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Orange County Trio
Orange County Trio
: Inspired by ghost tales set in Orange County, North Carolina, and by her own experience as a resident of Chapel Hill, Elizabeth Shreve Ryan conceived the idea for Orange County Trio, a historical narrative of the inception and growth of Orange County’s three major towns. A substantial text covering the history of these towns in matters such as commerce, politics, influential people, and architecture, Orange County Trio not only stands alone as a wealth of interesting historical facts, but also provides the reader with complete, easy-to-follow sightseeing guides and maps. The "trio" of Orange County includes Hillsborough, Chapel Hill—both founded in the eighteenth century—and Carrboro, which was founded in the early 1900s. Each town has its own special history and character. Orange County at one time encompassed not only the current location, but also areas that are now Durham, Chatham, Alamance, Caswell, and Person Counties as well as portions of Wake, Guilford, Randolph, Lee and Rockingham. Hillsborough, the county seat, is littered with historical markers of notable places, such as the Occaneechi Village, the eighteenth-century paper mill, and the location where the Regulators were hanged in 1771. Chapel Hill houses the University of North Carolina, our country’s first state university—the town’s growth has been closely intertwined with the university since its beginning. Ryan devotes equal time to both the town and the university in her work. Carrboro’s birth resulted from the North Carolina Railroad’s construction of ten-mile tracks that extended to the western edge of Chapel Hill. Tourists can still visit Carrboro Railroad Station nearly one hundred years after its erection.
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Orange County: A Personal History
Orange County: A Personal History
The story began in 1918, when Gustavo Arellano's great-grandfather and grandfather arrived in the United States, only to be met with flying potatoes. They ran, and hid, and then went to work in Orange County's citrus groves, where, eventually, thousands of fellow Mexican villagers joined them. Gustavo was born sixty years later, the son of a tomato canner who dropped out of school in the ninth grade and an illegal immigrant who snuck into this country in the trunk of a Chevy. Meanwhile, Orange County changed radically, from a bucolic paradise of orange groves to the land where good Republicans go to die, American Christianity blossoms, and way too many bad television shows are green-lit. Part personal narrative, part cultural history, Orange County is the outrageous and true story of the man behind the wildly popular and controversial column ¡Ask a Mexican! and the locale that spawned him. It is a tale of growing up in an immigrant enclave in a crime-ridden neighborhood, but also in a promised land, a place that has nourished America's soul and Gustavo's family, both in this country and back in Mexico, for a century. Nationally bestselling author, syndicated columnist, and the spiciest voice of the Mexican-American community, Gustavo Arellano delivers the hilarious and poignant follow-up to ¡Ask a Mexican!, his critically acclaimed debut. Orange County not only weaves Gustavo's family story with the history of Orange County and the modern Mexican-immigrant experience but also offers sharp, caliente insights into a wide range of political, cultural, and social issues.
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Orange County: A Personal History
Orange County: A Personal History
The story began in 1918, when Gustavo Arellano's great-grandfather and grandfather arrived in the United States, only to be met with flying potatoes. They ran, and hid, and then went to work in Orange County's citrus groves, where, eventually, thousands of fellow Mexican villagers joined them. Gustavo was born sixty years later, the son of a tomato canner who dropped out of school in the ninth grade and an illegal immigrant who snuck into this country in the trunk of a Chevy. Meanwhile, Orange County changed radically, from a bucolic paradise of orange groves to the land where good Republicans go to die, American Christianity blossoms, and way too many bad television shows are green-lit. Part personal narrative, part cultural history, Orange County is the outrageous and true story of the man behind the wildly popular and controversial column ¡Ask a Mexican! and the locale that spawned him. It is a tale of growing up in an immigrant enclave in a crime-ridden neighborhood, but also in a promised land, a place that has nourished America's soul and Gustavo's family, both in this country and back in Mexico, for a century. Nationally bestselling author, syndicated columnist, and the spiciest voice of the Mexican-American community, Gustavo Arellano delivers the hilarious and poignant follow-up to ¡Ask a Mexican!, his critically acclaimed debut. Orange County not only weaves Gustavo's family story with the history of Orange County and the modern Mexican-immigrant experience but also offers sharp, caliente insights into a wide range of political, cultural, and social issues.
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