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for "Walser, Richard"
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16446
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The ubiquitous and innumerable weekly newspapers of the antebellum South are, as often as not, rich storehouses of folk humor, much of it original material acquired from oral sources and set down by editors and correspondents. Such a humorous niche was filled by Jemmy Critus for the CHARLOTTE JOURNAL.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 18 Issue 2, May 1970,
p95-100
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20209
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Although typically remembered as the first superintendent of common schools in North Carolina, Calvin Henderson Wiley was part of a small group of determined North Carolinians who established a state literature.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 31 Issue 3, Jul 1954,
p410-421, il, f
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20216
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This article concludes another piece from July, 1954 that looks at the push for a common literature of North Carolina through the letters of its most staunch promoter, Calvin Henderson Wiley.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 31 Issue 4, Oct 1954,
p550-575, il, f
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16839
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In North Carolina, 20th-century writers began to explore popular genres inclding murder mysteries and science fiction. Murder mystery were initially popular in the western portion of the state, but quickly spread when authors such as James Hay, Jr., Dorothy Ogburn, and Tom Wicker began writing them. Science fiction and its sub-genre fantasy also became, and the state's greatest contributor to this literary area was Manly Wade Wellman who drew inspiration from ballads, folklore, and place names of western North Carolina.
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2611
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Born in Pitt County, William D. Herrington served in the Confederate cavalry during the Civil War and wrote three novels based on his experiences. He disappeared after being captured in 1865 and was never heard from again.
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11289
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Walser reviews some of North Carolina's literary firsts, including the first play written by a native North Carolinian.
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16471
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Of all the survivals of folk celebrations in North Carolina, non none excites more curiosity and interest than Old Christmas at Rodanthe on Hatteras Island. Though the customary December date is now recognized and honored in the typical, expected fashion, the Rodanthians have not abandoned the custom of their forefathers in signalizing January 5 as the \"real\" Christmas.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 10 Issue 1, July 1962,
p22-25
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35463
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The author surmises where the tradition of Old Buck came from as a part of Old Christmas in the Outer Banks.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 3, May 1971,
p135-136, il
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35163
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In 1841, it appeared to rain blood, which was later found out to be part of a large amount of butterflies shedding their pupa. However, this did not stop more extreme explanations from coming forth.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 6 Issue 2, Dec 1958,
p34-35
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20197
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This article looks at the history and content of the first novel written by a resident of North Carolina with North Carolina as the setting entitled \"Eoneguski, or, the Cherokee Chief: A Tale of Past Wars. By An American,\" by Robert Strange in 1839. Some reprints of relevant letters as well as biographical information on Strange are included.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 26 Issue 1, Jan 1949,
p1-27, il, por, f
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13180
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Good Morning, Miss Dove, a novel by Frances Gray Patton, a Durham, North Carolina native, has been produced into a movie by Cinemascope and Technicolor starring Jennifer Jones. The best-selling novel, which began as a short story printed in Ladies Home Journal, tells the story of a geography teacher trying to make better citizens of her students. The novel has been awarded with the Christopher Literary Award and the Sir Walter Raleigh Award for excellence in fiction by a North Carolina writer. Patton has written a series of short stories, plays, and articles regularly seen in Harper's, Ladies' Home Journal, McCall's, Collier's, and the New Yorker.
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15661
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Walser says \"that all any county history can do is to put down as many facts as possible, make them readable, then supply an index.\" Presently, one-third of the state's one hundred counties have a published history. Walser reviews some of the published ones and provides a partial list and date of publication.
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9289
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Many of Governor Zeb Vance's famous witticisms were recorded in two biographies of Vance, published in 1897 and 1965. However, STATE CHRONICLE journalist Walter Hines Page asked readers to send in stories told by Vance, and published them in the October 13, 1883 issues of the CHRONICLE. Several of them are re-printed in this article.\r\n
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14273
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Walser presents Dr. Thomas H. English's list of \"Famous Southern Books\" for North Carolina; books that have had a wide influence in transmitting the history, traditions, ideals, and character of North Carolina.
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16511
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The legends revolving around the origin of the word \"Tar Heel\" are numerous. The two most frequently cited yarns come from explanations in Clark's NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENTS (1901) and in Creecy's GRANDFATHER'S TALES OF NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY (1901).
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 5 Issue 1, July 1957,
p3-4
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