Bibliograph

Tar Heel traveler, journeys across North Carolina, Scott Mason

Type

Label

Tar Heel traveler, journeys across North Carolina, Scott Mason

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tar Heel traveler

Oclc number

601051620

Responsibility statement

Scott Mason

Sub title

journeys across North Carolina

Summary

A blend of oral history and memoir with a good dose of quirky humor, Tar Heel Traveler is a celebratory look at the people and places of North Carolina. WRAL-TV reporter Scott Mason<U+2014>the Tar Heel Traveler<U+2014>profiles colorful characters and out-of-the-way places, from a man without arms in Chapel Hill who chainsaws trees with his feet to a 101-year-old woman from Southern Pines whose homemade snake oil cures every ailment and from a Hyde County church moved by God to a Chatham County circle created by Satan; and a Jackson County rock carved by a giant

Table Of Contents

Resurrection -- Marty -- The kindred spirit (and other stories) -- The devil's tramping ground -- Love Valley -- Star -- Graham Barber -- Father and son -- The church moved by the hand of God (and other stories) -- The Ten Commandments -- Sylva Courthouse -- Judaculla Rock -- Chang and Eng -- Frosty -- The tree-house dog -- Love letter -- Helen -- Dunrovin -- Snake oil -- Mysteries, characters, and relics -- The Lost Colony (and snagging Andy Griffith) -- James and John -- Sunny Side -- Dellinger Mill -- Rhododendrons (and the day we saved Hugh Morton) -- Tom Wolfe -- Dark Sky Observatory (and the Brown Mountain lights) -- Paper chain -- D-Day (and the bridge operator) -- The 'Deliverance' villain -- The UNC letters -- Tar Heel travelin'

Target audience

adult

Classification