Description of Amazing North Carolina by Theresa Jensen Lacey
"Amazing North Carolina" offers a rare glimpse into unusual and sometimes bizarre people and events in North Carolina's 200-year history. Reading like the Tarheel State's own version of "Ripley's Believe It or Not," this book explores hundreds of incredible stories, facts, and tidbits of human interest. It contains pictures, quizzes, trivia, stories, sidebars, lists, and more. Read about . . . How Lizard Lick, Cat's Square, Boogertown, and Rabbit Shuffle got their namesRobert Null, who invented a UFO detectorThe Civil War battle where the Confederates fought without clothes onChang and Eng, the original "Siamese twins" who settled in Wilkesboro and married local sisters Sarah and Adelaide YatesThe strange story of Goat-Gland Binkley, who operated in North Carolina 75 years before ViagraThe annual Bald is Beautiful convention in Morehead CityThe world's largest twins (at 800 pounds each)The road that goes nowhereSenate Bean Soup, the secret of Jesse Helms' longevity (recipe included)