Voices from the Outer Banks : a collection of personal accounts / edited by Stephen Kirk.
This volume presents the actual words of the people who lived the uncommonly rich history of this chain of barrier islands stretching from the Virginia border southward through Cape Lookout. Readers will enjoy contemporary accounts of the first British settlement in North America and the birth of the first English child on American soil. Topics include the Graveyard of the Atlantic, in a nod to the rough waters that over the centuries have claimed hundreds of vessels, and Torpedo Junction, site of the Great American Turkey Shoot, the latter nickname bestowed by German submariners during World War II. The volume includes first-person accounts of Civil War battles, a freedmen s colony, hunt clubs that drew the first wealthy tourists, and lifesavers who used horses to pull surfboats to the water and fired lines by cannon to wrecked vessels. Readers will even hear contemporary stories of the Boy Scout troop that rode ponies descended from ancient shipwrecked animals.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780895876447
- ISBN: 0895876442
- Physical Description: vi, 264 pages : illustrations, map ; 19 cm.
- Publisher: Winston-Salem, North Carolina : John F. Blair, Publisher, 2015.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-253) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Sir Walter's legacy -- Blackbeard and friends -- A living from the sea -- Hurricanes -- "Feral pony-sized horses" -- The Civil War -- The lighthouses -- The lifesaving stations -- The hunt clubs -- The brothers from Ohio -- The national seashores -- World War II -- The tourist trade -- By sea, land, and air.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | NC 975.61 VOI (Text) | 36015000662821 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Richlands Branch Library | NC 975.61 VOI (Text) | 36015000662888 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Sneads Ferry Branch Library | NC 975.61 VOI (Text) | 36015001201884 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Swansboro Branch Library | NC 975.61 VOI (Text) | 36015000967071 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
