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Any of the events from the history of Virginia are well known - the establishment of Jamestown as the first permanent English settlement in North America, Bacon's Rebellion, the invention of the mechanical reaper. But do you know the whole story? It Happened in Virginia gives readers inside information on these events as well as less well-known happenings. Do you know the story behind the banjo, the only musical instrument to originate in America? Or the trial of Aaron Burr? Or how 'Stonewall' Jackson acquired his nickname? You'll find out as author Emilee Hines takes you through the history of Old Dominion. Along the way you'll read about a cigarette rolling machine that sparked a vast tobacco fortune, a massive bank embezzlement by the unlikeliest of robbers, and the election of the nation's first African-American governor. In an easy-to-read style that is entertaining as well as informative, It Happened in Virginia presents some of the most captivating moments from Virginia's interesting history. (6 x 9, 152 pages)
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