North Carolina wine there were some 25 wineries in North Carolina, with extensive independent vineyards, to the extent that North Carolina dominated the national market for American wines at the time. The "Scuppernong" grape was the primary source for North Carolina's 19th Century wine, as it had been for about two centuries. The Civil War ended that market dominance, through damage to the industry by loss of manpower and scarce capital, as well as through revocation of winemaking licenses due to regulatory retribution following the war. Wine production began to recover in the decades after the war through the early 20th Century. However,
A Girl Named Zippy novelist, Lee Smith, at North Carolina State University. She attended the Earlham School of Religion in Richmond, Indiana. Kimmel currently lives in Durham, North Carolina. "Today Show" Book Club Selection September 2002 "New York Times" Bestseller Booksense 76 Qualities of Light Growing Up Sparky in an Innocent World "Booklist" March 15, 2001 Mary Carroll p. 1351 Book Page April 2001 (Eliza R.L. McGraw) "Library Journal" February 1, 2001 Pam Kingsbury p. 103 "Publisher Weekly" January 3, 2001 p. 60 "Entertainment Weekly" March 23, 2001 Lisa Levy p. 107 A Girl Named Zippy A Girl Named Zippy is a memoir by