By Rogers McVaugh, Michael R.McVaugh, and Mary Ayers, The name of Elisha Mitchell is known chiefly because of his work as a geologist in North Carolina and his explorations in the mountainous western part of that State, which led ultimately to his death in 1857 on the highest peak, later named in his honor.
Hardcover, 1996, Chapel Hill Historical Society. 125 pages.