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Brodie Duke: The Man, The Myth, The Truth
Praise for Brodie Duke
“Cora Darrah continues to blend archival research with imaginative storytelling in this page-turning work of historical fiction rooted in Durham’s past. I devoured Brodie Duke: The Man, the Myth, the Truth in a single sitting. Brodie has always been the Duke who most captured my curiosity, and this book did not disappoint. His life, marked by a roller coaster of tragedy, triumph, and scandal, had me flipping to confirm historic references again and again asking, “Wait, did that really happen?” Spoiler alert: it did. Darrah has a gift for bringing Durham’s industrial rise to life, with richly imagined scenes that illustrate buildings long lost to time creating a vivid, immersive read.”
-Julianne Patterson, Executive Director Preservation Durham
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A Story of Durham: Told the Wright Way
“Historical fiction at its best! Centered in Durham, North Carolina, a place I’ve called home for the last thirty years. I’ve walked along the streets mentioned in this book and loved hearing about the rich history behind the street names. A Story of Durham: Told the Wright Way, includes stories of Durham’s beginnings from Parrish Street to the American Tobacco Company, all through the eyes of one of Durham’s founding fathers, Richard Harvey Wright, a distant ancestor of the author, Cora Darrah.”
Joy Rubenstein
ABOUT CORA DARRAH
Hello. My name is Cora Darrah, and I live in Durham, North Carolina, with my husband and French Bulldog, Vern. For thirty-two years, I taught children with special needs. When I was eligible for retirement, I decided it was time to explore life from a different perspective. So with pen and paper, I began to write and publish books.
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Durham’s Lost History
The Union soldiers were headed north from Savannah, destroying everything in their path. The South had been crushed, and it was time for the last remaining Confederate troops to put their weapons down. General Sherman was now in Raleigh only twenty miles east of Durham, and if surrendering didn’t happen, and happen quickly, Raleigh would…
Durham’s History Regarding the Civil War
At the time of the Civil War, Stagville, located north of town of Durham, had grown into a sprawling plantation comprising of a large house for the Cameron family, housing for the slaves, farmland, mills, and barns for the livestock. The Camerons not only owned Stagville but also possessed property stretched over three counties which…