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One on One: More and More Famous North Carolinians

by D.G. Martin | Jan 14, 2019

A couple of weeks ago, I shared with readers a list of famous North Carolinians published in the...

by D.G. Martin | Jan 7, 2019

While I have been traveling up and down North Carolina’s roads in search of local eateries, UNC...

by D.G. Martin | Dec 31, 2018

What really happened to Virginia Dare, the first child of English parents born in the New World?...

by D.G. Martin | Dec 25, 2018

I remember one Christmas more than all the others. Thinking of it now almost 60 years later,...

by D.G. Martin | Dec 24, 2018

One of my favorite things about the holiday season is the arrival of “The World Almanac and Book...

by D.G. Martin | Dec 17, 2018

What is a good book I can give a friend? Every year I get this question from folks who know that I...

by D.G. Martin | Dec 10, 2018

“The real mystery after half a century,” Wyndham Robertson says, “is why life at the top of large...

by D.G. Martin | Nov 26, 2018

“Because he was a traitor and a pirate,” East Carolina University professor and leading North...