Crossroads

CROSSROADS is a book of true stories and events of the 1930's and 1940's. It contains both historical an?d legendary stories about country stores poverty farm life front porches sharecropping childhood labor health care hardships race relations and more. Stories are factual and written from the author's memories of growing up in rural eastern North Carolina. The author writes about the peddlers who traveled throughout rural areas selling their goods such as sewing machines Bibles ribbons candy blankets and even fish.Tobacco was the king of crops and the crossroads was right in the heart of tobacco land.The Southern folklore in CROSSROADS is informative and entertaining.Greene was fortunate to have longevity in her family. She had six living grandmothers andgreat grandmothers and two grandfathers living during her childhood. All livednear the Crossroads and her interaction with them provided a wealth ofinformation about the past. Many of her family elders were storytellers andloved sharing both the history of the area and the legends dating back to theCivil War.As you read these stories you will feel the respect and love Greene has for the place shegrew up. You will feel the love she has for the people and for the time spentat the country store and on the front porches of her grandparents. Thestories will trigger memories for the older folks and introduce youngergenerations to a time long past but not forgotten.