{"product_id":"hidden-history-of-roanoke-nelson-harris-9781609499938","title":"Hidden History of Roanoke: Star City Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor Nelson Harris delves into the annals of history to uncover these marvelous and mostly unknown stories of the Star City of the South.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nelson Harris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 160949993X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609499938\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d","brand":"Nelson Harris","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938756362495,"sku":"9781609499938","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ce5c8689-d9a1-423b-8b70-31ec285a7d69.jpg?v=1681437548","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hidden-history-of-roanoke-nelson-harris-9781609499938","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}