{"product_id":"the-north-carolina-gazetteer-2nd-ed-a-dictionary-of-tar-heel-places-and-their-history-9780807871386","title":"The North Carolina Gazetteer, 2nd Ed: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places and Their History","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe North Carolina Gazetteer\u003c\/i\u003e first appeared to wide acclaim in 1968 and has remained an essential reference for anyone with a serious interest in the Tar Heel State, from historians to journalists, from creative writers to urban planners, from backpackers to armchair travelers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis revised and expanded edition adds approximately 1,200 new entries, bringing to nearly 21,000 the number of North Carolina cities, towns, crossroads, waterways, mountains, and other places identified here. The stories attached to place names are at the core of the book and the reason why it has stood the test of time. Some recall faraway places: Bombay, Shanghai, Moscow, Berlin. Others paint the locality as a little piece of heaven on earth: Bliss, Splendor, Sweet Home. In many cases the name derivations are unusual, sometimes wildly so: Cat Square, Huggins Hell, Tater Hill, Whynot. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTelling us much about our own history in these snapshot histories of particular locales, \u003ci\u003eThe North Carolina Gazetteer\u003c\/i\u003e provides an engaging, authoritative, and fully updated reference to place names from all corners of the Tar Heel State.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePowell, William S.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - William S. Powell is professor of history emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Among his many books are the \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of North Carolina\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNorth Carolina through Four Centuries\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHill, Michael:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Michael Hill is research supervisor at the North Carolina Office of Archives and History. He is editor of the \u003ci\u003eGuide to North Carolina Highway Historical Markers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Governors of North Carolina\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328641437970,"sku":"9780807871386","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_12a50b85-48a1-4ef1-9582-8c6e5dbaceb5.jpg?v=1727746405","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-north-carolina-gazetteer-2nd-ed-a-dictionary-of-tar-heel-places-and-their-history-9780807871386","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}