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13201
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Published in 1588 and written by Thomas Harriot, the book, A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia became the first English work written about America.
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A mixture of facts, tall tales, and adventure, John Lawson's, A New Voyage to Carolina: Containing the Exact Description and Natural History of that Country, serves as the first account of travel and life in early 18th-century North Carolina.
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In March 1524, thirty-two years after Columbus' discovery of the New World, the first white man, Giovanni da Verrazano, visited the shores of what is now North Carolina. Though a native of Florence, Italy, he was a navigator at the time in the employ of the King of France.
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Walser discusses John Lawson (1674-1712) and his contributions to the historical studies and exploration of North Carolina. Lawson wrote the famous ‘History of North Carolina,’ which was a mixture of facts, tall tales, and thrilling true adventures.
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11943
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The history and folklore of concerning Hatteras banks has been recounted in Ben Dixon MacNeill's The Hatterasman. Although not a native of North Carolina, MacNeill, a well-known newspaperman, spent his youth enjoying Hatteras. MacNeill's volume outlines the early settlement of Hatteras, through the World War II.
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13437
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LeGette Blythe, long-time newspaper man for the Charlotte Observer, is defined by the term professional writer, earning his entire income from the writing of books. Blythe, known as the literary squire of Mecklenburg, was raised in Huntersville and attended the University of North Carolina before working for the Charlotte News, and the New York Post. Blythe returned to the Charlotte Observer, working as a reporter until he began his successful career as a writer of books in 1950.
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North Carolina came late into the history of American fiction. Until the middle of the 19th century, few novelists had used the state for background or character, and often life as it actually existed in North Carolina was not taken into account. But in 1850 several novels appeared in which North Carolina received its first contemporary fictional treatment by one who knew of and had been a part of life in the state--Gregory Seaworthy, aka George Higby Throop.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 33 Issue 1, Jan 1956,
p12-44, f
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20379
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This is a reprint of a paper presented at the 50th annual session of the State Literary and Historical Association in Raleigh, December, 1950. This paper examines the life and writings of Boston born William Hill Brown, credited for writing the first American novel. Brown was only in North Carolina for a year, where he visited relatives, studied law, and wrote poetry before falling ill and dying of fever in September, 1793. An account of his time and writings while in North Carolina, as well as excerpts from these writings, are included.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 28 Issue 2, April 1951,
p138-155, f
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16352
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Several folk cures were discovered at the North Carolina Division of Archives and History among the private papers of John Ashworth of Buncombe County. They include cures for dropsy, scald head, and cancer.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 27 Issue 2, Nov 1979,
p67-68
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In the late 18th- and early 19th-centuries, the U.S. Congress allowed senators to orate long speeches every Saturday. These speeches were written down and printed in newspapers. One Saturday in 1820, North Carolina senator Felix Walker announced he wanted to “make a speech for Buncombe.†He then launched into a speech lasting several hours during which he did not say anything useful. Such a speech became known as BUNCOMBE and appears in the unabridged Merriam-Webster English dictionary.
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11.Why North Carolinians Are Called Tar Heels by Walser, Richard The State Vol. 26 Issue 5, Aug 1958
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The legends revolving around the origin of the work \"Tar Heel\" are numerous and confusing. The two most frequently cited yarns come from explanations in Clark's North Carolina Regiments (1901), and Creecy's Grandfather's Tales of North Carolina History (1901). Both versions were written long after the supposed events, and refer to the Civil War era, when the North Carolina soldiers were presumably noted for not retreating from advanced positions that they gained a reputation of having tar on their heels, incapacitating their flight in the heat of battle.
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16851
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William Joseph Peele was a Raleigh lawyer and devoted citizen to the state. Peele was a native of Northampton County, born 1855, and attended Chapel Hill where he studied the classics. His greatest accomplishment was founding the Watauga Club in May 1884, an organization dedicated improving the state's educational system and economic standing.
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In 1916, Thomas Wolfe joined the Dialectic Literary Society at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Although often late or absent from meetings, his work in oration can be seen in the rhetoric he employed in his novels. Although Wolfe remained a member throughout his college career, he became more involved in the campus newspaper during his senior year, and his literary society activities suffered.
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For many years the leader of the Eastern Cherokee tribe of Indians, Yonaguska was highly honored and widely acclaimed during his lifetime.
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13571
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Burke Davis of Greensboro, North Carolina is writing a historic novel about the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. Author of several novels illuminating neglected or hidden early American History, Burke's latest work was inspired by his most recent home, the location of Lord Cornwallis's stay during the battle.
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