North Carolina Myths and Legends: The True Stories behind History’s Mysteries
- ISBN-10
- 1493015869
- ISBN-13
- 9781493015863
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 196
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-10-01
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Author
- Sara Pitzer
Description
North CarolinaMyths and Legends explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in North Carolina’s history. Each episode included in the book is a story unto itself, and the tone and style of the book is lively and easy to read for a general audience interested in North Carolina history. Read about the Cherokee legend of the Judaculla rock. Try to figure out if Tom Dula, subject of many a local myth and a popular folk song, really did murder his wife. Speculate as to what really caused the Carolina Bays indentations.
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