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978-0-910244-41-1
0-910244-41-3
$12.95 hardcover
5 1/2" x 7 1/2"
165 pages
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From Blackbeard's den at
Ocracoke, to the Hills of the Seven Sisters at Nags Head, to the misty
swamps of Shallote, there is hardly an inch of territory along North
Carolina's coast without a legend attached to it. Inlanders may be
skeptical regarding the sometimes miraculous, often horror-filled tales
that make up coastal folklore, but Outer Bankers accept the incredible
as fact.
The phenomena of the Outer
Banks range from phosphorescent lights appearing and disappearing over
Pamlico Sound to the strange fate of a crewless ship marooned on deadly
Diamond Shoals. Legendary heroes such as Captain Jim Baum Gaskill are
often truly heroic...or they may be scurrilous, like Old Quork and
Blackbeard. But they all loom larger than life, with deeds and
personalities unique to Coastal Carolina.
But this book is more than a
collection of coastal legends. It is an affectionate portrait of the
people who daily pull a living out of the treacherous waters of the
Atlantic...a tribute to the hardiness and courage that have made the
Banker a rare breed...a breed whose true stories are, indeed, stranger
than fiction.
about the author
Charles Harry Whedbee was born in Greenville, North Carolina, where
he resided until his death in 1990. Educated at the University of North
Carolina, he took his law degree from that school in 1932. He served for
years as Chief District Court Judge of the Third Judicial District. When
Judge Whedbee published Legends of the Outer Banks in 1966, it
proved so popular that it went through three printings in its first
year. With the publication of The Flaming
Ship of Ocracoke in 1971, Outer
Banks Mysteries in 1978, Outer
Banks Tales to Remember in 1985, and Blackbeard's
Cup in 1989, Judge Whedbee established himself as the foremost
authority on North Carolina's coastal folklore.
Also by Judge Whedbee:
The Flaming Ship of Ocracoke
Blackbeard's Cup
Outer Banks Tales to Remember
Outer Banks Mysteries
Pirates, Ghosts, and Coastal
Lore
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