21 East Second St
Author and longtime Sandba
r Lecture presenter Julie Hedgepeth Williams returns to the Museum to bring her latest book, Three Not-So-Ordinary Joes, to life with animated historical anecdotes.
Three Not-So-Ordinary Joes is the story of how three guys named Joe started Southern literature. Joseph Addison, a famous 18 th century British journalist, inspired Joseph Addison Turner to produce the only newspaper ever published on a Southern plantation. Turner’s apprentice, Joel Chandler Harris, recorded slave folktales from stories he heard while working on Turner’s plantation newspaper. Narrating his stories through a fictional character named “Uncle Remus,” Harris’ books established Southern literature.
Julie Hedgepeth Williams, a resident of Birmingham, Alabama and regular Ocean Isle Beach visitor, is a professor, writer, and author of many popular history books.