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SCOUNDRELS, ROGUES, AND HEROES OF THE OLD NORTH
STATE: Revised and Updated with Additional Stories and Pictures,
Jones, H.G. ~~~pb $12.99 
256 pgs. 2007 NEW EDITION. Upper elementary, middle school, high school Informative, moving and on occasion side-splittingly hilarious, this collection of stories with amusing pen-and-ink drawings is a must for North Carolinians young and old. More than 70 entertaining stories span 400 years and cover both heroes and ne'er-do-wells who make our state's history so colorful. Among the intriguing stories included are those of female pirate Anne Bonny; Frances Culpepper, a woman who married three governors in the 17th century; Tiny Broadwick, who made aviation history in the early twentieth century; and Babe Ruth, the "Sultan of Swat," who hit his first home run as a professional in Fayetteville. Revised and updated with ten more tales of Tar Heel history and accompanied
by images from the library of Dr. Jones and a map highlighting each
story’s location. Curriculum Applications: 3rd, 4th, 8th & 10th Grade Social Studies- biography, early explorations; 4th - 8th Grade Language Arts. |