Bøger af Thomas C. Parramore

Examines the Wright brothers' exploits from a North Carolina perspective and focuses on the major role played by Tar Heels in the successful flights at Kitty Hawk. Includes a chapter on aviation in North Carolina before 1903, featuring early Tar heel aeronauts and their attempts to fly. Illustrations include photographs of scenes around Kitty Hawk and of local residents who helped the Wrights.

A history of Norfolk. It tells the story of America's biggest maritime port from the first contact between a Spanish sailor and a Chiskiack man in 1561 to the city's late-20th-century concerns, including pollution, urban development, racial tensions and traffic in illegal guns.

Weaving research and interpretation around historic sites and the lives of ordinary people, this manual explores the social history of North Carolina from the precolonial period to the 21st century. The work can also serve as a travel guide and provides a list of historic sites to visit.

A remarkable story filled with dreamers, inventors, scoundrels and pioneering pilots, ""First to Fly"" recounts North Carolina's significant role in the early history of aviation.