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The story of kudzu in America is about our entangled love and hate for an alien vine. The end of the story has yet to be written. My bet is that if someone finds a way to turn kudzu into cash, then hate will be transformed back into love in a heartbeat.
Being an optimist, I am convinced that somewhere in our great land there is a brain that will do for kudzu what Bill Gates did for computers.
Could that someone be you, or someone you know?
This book tells the kudzu story with thoroughly researched facts, over 150 photographs and illustrations, and stories that reflect American experiences with kudzu.
P>Japan brought the first kudzu vine to America as a gift to help celebrate our first century as a country. They planted it on the grounds of the Japanese Bazaar at the United States Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in the spring of 1876./P>
P align=justify>Many of the Americans who saw and heard about the "miracle vine" were enamored with it, and wanted one of their own. So, from 1876 until the late 1940s, kudzu was almost a carte blanche entangler. It grew prolifically, resisted all enemies, and seemed to have eternal life!/P>
P>The few, who did not succumb to kudzu’s charm | |  | | Smoky Mountain Mysteries
Smoky Mountain Mysteries is a collection of stories about the magnificent mountains and unique people of Southern Appalachia.
The magnificent mountains and unique people of Southern Appalachia are both crown jewels of the Master Designer of the Universe - and cauldrons of mysteries.
Here are some of the stories:
Why are the mountains always smoky?
How did the Melungeons get to America first?
Ghosts dance on Hazel Creek in North Carolina.
A ghost frolics in Sevierville, Tennessee!
Who wrote on Judaculla Rock?
Unsolved riddle - lights on Brown Mountain.
And many more... | |  | | Unsolved Disappearances in the Great Smoky Mountains
True stories of people who disappeared in the Great Smokies Mountains.
The disappearances are profiled in 3 categories.
Part I - Vanished Without a Trace
Pauline Melton, Trenny Gibson, and Dennis Martin vanished during daylight, from different locations, on different dates, and surrounded by other people.
Part II - Puzzlers
An unidentified boy was found frozen to death in 1915. His identity remained a mystery for 60 years.
Abe Ramsey, age 3, wandered away from home on March 11, 1919. The story that he was never found may not be true.
Part III - Deliberate Disappearances
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