This book was written by Emilee Hines, published in 2001, the narrative is 152 pages and is not illustrated. Many 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 now 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. 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. This paperback book is autographed by the author and is in mint, unused condition.

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