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Orig. pub. Asheville 1914. Reprinted 1973, 1974. Print on Demand Edition 2010. 710 pp. + ports., index Largely a collection of anecdotes, traditions, and folklore of the mountains, this history of Western North Carolina offers a colorful treatment of manners and customs, family histories, "extraordinary events," duels, legal history, education, railroads, geographical peculiarities, Indians, and major historical events. Included is material about John Sevier, Daniel Boone, Abraham Lincoln and Nancy Hanks, and coverage of the Swepson and Littlefield frauds pertaining to the Western North Carolina railroad. The volume covers the following seventeen North Carolina counties: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, and Yancey. Genealogists will find biographical sketches of persons and families prominent in those areas scattered throughout the book.
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Western North Carolina: A History from 1730 to 1913 Tapa dura - 1974
de Arthur, John Preston
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- Título Western North Carolina: A History from 1730 to 1913
- Autor Arthur, John Preston
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Edición 2010 reprint of
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Reprint Co, Spartanburg, SC
- Fecha de publicación 1974
- ISBN 9780871521262
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WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. A HISTORY FROM 1730 TO 1913
de Arthur, John Presto
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- Print on Demand Edition 2010
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780871521262 / 0871521261
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