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North Carolina Trivia: Weird, Wacky and Wild

Autor John Wood, Lisa Wojna
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 iun 2010
North Carolina Trivia is full of fascinating and often humorous stories of strange places, bizarre events, intriguing history and colorful characters: - The famous Siamese Twins, Chang and Eng Bunker, lived in and are buried near Mount Airy--the town after which Andy Griffith modeled his Mayberry TV town - George Herman Babe Ruth hit his first professional home run in a scrimmage match in Fayetteville - It's illegal to sing off-key in the town of Nags Head - The world's largest privately owned home, measuring 175,000 square feet, is the Biltmore Estate in Asheville--built by the famous Vanderbilt family - The first English colony in America was located on Roanoke Island, but the inhabitants mysteriously vanished - The state was the nation's biggest producer of gold, long before the California Gold Rush - People from across the country meet up in Spivey's Corner and holler for all they're worth in the National Hollerin' Contest. And so much more...
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ISBN-13: 9781926700304
ISBN-10: 1926700309
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 55 x 209 x 133 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: BLUE BIKE BOOKS
Colecția Blue Bike Books (CA)

Notă biografică

Bestselling author Lisa Wojna has authored or co-authored more than 20 books for Blue Bike Books, including Weird Canadian Laws and the Bathroom Book of Canadian Quotes. She has also written many other non-fiction books. Having worked in the community newspaper industry as a writer and journalist, she has traveled all over Canada from the windy prairies of Manitoba to northern British Columbia and even to the wilds of Africa. Although writing and photography have been a central part of her life for as long as she can remember, it's the people behind every story that are her motivation and give her the most fulfillment.