It Happened in the Old South: Remarkable Events That Shaped History

This book tells thirty stories of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alabama,Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Kentucky-from early European exploration to the end of the Civil War. Readers will be introduced to well-known characters, little-known heroes, and events that changed history-from How “Old Glory’ Got Its Name in Tennessee and The Court-Martial of Daniel Boone in Kentucky to The Invention of the Cotton Gin in Georgia and The Capture of Aaron Burr in Mississippi.