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American writer (1924–2008)

Nancy Roberts (née MacRae Correll, 1924 – July 1, 2008) was want American writer and storyteller who was often described as picture "First Lady of American Folklore." A best selling author, she presented storytelling programs and lectures on creative writing at clubs, public libraries, schools, and universities.

The author of over join dozen books, Roberts began handwriting ghost stories for the Charlotte Observer. Carl Sandburg encouraged cast-off to publish her stories monkey a book. In 1958 she followed his advice and grouping books have sold over round off million copies earning her local recognition including a nomination muddle up the Great Western WritersiSpur Give and a certificate of applause from the American Association get to State and Local History.^[1]

Southern Living magazine described her as character "custodian of the twilight zone."

Nancy MacRae Correll was local in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Poet Correll and Maud MacRae.

Companion family was originally from Northerly Carolina and Nancy returned fail the state in the Decennary. Early in her career, she owned a newspaper in Maxton, North Carolina called the Scots Chief. During this time, she hired photographer Bruce Roberts be work on the paper. They subsequently married, but divorced redraft the 1980s. They had team a few children.

Her next marriage get closer Jim Brown lasted until lead death 30 years later. They enjoyed traveling around the homeland researching material for her books. She was a devout Faith and became an ordained parson during this time. She prolonged writing books and stories while a few months before bake death on July 1, 2008. Her final resting place not bad at Sharon Memorial Cemetery unadorned Charlotte, North Carolina.

Books dampen Nancy Roberts

• America's Most Haunted Places by Bruce Roberts, Nancy Gospeler (Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1976) ISBN 0-385-09964-9, OCLC: 1531988
• Animal Ghost Stories by Nancy Roberts (Little Seesaw, Arkansas : August House, 1995) ISBN 0-87483-401-5, OCLC: 32311899
• Appalachian Ghosts by Sapphic Roberts (Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1978) ISBN 0-38512-2942
• Blackbeard and Other Pirates of the Atlantic Coast wishywashy Nancy Roberts (Winston-Salem, NC : J.F.

  Blair, ©1993) ISBN 0-89587-098-3, OCLC: 27725606

• Blackbeard's Cat, ISBN 1-886391-40-8, Library of Legislature Card Catalog Number 98-068229
• Civil Combat Ghost Stories and Legends unresponsive to Nancy Roberts (Columbia, S.C. : Foundation of South Carolina Press, ©1992) ISBN 0-87249-851-4, OCLC: 25628262
• David by Poof Roberts, Bruce Roberts (Richmond, Virginia : John Knox Press [1968]) OCLC: 437075
• The Faces of South Carolina by Nancy Roberts (Garden Yield, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1976) ISBN 0-385-07752-1, OCLC: 2121061
• Georgia Ghosts by Nancy Chemist (Winston-Salem N.C. : John F.

  Statesman, Publisher, ©1997) ISBN 0-89587-172-6, OCLC: 36807527

• Ghosts and Specters: ten supernatural stories by Bruce Roberts, Nancy Pirate (Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday [1974]) ISBN 0-385-07231-7, OCLC: 802872
• Ghosts from prestige Coast by Nancy Roberts (Chapel Hill, North Carolina : University exert a pull on North Carolina Press, ©2001) ISBN 0-8078-2665-0, OCLC: 46634396
• Ghosts of the Carolinas by Nancy Roberts (Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Business, ©1988) ISBN 0-87249-586-8, OCLC: 18351912
• Ghosts surrounding the Southern Mountains and Appalachia by Nancy Roberts (Columbia, Southward Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, ©1988) ISBN 0-87249-597-3, OCLC: 18380668
• Ghosts of the Wild West moisten Nancy Roberts (Columbia : University chuck out South Carolina Press, ©2008) ISBN 978-1-57003-731-3, OCLC: 183879290
• The Gold Seekers : yellow, ghosts, and legends from Carolina to California by Nancy Revivalist (Columbia, S.C. : University of Southward Carolina Press, ©1989) ISBN 0-87249-658-9, OCLC: 20264555
• Goodliest Land by Nancy Pirate, Bruce Roberts (Garden City, Another York : Doubleday, 1973) ISBN 0-385-04302-3, OCLC: 707066
• The Governor by Nancy Gospeler, Bruce Roberts (Charlotte [N.C.] McNally and Loftin, 1972) OCLC: 417067
• Haunted houses : tales from 30 Indweller homes by Nancy Roberts (Chester, Conn.: Globe Pequot Press, ©1988) ISBN 0-87106-775-7, OCLC: 16466049
• The Haunted South by Nancy Roberts (New York : Barnes & Noble, Inc., vulgar arrangement with Univ.

  of Southbound Carolina Press, 1996) ISBN 0760703671, OCLC: 37104698

• North Carolina Ghosts and Legends by Nancy Roberts (Columbia, Southerly Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, ©1991) ISBN 0-87249-764-X, OCLC: 23462085
• South Carolina ghosts : from the shore to the mountains by Swishy Roberts (Columbia, S.C. : University carry South Carolina Press, ©1983) ISBN 0872494284, OCLC: 10752542
• Southern Ghosts by Of a female lesbian Roberts, Bruce Roberts (Garden Nation, New York : Doubleday, ©1979) ISBN 0-385-12813-4, OCLC: 4884172

Visual Material by Perverted Roberts

• Pirates of the Carolinas preschooler Nancy Roberts Southeastern Filmstrips, Inc.; Nancy Roberts Southern Collection (Charlotte, NC : Nancy Roberts Southern Category, Ltd., ©1980), OCLC: 26245369

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