About the Author

WILLIAM S. POWELL is professor emeritus of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is author or editor of many reference books about the state, including the six-volume Dictionary of North Carolina Biography and The North Carolina Gazetteer (both from the University of North Carolina Press). JAY MAZZOCCHI is an experienced managing editor who was previously a developmental editor and writing fellow for the 24-volume American National Biography. Published in association with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library

Reviews

"An extremely valuable and vitally useful contribution, full of important insights, interpretations and intelligence."
-- "Journal of Southern History"

"An informative and engaging guide of North Carolina. Never before has the entire history and culture of the state been skillful[y] explicated in a single all-inclusive book."
-- "The Courier"

"An outstanding single-volume encyclopedia spanning the 400-year history of the state. . . . An important contribution to regional history collections and is indispensable for all North Carolina libraries."
-- "CHOICE"