Bøger af Jr. Jack E. Fryar

Between 1664-1667, Barbadians led by John Vassall and Puritans from Massachusetts established plantations stretching as far as 60 miles along what was then called the Charles River, until neglect by the Lords Proprietors, distractions on the world stage, and a competing settlement doomed the efforts of the hundreds of souls who worked to build the first English outpost below the Albemarle. This is their story.

In 1854, and again in 1856, Rev. Caruthers published a compilation of stories that spotlighted the bravery, sacrifices, and viciousness that were a part of life for North Carolinians during the Revolutionary War. The original has been long out of print, but this newly illustrated edition tells the stories of the men and women who paid for American liberty with their blood and sacrifice.

Blockade runner, businessman, historian and philanthropist--James Sprunt led a remarkable life. This edition combines two of Sprunt's most popular but hard-to-find books about the Cape Fear region.

Francis Marion was one of the most colorful heroes of the American Revolution. In this memoir, written by a man who served with Marion, the icon of America's war for independence is fully revealed.

Benson Lossing's original two-volume work, published in 1850, has been edited to reflect the Revolutionary War in Virginia and Maryland.

Major General Jacob Dolson Cox died before his memoir was published in 1900, but his account of his Civil War service made for an important addition to the story of the war, from someone who played a pivotal role in it. This text contains excerpts from Coxs memoir about his extensive service in North Carolina in the closing months of the Civil War.