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Papers of the Edenton resident who was a supporter of American independence, a state judge, state attorney general, and the first North Carolinian to serve as a United States Supreme Court justice.

Formed in 1722, Bertie County is one of North Carolina's oldest counties. The county quickly became the point of entry for immigrants from Virginia and Europe. Since its formation Bertie County has played an important role in the development of eastern coastal North Carolina.

In a remarkable feat, Gerald W. Thomas completes his study of Bertie County and the impact upon its people of successive wars with this volume on the northeastern North Carolina county during World War I. Its publication timed to coincide with the war's centennial, this localized study depicts a mostly rural county confronted with a challenge not of its making but one to which citizens responded with resourcefulness and patriotic fervor.

.".. North Carolina. and the Great War, 1914-1918 bring[s] the World War I story to modern readers. Showcasing holdings of the North Carolina Museum of History and the State Archives of North Carolina, supplemented by artifacts from other depositories and private collectors, Bandel presents a visually compelling and comprehensive new study of the war. The heavily illustrated, full-color book includes narrative depictions of aviator Kiffin Rockwell, nurse Madelon Hancock, and army conductor James Tim Brynn, among many others. Capsule vignettes and sidebars open up the past for readers young and old."--Page 4 of cover.