Wouldn’t Be Fittin’

This book is about Douglas Haas-Bennett, also known as “Miss Doug,” owner of Raleigh Creative Costumes, wife of novelist Ben Haas and inventor Willard Bennett, mother, stepmother, and grandmother, humorous, generous, and strong-willed. If you know her, there’s a very good chance you love her. If you don’t, well, bless your heart. A descendant of plantation stock, the landed gentry of Eastern North Carolina, Miss Doug witnessed and took part in the twentieth century transformation of Southern culture from “Old South” to “New South,” changes in race relations, gender roles, and the very definition of Southernness. The stories here, stories from her and about her, chronicle this transformation with insight, wit, and affection.