Hidden History of Roanoke: Star City Stories

by Nelson Harris

Overview

Author Nelson Harris delves into the annals of history to uncover these marvelous and mostly unknown stories of the Star City of the South.

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781540208323
Publisher:	History Press Library Editions
Publication date:	08/06/2013
Pages:	130
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

Nelson Harris is a minister and teacher in Roanoke, Virginia. He has been published in numerous journals and has authored several local history books. He was the Mayor of Roanoke from 2004 to 2008 and has served on many local boards, including Roanoke City Council.

Table of Contents

Preface 9

1 The Vagabonds 11

2 A Moment in TIME 15

3 The Death Wave 21

4 Roanoke Commercial Club 31

5 Murder at Christ Church 37

6 The Black Cardinals 47

7 Number 167 51

8 Fistfight at Shenandoah Life 57

9 Married or Not Married? 65

10 The Drought 73

11 Children of the Mill 79

12 A Boy Named Mark 87

13 Training for the Moral Female Character 93

14 Manhunt 107

15 A Star Is Born 113

Selected Bibliography 119

About the Author 121