you might remember mitchner who wrote big, epic films about hawaii, and alaska. english did the most beautifully well researched history of north carolina. but because she was a woman, even though writing at the same time, they marketed her books as romances instead of serious fiction. but there is just as much valid, historical evidence and good quality work as mitchner's. i hope the tour will first help people discover writers they had never encountered before that broaden and deepen our understanding of the human and southern experience which i think is far more complex than many realize. that is one of the most important things literature can do. it can show you something you think you know from a different perspective. >> i am standing in the north carolina room of the new hanover county library where the libr librarian has pulled out pieces that help tell the story of north carolina's history. >> we are unique as a special collection because special collections are hard to access like if you went to a university or to a historical society. but because we ar