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  • Conquering the Sky

    The Secret Flights of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk

    de Larry E. Tise ...
    The nail-biting account of the Wright brothers' secret flights at Kitty Hawk and their unexpected rise to fameDespite their great achievements following their first powered flights in 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright still enjoyed virtual anonymity until 1908. In seven crucial days in May of that year, however, the eyes of the world were suddenly cast upon them as they sought lucrative government ... Leer más

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  • Circa 1903

    North Carolina's Outer Banks at the Dawn of Flight

    de Larry E. Tise ...
    Standing along the coast of today’s Outer Banks, it can be hard to envision the barrier island world at Kitty Hawk as it appeared to Wilbur and Orville Wright when they first arrived in 1900 to begin their famous experiments leading to the world’s first powered flight three years later. Around 1903, the islands and inland seas of North Carolina’s coast were distinctive maritime realms — seemingly ... Leer más

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  • The Southern Experience in the American Revolution

    These essays pose new questions concerning the social and political origins of the Revolution in the South, the social disorder indiced by the war, and the impact of the conflict and its ideologies on blacks and women. Contributors are: Pauline Maier, Robert M. Weir, Jack P. Greene, Marvin L. Michale Kay, Lorin Lee Cary, John Shy, Clyde R. Ferguson, Mary Beth Norton, Michael Mullin, and Peter H. ... Leer más

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  • Writing North Carolina History

    Edición de Larry E. Tise, Jeffrey J. Crow ...
    Writing North Carolina History is the first book to assess fully the historical literature of North Carolina. It combines the talents and insights of eight noted scholars of state and southern history: William S. Powell, Alan D. Watson, Robert M. Calhoon, Harry L. Watson, Sarah M. Lemmon, and H. G. Jones. Their essays are arranged in chronological order from the founding of the first English ... Leer más

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  • New Voyages to Carolina

    Reinterpreting North Carolina History

    Edición de Larry E. Tise, Jeffrey J. Crow ...
    New Voyages to Carolina offers a bold new approach for understanding and telling North Carolina’s history. Recognizing the need for such a fresh approach and reflecting a generation of recent scholarship, eighteen distinguished authors have sculpted a broad, inclusive narrative of the state’s evolution over more than four centuries. The volume provides new lenses and provocative possibilities for ... Leer más

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    Deborah Read Franklin and the Other Women Behind the Founding Father

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  • Gator Country

    Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades

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  • The Invention of Miracles

    Language, Power, and Alexander Graham Bell's Quest to End Deafness

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    Why Human Intelligence Still Beats Algorithms

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