Lewis J. Hardee, Jr.
Writer - Composer - Educator

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BOOKS

Classic Southport Cooking:

 The signature cookbook of the coastal village of Southport, N.C., is now in its 3rd printing.  700 thoroughly researched recipes, 78 reminiscences and articles, 124 rare photos related to the recipes and stories. 409 acid-free pages. 6”x9”. Indexed. Hardbound glossy color cover.  Published 2005 by the Southport Historical Society. 

$22.00 ($18.50 for Society members) plus $3.00 postage and handling. Make checks payable to, and mail to Southport Historical Society, P.O. Box 10014, Southport, N.C. 28461; or order at their web site; Southport Historical Society; shs@ec.rr.com; or call 910-457 0579.


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                For a review (in PDF format ) in the New York Sun, March 5, 2006, click here.

 

 

Of Home and the River. Southport Stories from the Civil War to the Present is a companion book to Classic Southport Cooking.

These stories are one way or another related to the author’s hometown of Southport, N.C. and Brunswick County where for many years his maternal ancestors resided. “Some are unapologetically nostalgic, based on recollections from growing up. Others are researched. Some you may find amusing; others you will not.” Hardbound glossy color cover. 357 acid-free pages.  6” x 9”.  Copiously illustrated. Indexed.

$24.00 ($22.00 for Society members) plus $3.00 postage and handling. Make check payable to and mail to The Southport Historical Society, PO Box 10014, Southport, NC. 28461; or email shs@ec.rr.com; or call 910-457 0579.

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Three Southern Families: The History of connecting Hardee, Jones and Davis Families with Origins in Eastern North Carolina traces from Colonial days to the present the Pitt County, N.C./Georgia Line of Hardees; the Carteret County, N.C., Joneses; and the Perquimans & Carteret County, N.C./Nassau County, Florida, Davises. A lively narrative places the families within the context of historical events in North Carolina and through the South. There is extensive coverage of the Civil War Era, including an account of the notable Gen. William J. Hardee, CSA.
                Published 1994 by The Southport Historical Society. 400 acid free pages. High quality printing by Broadfoot Publishing Company, a leading publisher of Civil War and Southern topics. Hardbound. Acid-free paper.  118 photos, maps and illustrations. Extensive bibliography, genealogical trees of the three families, and a Bibliographic Directory of Living Descendants as of 1994.
                $35.00 ($31.50 for Society members) plus $3.00 postage and handling. Make checks payable to, and mail to Southport Historical Society, P.O. Box 10014, Southport, N.C. 28461, or order at their web site, Southport Historical Society; or email shs@ec.rr.com; or call 910-457 0579.

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The Lambs Theater Club:

This is the definitive history of America’s oldest theatre club. From its origins in 1874 as an intimate actors’ dining club, The Lambs had by 1925 become the most famous theatrical club in the world—the stuff of fable. Fred Astaire said, “When I was made a Lamb I felt as if I had been knighted." The Lambs provides a microcosm of the New York theatre, its fortunes changing in direct relation to the ebb and flow of Broadway and the nation. The roster of its 6,000 members over the years includes Irving Berlin, W.C. Fields, John Barrymore and Will Rogers, with honorary members like John Wayne and Dwight D. Eisenhower.
            Drawn from The Lambs’ official archives, and including many anecdotes from oral histories, this history traces The Lambs' roots in London and its initial development in America, dominated by English and later Irish actors. The work then covers The Lambs’ famous touring "Gambols” in the first decades of the 20th Century; rivals like The Players and The Friars; patriotic efforts during World Wars I and II; the Red Scare in 1919; Prohibition and the Club’s high water mark in the 1920s, devastation during the Great Depression; continued decline toward bankruptcy in 1975; and relocation and resurgence today. The book includes numerous rare photographs, bibliography and four appendices.
            Published by McFarland & Company. $55.00.  276 pages. Color hardcover. 7”x10”. Copies may be ordered through McFarland & Company. For a review by The New York Sun, June 26, 2006 (in .pdf format) click here.
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Matterhorn and Other Poems.

The title poem of this short collection of poems was inspired by the author’s visit to Zermatt, Switzerland, in 2007. The remaining ten poems vary from the thoughtful to the whimsical. Hardbound glossy color cover. 35 acid-free pages. 5 ½ x 8 1/2. Illustrated. $10.00 plus $3.00 postage and handling. Please contact us for instructions.