The Devil's Tramping Ground and Other North Carolina Mystery Stories

by John W. Harden

Overview

From the first colonization at Roanoke Island, the bizarre and inexplicable have shrouded the Tar Heel State. From history and legend, John Harden records ominous events that have shaped or colored state history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807866771
Publisher:	The University of North Carolina Press
Publication date:	11/09/2000
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	10 Years

Table of Contents

Contents

The Ghost Ship Mystery of Diamond Shoals
The Mysterious Death of Beautiful Nell Cropsey
A Treasure Ship off Wrightsville
The Vanishing of Peter Dromgoole
Death and a Strange Ring
The Story of the "Vera Cruz"
The Devil's Tramping Ground
The Plant That Was Lost for a Hundred Years
The Strange Hoof-Marks at Bath
The Lost Colony
The Legend of Theodosia Burr
The Peter Stuart Ney Mystery
The Odd Disappearance of a Sea Hero
A Shepherd of the Hills
The Brown Mountain Lights
Polly Williams, a Race Horse Mystery
The Strange Killer of Turkey Hollow
The Baffling Mountain Balds
The Missing Major
The Unknown Rhymster

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

North Carolinians . . . will find in it an even score of those minglings of facts and fancy that constitute the legends of the state." —New York Herald Tribune

Editorial Reviews

[A]n even score of those minglings of facts and fancy that constitute the legends of the state [of North Carolina].

New York Herald Tribune

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