Hidden History of Roanoke
| Author | : Nelson Harris |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 123 |
| Release | : 2013-08-06 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781625840639 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1625840632 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Download or read book Hidden History of Roanoke written by Nelson Harris and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
