An Outer Banks Reader

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ISBN: 9780807847268 | 0807847267
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 5/1/1998

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Edited by the author of "Graveyard of the Atlantic" and "The Outer Banks of North Carolina", and spanning the course of more than four and a half centuries, this book presents 64 accounts of life on the Outer Banks.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
First Impressions Contact / Giovanni da Verrazzano Traffic with the Savages
The Dividing Line
Antebellum Nags Head
Three Weddings at Hunting Quarters
Bishop A Visit to Ocracoke
The Natural Environment Native Agriculture
Market Gunning
The Hungry Horde
Creatures of the Shoals
A History of Blues
Man versus Nature The Opening of Oregon and Hatteras Inlets
TheWorstLight in the World
The Sand Wave
Project Nutmeg
USN Man's Impact on the Barrier Islands of North Carolina
Saving Nags Head Woods
Lookout National Seashore: A Return to the Wild
Ships and the Sea Shipwreck off HatterasSarah Kollock Harris12Harris12, Sarah Kollock
The Wreck of the USSHuron/ Joe A. Mobley
The Wreck of the BarkJosie Troop/ Anonymous Wreck of the SchoonerSarah D. J. Rawson/ Anonymous
The Ghost Ship Mystery of Diamond Shoals
When the Ship Hit the Span
The Pea Island Lifesavers
War on the Banks Of Captain Teach Alias Blackbeard
The Rendezvous at Hatteras
Hears the News
The Chicamacomico Races
The Battle of Roanoke Island
The MirloRescue
I Wore a Dead Man's Hand
Making a Living The Petition of Legal Pilots of Ocracoke Bar
The Wild Horses, Their Qualities and Habits
The Last Whale Killed along These Shores
A Record Catch
Pumping and Grinding
Sharpies, Shad Boats, and Spritsail Skiffs
Bread-and-Butter Fishing
Ones of a Kind Stanley Wahab, Tar Heel of the Week
The Mighty Midgetts of Hatteras
Ban and the Infernal Engine
Old Quork
Whedbee Les and Sally Moore, Pioneers
Ad Man, Con Man, Photographer, and Legend
A Time to Reap
The Last of the Currituck Beach Cowboys
The Crab Picker
Visitors Leave Their Footprints The Governor Returns
Gray-Eyed Indians
The Nag's Head Picture of Theodosia Burr
Freshwater Pool Our Winds Are Always Steady
The Campers at Kitty Hawk
The Forgotten Pioneer
Lifestyles America's First Science Center
The Contraband Colony
The Eye of the Tempest
Highway
Sources
Index
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An Outer Banks Reader

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