Discovering North Carolina: A Tar Heel Reader (Chapel Hill Books) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 080781931X ISBN 13: 9780807819319

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 1991

Synopsis

This splendid anthology offers an engaging journey through four centuries of North Carolina life. It draws on a wealth of sources--histories, biographies, diaries, novels, short stories, newspapers, and magazines--to show how North Carolina's rich history and remarkable literary achievements cut across economic and racial lines in often surprising ways. There are selections by or about some of the state's best-known sons and daughters, from Daniel Boone and Andrew Jackson to Ava Gardner, Doris Betts, and Tom Wicker; and topics covered include politics, sports, business, family life, education, race, religion, and war.

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Review:

The most interesting book about North Carolina I've ever read--and one of the most interesting books about "anything".Charles Kuralt I plan to treasure "Discovering North Carolina," Whoever thought history could be so much "fun"?"Lee Smith, author of "Fair and Tender Ladies" I plan to treasure "Discovering North Carolina". Whoever thought history could be so much "fun"?"Lee Smith, author of "Fair and Tender Ladies" Deserves a spot in the library of any curious Tar Heel."Greensboro News and Record" I plan to treasure "Discovering North Carolina." Whoever thought history could be so much "fun"?"Lee Smith, author of "Fair and Tender Ladies" "I plan to treasure "Discovering North Carolina." Whoever thought history could be so much "fun"?""Lee Smith, author of "Fair and Tender Ladies""

From the Back Cover:

This splendid anthology offers an engaging journey through four centuries of North Carolina life. It draws on a wealth of sources--histories, biographies, diaries, novels, short stories, newspapers, and magazines--to show how North Carolinas rich history and remarkable literary achievements cut across economic and racial lines in often surprising ways.

About this edition

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 080781931X
• ISBN 13: 9780807819319
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 390
• Editor: Price William