Sketches in North Carolina USA, 1872 to 1878: Vineyard Scenes by Mortimer O. Heath

by Mortimer O. Heath

Overview

This handsome volume contains more than 85 striking drawings of the Weller Vineyard (located in western Halifax County) and its operations during the 1870s. Mortimer O. Heath's drawing provide a charming and personal view of life in North Carolina in the 1872, as well as a unique record of an industry now being revived.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780865262997
Publisher:	North Carolina Office of Archives and History
Publication date:	01/01/2001
Series:	Agriculture and Technology in North Carolina Series
Pages:	119
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 11.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Mortimer O. Heath (1853-1891) was born in Dorset, England. In 1872 he sailed to the United States and settled in Littleton, N.C. By 1885 Heath had moved on to Pennsylvania where he married Susan Jones. He died from tuberculosis in 1891.