Charlotte, North Carolina: A Brief History - Softcover

Kratt, Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1596296011 ISBN 13: 9781596296015

Publisher: The History Press, 2009

Synopsis

Founded in 1768 at the crossing of two Indian trails, Charlotte has a rich heritage to match its age. In this extensively researched volume, accomplished author and historian Mary Kratt chronicles the history of Charlotte from the earliest Catawba inhabitants to the development of finance, culture and transportation, still centered on those ancient crossroads. Hear the personal voices of discovery, hardship, wars, privation, segregation and achievement from village to boomtown. Whether detailing the cotton fields and textile mills of yesterday or the banking center of tomorrow, Kratt's account is a fascinating history of the people who have made Charlotte a queen among southern cities.

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About the Author:

Mary Kratt is the author of more than a dozen books of regional history and poetry. A prizewinning author, her work includes biography, women's history and lively stories such as New South Women; Southern Is"; A Bird in the House: The Story of Wing Haven Garden; The Imaginative Spirit: Literary History of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County; Marney; My Dear Miss Eva; and Postcards from a New South City: 1905, 1950 with Mary Boyer. She is the winner of the St. Andrews Writer in Community Award, the Brockman Poetry Book Award and the Peace History Book Prize. Kratt and her husband live in Charlotte, North Carolina.

About this edition

• Publisher: The History Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1596296011
• ISBN 13: 9781596296015
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192