How did a Roanoke neighbor's secret upend North Carolina politics and why did a weeding scandal in Big Lick make front-page headlines in New York? These questions and many more are answered in this exciting volume of hidden stories and forgotten tales from the Star City. Discover why a Roanoker was found frozen in the North Atlantic and what Mother's Day crime and trial shocked the city in 1949. Meet the Black Cardinals, a semi-pro African American baseball team that played in the 1930s and '40s, and find out how a fistfight at Shenandoah Life helped save the company.
How did a Roanoke neighbor's secret upend North Carolina politics and why did a weeding scandal in Big Lick make front-page headlines in New York? These questions and many more are answered in this exciting volume of hidden stories and forgotten tales from the Star City. Discover why a Roanoker was found frozen in the North Atlantic and what Mother's Day crime and trial shocked the city in 1949. Meet the Black Cardinals, a semi-pro African American baseball team that played in the 1930s and '40s, and find out how a fistfight at Shenandoah Life helped save the company.
Hidden History of Roanoke: Star City Stories
128Hidden History of Roanoke: Star City Stories
128Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781609499938 |
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Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing SC |
Publication date: | 08/06/2013 |
Series: | Hidden History |
Pages: | 128 |
Sales rank: | 1,013,865 |
Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d) |