{"product_id":"the-north-carolina-gazetteer-2nd-ed","title":"The North Carolina Gazetteer, 2nd Ed","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe North Carolina Gazetteer\u003c\/i\u003e first appeared to wide acclaim in 1968 and has remained an essential reference for anyone with a serious interest in the Tar Heel State, from historians to journalists, from creative writers to urban planners, from backpackers to armchair travelers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis revised and expanded edition adds approximately 1,200 new entries, bringing to nearly 21,000 the number of North Carolina cities, towns, crossroads, waterways, mountains, and other places identified here. The stories attached to place names are at the core of the book and the reason why it has stood the test of time. Some recall faraway places: Bombay, Shanghai, Moscow, Berlin. Others paint the locality as a little piece of heaven on earth: Bliss, Splendor, Sweet Home. In many cases the name derivations are unusual, sometimes wildly so: Cat Square, Huggins Hell, Tater Hill, Whynot. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTelling us much about our own history in these snapshot histories of particular locales, \u003ci\u003eThe North Carolina Gazetteer\u003c\/i\u003e provides an engaging, authoritative, and fully updated reference to place names from all corners of the Tar Heel State.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Longleaf Services on behalf of Univ of N. Carolina","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52653592969583,"sku":"9780807871386","price":226.64,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/9384\/9711\/files\/0807871389.jpg?v=1770740273","url":"https:\/\/internacional.umlivro.com.br\/products\/the-north-carolina-gazetteer-2nd-ed","provider":"UmLivro Internacional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}