Smith ed 1903 1979 (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. [1st ed., 1st printing ] ; 140 pages ; black cloth with gold lettering in color photographic slightly worn and nicked dustjacket ; SIGNED presentation by author, on front endpaper, along with his stamp ; Contents: Mayport -- Hunting -- Fishing -- Cowboys -- Storms -- Transportation -- War years -- Fort George Island -- Churches -- Rattlesnakes & reptiles -- Depression -- Conclusion ; "Ed Smith's Them Good Old Days in Mayport and the Beaches ( Neptune Beach , FL : Smith , 1974 ) is a collection of stories and anecdotes dramatizing the Mayport area ." ; "Ed Smith was born in 1903 in the red-clay country of the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Maysville, north Georgia. At the age of five he moved with his family to the little town of Bishop, Georgia. Mr. Smith's formal elementary education began in a little one room schoolhouse in Bishop. Saying good-by to his family upon graduation, the country boy spent the next two years in, and graduated from, Georgia Military College. One year was spent at arduous labor in a rough backwoods sawmill. Having become a hardened, strong youth by this time, Mr. Smith was offered and accepted a football scholarship to Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. After a year and a half, finding himself unable to afford to purchase the necessary books to continue his education, he left the university and entered the working world. While attending Mercer, Mr. Smith met and married Mary Howard. In 1926, the Smith's moved to Florida and after eight years in the Jacksonville area they made their residence at the Beaches. Mr. Smith entered the lumber and hardware business and it has continued through the years growing to one of the most prominent businesses in the community. Ed Smith has often been called the "Beaches Historian" and the Humor-laureate" of the Beaches, both these qualities being in evidence throughout this book.". Book.…