It Happened in Virginia

by Emilee Hines

Published 30 November 2009
A fascinating collection of thirty-five compelling stories about events that shaped Old Dominion, It Happened in Virginia describes everything from the invention of America's original instrument, the banjo, to how Stonewall Jackson acquired his nickname.

Virginia

by Emilee Hines

Published 31 December 2001
Written in a lively, easy-to-read style, each book in the It Happened In series features approximately 30 stories written for history buffs of all ages.

It Happened in Virginia offers a look at little-known events that shaped Virginia's history, from the harrowing first years of English settlement to the amazing discovery in 2000 of far earlier habitation.