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North Carolina in the 1940s

The Decade of Transformation

Philip Gerard author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:John F Blair Publisher

Published:6th Oct '22

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North Carolina tour of bookstores and key state museums and other historic sites Events in conjunction with Our State magazine, including participation in an annual readers’ conference Special outreach to local and state magazines, including advertising in Our State and others, as well as state gift accounts

This book is the first in a series of small, richly illustrated books about North Carolina history through the decades. Originally published as hugely popular serialized articles for Our State magazine, this book chronicles events in North Carolina in the 1940s—a decade which began with the state gearing up for war just as the last formerly enslaved person passed away. The volume is not a textbook overview of the state’s history. Rather, each chapter focuses on a lively and illuminating set of events in the era, such as the music explosion around John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk in the eastern part of the state and Earl Scruggs and traditional string band music in the west, the polio pandemic, shipbuilding in wartime, a harsh era of hurricanes and floods, as well as tobacco as the king of the farming and industrial sectors.

The book contains color vintage photographs and illustrations. The author, writer, professor, and musician, Philip Gerard, has published widely, including an iconic novel about the Wilmington coup of 1898, Cape Fear Rising, and is beloved in North Carolina, especially among Our State readers.

ISBN: 9781949467826

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132 pages