From synopsis:
“Roy Thompson, a reporter for the Winston-Salem Journal, usually writes about what is happening today. In 1975 he was assigned to write a series of stories about the land and the people of North Carolina as they were before the Revolution. He wrote about a land that was different … a land that produced people who were different. Those differences remain.
Thompson’s stories were written for native Tar Heels who want to know more about their beginnings, for transplanted Tar Heels who want to know more about their neighbors and for ‘people who’re just passing through.’ Thompson is a native Tar Heel. He has been writing about North Carolina for thirty years. He wrote his series of stories ‘Sometimes in sadness …often with a grin… always with love.’ A great many people asked that his stories be made into a book. This is the book.”