Product Description: This new collection of short stories centers exclusively on North Carolina and contains fifteen stories by fifteen authors. Along with the new generation of North Carolina writers, stories by such well-known writers as Thomas Wolfe, William Polk, and James Boyd are also included...read more

Product Description: This is a collection of forty-eight colorful Tar Heel legends from around the state. Among the stories are "The Moon-Eyed People," "Virginia Dare the White Doe," "Blackbeard's Last Fight," "Old Dan Tucker," "Young Andrew Jackson's Skylarking," "The Portrait of Theodosia Burr," and "Jesse Holmes the Foolkiller...read more

Product Description: One of the few books concerned solely with the humor of a single state, this volume includes samples of what North Carolinians have laughed at -- and with -- from 1709 to the present. It is a rich anthology of Tar Heel anecdotes, homespun quips, hilarious stories, folklore, exaggerations, and observations...read more