| North Carolina Trivia Contributor(s): Wood, John (Author), Wojna, Lisa (Author) |
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ISBN: 1926700309 ISBN-13: 9781926700304 Publisher: Blue Bike Books OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Reference | Trivia |
| Dewey: 975.6 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.34" W x 8.3" (0.56 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - North Carolina |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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... |