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Sara Pitzer
North Carolina Myths and Legends [EPUB ebook]
The True Stories behind History’s Mysteries

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North Carolina Myths and Legends explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in North Carolina’s history. Each episode included in the book is a story unto itself, and the tone and style of the book is lively and easy to read for a general audience interested in North Carolina history. Read about the Cherokee legend of the Judaculla rock. Try to figure out if Tom Dula, subject of many a local myth and a popular folk song, really did murder his wife. Speculate as to what really caused the Carolina Bays indentations.

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Sprache Englisch ● Format EPUB ● Seiten 196 ● ISBN 9781493015863 ● Verlag Globe Pequot Press ● Erscheinungsjahr 2015 ● herunterladbar 3 mal ● Währung EUR ● ID 6523309 ● Kopierschutz Adobe DRM

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