Biographical Museums in West Virginia: Pearl S. Buck Birthplace, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Chief Logan State Park

Chapters: Pearl S. Buck Birthplace, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Chief Logan State Park, Prabhupada's Palace of Gold, Alexander Campbell Mansion. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Built around 1875, the Birthplace of Pearl S. Buck is an attractive three-story house in the country town of Hillsboro, West Virginia. It was hand-constructed by a Dutch refugee family escaping religious persecution in Holland. Famous writer Pearl S. Buck was born at the house in 1892 while her parents, Caroline Stulting and Absalom Sydenstricker, were on leave from Presbyterian missionary work in China. They returned to China three months after her birth. Pearl was the first woman to win both the Pulitzer and Nobel Prizes in literature. Today, you can take a guided tour to learn about Pearl Buck and her family or stroll through the surrounding fields. The carpentry shop and barn contain over 100 historic farm and woodworking tools, and the log home of Pearls fathers family, the Sydenstrickers, has been moved from Greenbrier County to the property in Hillsboro for a second museum and cultural center. Crafts from the Heritage Fair: Pearl S. Buck was the first American woman to win both the Pulitzer Prize (1932, for The Good Earth) and the Nobel Prize for Literature (1938). A world-renowned author, she has written over 100 books and hundreds of short stories and magazine articles. Her books have been translated into 69 foreign languages. Pearl Buck was heavily involved in the preservation and restoration of the house. In the book My Mother's House she shared her vision for the museum: If it (the house) ever lives again, and God grant it may for my Mother's memory, I hope it will live a new life, not for myself or for my family but for people. I would like i...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=21412429