Ads
related to: north carolina history books
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Hardy is an independent scholar of the history of the Civil War, North Carolina, and Southern Appalachia. The author of twenty-five books, he was honored as the North Carolina Historian of the Year by the North Carolina Society of Historians in 2010.
Kathleen DuVal is an American historian, academic, and author.She is a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. [1]DuVal is most known for her work on early American history and is the author of the book Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution. [2]
In 1932, Allen started writing a book on the history of Haywood County. [6] It was published in 1935. His book, The Story of Our State, North Carolina, was published in 1942 and was approved by the North Carolina State Board as a supplementary textbook for fifth and eighth grade. [2] [5]
William Stevens Powell (April 28, 1919 – April 10, 2015) was an American historian, writer, academic, and teacher. He authored over 600 articles and books about the history of North Carolina and was the editor of the six volume Dictionary of North Carolina Biography.
His book The Growth of North Carolina was used as the standard state history textbook in North Carolina public schools. [1] His book North Carolina, History of a Southern State was the leading text on the subject. [5] Author Sam Ragan, writing in the North Carolina Historical Review, wrote that Lefler "made history come alive in the classroom ...
A diverse general collection containing many resources concerning North Carolina's rich history, biographies, fiction, travel books, children's books related to North Carolina, and other topics of interest to North Carolinians. All items in the General Collection are shelved in closed stacks which are only accessible to State Library staff.