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Contains twenty-two essays on diverse topics about gold throughout history, written by historians, professional geologists, and other scientists.

The term "Tar Heel" has been applied to North Carolinians and their state for more than 150 years. The author throughly discusses the origin and early application of the Tar Heel nickname during the Civil War. This well-illustrated booklet includes numerous quotations from documents of the period that chronicle the transition of the nickname from one of disparagement to one of pride.

The first documented discovery of gold in the United States was in 1799 at John Reed's farm in Cabarrus County. This book traces the history of gold mining in North Carolina from that discovery to the twentieth century. The authors present case histories of John Reed and his mine and of the Gold Hill mining district in Rowan County, along with material on other gold mining activity in the state.

Each volume of this landmark series begins with a thorough introduction setting the historical context for the group of documents contained therein. An expansive index completed each volume. Includes much material not printed in the first Colonial Records series.

Acclaimed as "the finest state roster ever published" and a "magnificent achievement," North Carolina Troops is an invaluable resource for scholars, local historians, genealogists, and Civil War enthusiasts. Each indexed volume contains unit histories and the names and service records of approximately 7,000 North Carolinians who served in the Civil War.

Describes the Great War as seen through the eyes of North Carolina doughboys who fought on the western front in Belgium and France.

The North Carolina Society for the Preservation of Antiquities was founded on the eve of World War II primarily to resurrect Tryon Palace but grew in the postwar era to battle for the preservation of historic buildings throughout the state.

Presents the graphic and sad story of the British anti-submarine trawler Bedfordshire and the German submarine U-558. Off Cape Lookout on a fateful night in 1942, the submarine torpedoed the Bedfordshire and killed her crew. Four of the courageous British crewmen remain buried today in an Ocracoke Island cemetery visited each tourist season by hundreds of Americans and other travelers. The cemetery is a special place of remembrance for coastal North Carolinians, many of whom can recall personally the dangers that lurked along the Outer Banks during World War II.

David Settle Reid served North Carolina as governor and as U.S. senator. The papers shed light on Democratic Party activities, education, internal improvements, tariffs, territorial expansion, slavery, and sectional conflict. They also chronicle antebellum family life in the rural South.

Contains forty-four Civil War letters of Henry A. Clapp, a member of Company F, 44th Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, which was part of the Federal army that occupied much of eastern North Carolina. Clapp's letters to family and friends describe life in the Union army and conditions among wartime North Carolinians, including planters, poor whites, and African Americans. Includes 23 maps and illustrations.

A revised edition of the popular paperback first published in 1975, Society in Colonial North Carolina describes day-to-day life in the state before the American Revolution. The volume discusses such topics as homes, furnishings, education, health, recreation, religion, transportation, town life, marriage, and death and includes a new chapter titled "Servitude and Slavery."

This volume examines divided loyalties between Union and Confederate forces in an eastern North Carolina county. The author painstakingly identifies those natives who served each side and graphically describes battles and social upheavals that engulfed Bertie County. The cover features a Bertie soldier who fought on "both sides" during the war.

Presents a thorough and compelling day-to-day account of General William T. Sherman's progress through North Carolina from early March 1865, when his troops entered the state from South Carolina, through 4 May 1865, when they crossed its northern border into Virginia. Research is based on eyewitness accounts, newspaper reports, and published sources. Includes 4 maps.

Each volume of this landmark series begins with a thorough introduction setting the historical context for the group of documents contained therein. An expansive index completed each volume. Includes much material not printed in the first Colonial Records series.

Arranged chronologically, this book traces coastal Onslow's social, economic, and political history from the county's creation in 1731 to the 1990s.

Recounts events leading to the establishment of twenty-nine lifesaving stations along North Carolina's treacherous coastline and the role of their gallant lifesavers in the state's maritime history. Included are dramatic accounts of numerous shipwrecks and the daring rescues of their victims. The paperbound volume is illustrated with more than 75 photographs, engravings, and maps.

Examines the Wright brothers' exploits from a North Carolina perspective and focuses on the major role played by Tar Heels in the successful flights at Kitty Hawk. Includes a chapter on aviation in North Carolina before 1903, featuring early Tar heel aeronauts and their attempts to fly. Illustrations include photographs of scenes around Kitty Hawk and of local residents who helped the Wrights.

Name, place, and subject index to seven existing eighteenth-century newspapers printed in Edenton, Fayetteville, Hillsborough, New Bern, and Wilmington. An informative introduction discusses how newspapers were published in the eighteenth century and surveys those printed in North Carolina.

Series includes correspondence and other papers of William Alexander Graham, legislator, governor, United States senator, secretary of the navy, and leading Whig, 1838-1844. The Graham Papers are important sources for the political and social history of nineteenth-century North Carolina.

David Settle Reid served North Carolina as governor and as U.S. senator. The papers shed light on Democratic Party activities, education, internal improvements, tariffs, territorial expansion, slavery, and sectional conflict. They also chronicle antebellum family life in the rural South.

Each volume of this landmark series begins with a thorough introduction setting the historical context for the group of documents contained therein. An expansive index completed each volume. Includes much material not printed in the first Colonial Records series.

A book for the social historian as well as the old-car buff, this entertaining study examines the social, economic, and cultural impact made on the state by the introduction of the automobile. Includes information on the Good Roads movement and contains more than 60 black-and-white illustrations.

This narrative is divided chronologically into eleven main sections and covers the broad sweep of Cumberland County's history from its formation in 1754 through the end of the 1980s. Particular emphasis is made on the important roles of both Fayetteville and a military presence in shaping the county's history.

Originally published as an award-winning article in the North Carolina Historical Review, this fascinating study traces the history of whaling in the state from the seventeenth century until World War I. Includes a number of colorful accounts of local whaling around Shackleford Banks in the latter half of the nineteenth century and a vivid description of the catch of the "Mayflower," North Carolina's best-known whale.

Details the events leading up to North Carolina's secession from the Union on 20 May 1861 and provides a concise explanation of the state's political, social, and economic landscape in the antebellum era.

The Black Mountain range of the Appalachians is the highest mountain range in the eastern United States and has a diverse ecology with plants and animals usually found much further north. Heavily deforested in the late nineteenth century, the range was the site of the nation's first natural resources preservation movement in the early 20th century. Subjects discussed include intitial habitations by scientist Elisha Mitchell's exploration of the range, developing tourism in the 1850s, the Clingman-Mitchell highest peak controversy, and geographic explorations of Arnold Guyot, exploitation and preservation at the turn of the 20th century, and the return of tourism.