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Thanks to a reverend who habitually documented the day's weather in a ledger and some Civil War diaries, this book painstakingly details weather patterns and temperatures in the area of Virginia from 1860-1865.

Robert K. Krick, "Civil War Weather in Virginia," University of Alabama Press, 2007

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Whist perhaps a bit of a misnomer (America is a Constitutional Republic), Alexis's outsider's point of view of America provides an interesting take on how America is perceived by other nations at that time.

Alexis de Tocqueville, "Democracy in America," J. & H. G. Langley, 1841

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This school textbook contains more information about my state than I had learned my whole life. What a rich and fascinating history!

Thomas C Parramore and Douglas C Wilms, "North Carolina: The History of an American State," Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1983

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A good, detailed breakdown of how the government functions under the US Constitution, or at least how it worked post-WWII. It highlights an interesting difference how the government then differs in operation than the government 75 years later.

John Mabry Mathews, Ph.D., "The American Constitutional System," McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1949

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This book provides logical, factual arguments that prove that American Founder and President Thomas Jefferson has been falsely accused of misdeeds, and other misperceptions.

David Barton, "The Jefferson Lies: Exposing the Myths You've Always Believed About Thomas Jefferson," Thomas Nelson, 2012

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Pulling from primary resources such as diaries, papers, and official records, this book permits readers a unique opportunity to perceive the fickle weather Americans experienced during the Civil War.

Kenneth W. Noe, "The Howling Storm: Weather, Climate, and the American Civil War," Louisiana State University Press, 2020

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From charter to state to the time of publishing, this book documents the history of North Carolina's governors, complete with their countries of origin, dates of birth, occupation, political party, portraits, and brief biographies.

Beth G. Crabtree, "North Carolina Governors," North Carolina's State Department of Archives and History, 1958

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