Talking Turkey: And Other Stories of North Carolina's Oddly Named Places

By Jamie Perry Cox

Book Overview

Jaime Cox was only five when her mother took her to see the place where she grew up in the mountains of North Carolina and told her how three creeks in the area -- Bridle, Saddle, and Horse -- got... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1878086820
• ISBN13: 9781878086822
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: John F Blair Pub
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.8" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Talking Turkey: And Other Stories of North Carolina's Oddly

This is a delightful and insightful book that is well researched. It has very interesting background on many place names and gives the reader a new understanding on why we have such odd names for many of our towns, etc. I am sure that the same kind of explanations may be applied to place names in many states, not just North Carolina; therefore this book is not just for North Carolinians!

Humorist approach to funny city names

I am familiar with this author's writings & I always find her stories warm, funny & just a lovely respite between stress attacks. She is a fabulous southern writer. This book is no exception, she humorously explains why certain oddly named cities in North Carolina happened to get their names. this is a great beach read! It is also a fun road book witht he kids!