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About: Lew Powell

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Lew Powell, a former journalist with the Charlotte Observer, is a guest contributor to the North Carolina Miscellany blog. Author of works such as The Ultimate North Carolina Quiz Book and On This Day in North Carolina, Lew was described in a recent newspaper article as "Mr. Miscellany."

Posts by Lew Powell:

• April 5, 2013 How N.C. laws can survive unconstitutionality

• April 4, 2013 ‘Stout, healthy children need constant employment’

• April 1, 2013 Lumbees rebelled against slavery to Confederates

• March 30, 2013 Only FDR understood ‘my boss is a son-of-a-bitch’

• March 27, 2013 The history of Coca-Cola, according to Thomas Wolfe

• March 24, 2013 ‘The noteworthy things I have done receive scant notice’

• March 21, 2013 When Irish seek second homes, they look at…. Raleigh?

• March 19, 2013 Sitton recalls ‘greatest mistake’ as editor of N&O

• March 18, 2013 Salisbury women take command of homefront

• March 15, 2013 World rankings show UNC’s reputation sliding

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