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978-1-878086-82-2
1-878086-82-0
$14.95 paperback
5 1/2" x 8 1/2"
183 pages
appendix
Down Home Press
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North Carolina has more than
its share of oddly named places, and Jamie Cox has been fascinated with
them since childhood. Why did people decide to name their communities
Shakerag, or Ether, or Sharecake, or Bull Scrape, or Dumpling Town? How
did Scratch Hall get its name? Or Burrtown? Or Hanging Dog? Why were so
many places in North Carolina named for the devil? Jamie Cox spent years
coming up with answers to these questions and many more.
She discovered that George
Washington gave Comfort its name. Silk Hope got its name from a
resident's dreams and failure. And Arden's name came from one
townsperson's love of Shakespeare. The people of Bull Scrape,
incidentally, decided their community's name was not quite dignified
enough. They renamed it Montezuma, because that just happened to pop out
of somebody's mouth at the time they needed another name.
People who love North
Carolina will find this book of Tar Heel lore wonderfully entertaining
and are likely to become as fascinated with our place names as Jamie Cox
always has been.
about the author
A native North Carolinian, Jamie Perry Cox grew up in eastern North
Carolina. She lived for several years near Slapout in Sampson County,
which may explain a lot. She now resides in Statesville.
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