The Pride of Pine Hill

In the midst of the 1996 race for North Carolina governor, a new candidate emerged. Her name was Jolene Strickland, and her campaign slogan was “Too Good to be True.”

Barry Yeoman wrote about Jolene Strickland for The Assembly (theassemblync.com/politics/fake-governor-candi…). Tricia Romano's book is called The Freaks Came Out to Write (hachettebookgroup.com/titles/tricia-romano/the…).

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