Title: Tar Heels in wooden shoes
Description: "This is the story of several dozen Dutch families that emigrated to southeastern North Carolina after the turn of the 20th century and of the two men, one American and one Dutch, who encouraged them to come."--P. 9.  The American, Hugh MacRae established farm colonies for immigrants from specific countries and the Dutchman, Frederick van Eeden, attempted to establish a Dutch colony based on socialist principles.
Subjects: Dutch Americans, Emigration and immigration, Immigrants, Agricultural colonies, Biography, Immigrants, united states
Places: North Carolina, Netherlands
People: Hugh MacRae (1865-1951), Frederik van Eeden (1860-1932)