John Locke Foundation Chairman John Hood’s latest book tells the story of North Carolina’s only two-term Republican governor in the 20th century. Catalyst: Jim Martin and the Rise of North Carolina Republicans is available Oct. 6, 2015, from your local bookseller, online vendor, or blairpub.com.
North Carolina: Early to the revolution
In early 1776, battle lines in NC had already been drawn between loyalists to the British crown and American patriots. At the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge, these lines burst into the open.