Download or read book Raleigh, City of Oaks written by James Vickers and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named for Sir Walter Raleigh, this engaging history of the city details the perseverence and intense involvement of its citizens through Civil War, depressions, corruption and scandal to become a proserous and booming metropolis. It is enlivened with fascinating anecdotes of the interesting people in its past and present.