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Product Description: In this book, award winning writer and historian John Hairr traces the life of the famous Loyalist partisan from his birth in Virginia and childhood in Johnston County, North Carolina, to his death in Digby, Nova Scotia. Fanning's exploits during the Revolutionary War in the Carolinas are thoroughly chronicled...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Since the earliest days of European exploration, mariners have heard tales and relayed their own stories of North Carolina's perilous shoreline. With bold capes jutting into the ocean, sandy shoals extending miles offshore, fickle weather, and treacherous currents, it is no wonder that the coastline of the Old North State came to be known as the "The Graveyard of the Atlantic...read more

Prior to the California Gold Rush of 1849, North Carolina led the nation in production of this precious metal and was the largest gold-producing state in the South well into the twentieth century. Original.

Product Description: 'John Hairr's new book is a thrilling, atmospheric trek into the mysterious realms where the strange and diabolical creatures of the Tar Heel State lurk. From supernatural lake monsters to giant snakes, Bigfoot to big cats, and wild men to strange, flying things, Hairr covers them all ...read more

Product Description: Before radar, depth finders and satellite-guided navigation, before the seafloor was charted with scientific precision, mariners had to rely on lighthouses to approach a coastline safely. South Carolina's history with lighthouses goes back nearly two and a half centuries...read more