writers has ever completed such a detailed review of an iconic landmark of the game of golf in the United States.The Legendary Evolution of Pinehurst, Home of American Golf reveals design, construction, and maintenance trends throughout the history of golf development. The book provides insight into the ingenuity and creativity of design and construction techniques of the past and how they relate to decisions made today. Articles from newspapers of the times will reveal the public's exposure to trends of the design industry whose details are not explored in most books written about golf architecture today. Reprinted letters from the major players (Donald Ross, Albert Tillinghast, Tufts family members, Herb Graffis, etc.) give the reader a “fly on the wall” understanding of day to day operations and challenges.The design evolution of Sandhills golf courses is documented from pre-design site decisions to renovation projects throughout their history, to how these events have defined each golf course as it lays today. The reader will hear directly from each architect about design choices and challenges as well as construction tales which make each golf course's history different.Inside these pages is the story of The Pinehurst Resort, Pine Needles, Mid Pines Golf Club, Southern Pines Country Club, The Country Club of North Carolina, Tobacco Road, Dormie Club, and countless other courses of the Sandhills. Rare, never-before-seen photographs of the early days of Sandhills golf include construction scenes as well as the only known construction drawings of Pinehurst No. 2, one of the most famous golf courses in the world. Another feature of The Legendary Evolution of Pinehurst, Home of American Golf is Mr. Mandell's seventeen detailed overlays of historic golf course routings of Pinehurst on top of an aerial photograph from today, allowing the reader access to history only an archaeologist can uncover. The reader can clearly see where features of the past would be located in the present day. The book also includes three prints of Pinehurst No. 2's recent transformation from acclaimed artist, Mr. Michael Miller.The Legendary Evolution of Pinehurst, Home of American Golf is the definitive encyclopedia of Sandhills golf course history. It is written from Richard's perspective as one of the few practicing golf course architects to have ever based his business in Pinehurst. Richard Mandell is a direct professional descendant of Donald Ross through his apprenticeship under Dan Maples, who apprenticed under his Father, Ellis Maples. Ellis was under the direct tutelage of Donald Ross himself.</p>

The Legendary Evolution of Pinehurst: Home of American Golf

History

Americas

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