North Carolina: A History

This short history of North Carolina is a selective history, told from a very summary level, but that's not a criticism as much as simply a general observation. It's a very rapid read, and a well-written concise history. It's meant for the general reader, and is not intended to be a scholarly work, per se. The first three quarters of the text are dedicated to the period before the Civil War, and the colonial period gets extensive treatment, particularly the details of foundation. There's very little here about the Civil War at all, and even less about modern North Carolina. I would call this a history of "Old North Carolina." Powell's narrative style is lovely.

I thought the book gave very detailed facts and important information about our great state and the people in it. The photographs are old, but it is actuallt kind of neat to see people and cars from the sixties. It is also interesting to compare our view of North Carolina now with the view of NC from the sixties.