Jim Wise: 3 books
Murder in the Courthouse
Reconstruction and Redemption in the North Carolina Piedmont
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2011
No suspect was ever indicted or tried for the murder of scalawag politician John W. “Chicken” Stephens in a North Carolina courthouse; and the Ku Klux Klan not only rid itself of a troublesome adversary, but also set up a showdown between the state’s old guard and the radical regime of Governor...
Durham Tales
The Morris Street Maple, the Plastic Cow, the Durham Day that Was & More
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2008
There is much history in the Bull City, and some of it can be found within these pages. Journalist and local historian Jim Wise relates how Bull Durham smoking tobacco put Durham, North Carolina, on the map; how a plastic cow and an oversized flag cut the city council down to size; how it felt to travel...
On Sherman's Trail
The Civil War's North Carolina Climax
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2011
Join journalist and historian Jim Wise as he follows Sherman’s last march through the Tar Heel State from Wilson’s Store to the surrender at Bennett Place. Retrace the steps of the soldiers at Averasboro and Bentonville. Learn about what the civilians faced as the Northern army approached and view...