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Tar Heels in wooden shoes

Tar Heels in wooden shoes

Dutchmen, daffodils and dairies in 20th-century North Carolina

By Charles W. Riesz

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Publish Date

2012

Publisher

Charles W. Riesz, Jr. and Joanne F. Riesz

Language

eng

Pages

355

Description:

"This is the story of several dozen Dutch families that emigrated to southeastern North Carolina after the turn of the 20th century and of the two men, one American and one Dutch, who encouraged them to come."--P. 9. The American, Hugh MacRae established farm colonies for immigrants from specific countries and the Dutchman, Frederick van Eeden, attempted to establish a Dutch colony based on socialist principles.