North Carolina, Paperback - William S. Powell

A leading authority on the people and events that have shaped North Carolina over four centuries, Powell here provides a sharply drawn overall hist...

The first single-volume reference to the events, institutions, and cultural forces that have defined the state, the Encyclopedia of North Carolina ...

Reducere. The North Carolina Gazetteer first appeared to wide acclaim in 1968 and has remained an essential reference for anyone with a serious interest in t...

Reducere. This classic botanical handbook, originally compiled by the late William S. Justice and C. Ritchie Bell, pairs hundreds of color photographs with d...

Reducere. Presents a detailed introduction to each of the following maps: White 1585 MS, White-DeBry 1590, Mercator-Hondius 1606, Comberford 1657 MS, Ogilby-...

From the drama of blockade-running to graphic descriptions of battles on the state's islands and sounds, this book portrays the explosive events th...

Reducere. The first major study of slavery in the maritime South, The Waterman's Song chronicles the world of slave and free black fishermen, pilots, riverme...

Reducere. For seventy years, The Natural Gardens of North Carolina has been a must-read volume for anyone interested in wildflowers, native plants, ecology, ...

Reducere. To understand the long march of events in North Carolina from secession to surrender is to understand the entire Civil War--a personal war waged by...

Reducere. Drawing: Landscapes with William F. Powell: Learn to draw outdoor scenes step by step With Drawing: Landscapes, learn to render a variety of beauti...

Reducere. DescriptionThis powerful book tells the story of Anne Skorecki Levy, a Holocaust survivor who transformed the horrors of her childhood into a passi...

Reducere. Originally published in 1960, this paperback is the most popular title ever published by the Historical Publications Section and has never gone out...

Reducere. Recounts events leading to the establishment of twenty-nine lifesaving stations along North Carolina's treacherous coastline and the role of their ...

Reducere. From the late nineteenth century well into the 1960s, North Carolina boasted some of the nation's most restrictive laws on alcohol production and s...

Reducere. In Native Carolinians, Dr. Theda Perdue, Atlanta Distinguished Professor of Southern Culture at UNC at Chapel Hill, discusses the history, life-sty...

Reducere. For readers of all levels of interest and expertise, this guide provides a clear, informative look at the ecology and biology of the dunes. Botanic...

Reducere. John Lawson's amazingly detailed yet lively book is easily one of the most valuable of the early histories of the Carolinas, and it is certainly on...

Reducere. The connections between one of the most admired South Carolinians and the lush green valleys of Cashiers North Carolina and Hot Springs North Carol...

There are over 80, 000 people on probation in North Carolina. This book sets out the law and procedure of how probation officers and the court syst...

Reducere. When Wilbur and Orville Wright arrived on North Carolina's Outer Banks in the year 1900, they were unknown bicycle mechanics who dreamed of powered...

Reducere. America is at war with itself over the right to vote, or, more precisely, over the question of who gets to exercise that right and under what circu...

Reducere. Designed primarily for field study, this book introduces the variety of species living in our diverse coastal setting, from sand dunes to salt mars...

Reducere. The Anarchist Cookbook will shock, it will disturb, it will provoke. It places in historical perspective an era when "Turn on, Burn down, Blow up" ...

Reducere. Master storyteller Sherman Carmichael ventures into the Tar Heel State to deliver strange and mysterious tales along the coast. Read about shipwrec...

Reducere. Thanks to well-known fishing expert Mike Marsh, North Carolinians finally have a definitive guide for the entire state in one handy volume. Fishing...

Reducere. Edwin M. Stanton (1814-1869), one of the nineteenth century's most impressive legal and political minds, wielded enormous influence and power as Li...

Reducere. The spirit of a railroad flagman shines his lantern along the tracks near Maco, where he lost his head in a train accident. The ghost of a girl hau...

Reducere. Originally published in 1992, A History of African Americans in North Carolina was the first one-volume survey of black history in the state. It tr...

Reducere. Journey with author Kala Ambrose as she explores the most terrifying paranormal spots in the state of North Carolina. She begins in the coastal wet...

Kapelle's study of the north of England in the years before, during, and after the Norman Conquest is a fascinating account of a pivotal, but littl...