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978-1-878086-65-5
1-878086-65-0
$15.95 paperback
7 1/2" x 9"
119 pages black-and-white photographs
Down Home Press
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The people who lived near
Cape Lookout on North Carolina's Core Banks were a hardy band of
fishermen and whale hunters. Driven inland by devastating storms, many
settled on nearby Harkers Island, where they and their descendants
continued their seafaring ways, fishing and becoming widely known for
building distinctive boats. But modern times brought new opportunities
and drastic change. Outsiders came; land prices soared; fishing stocks
dwindled; tourists arrived in droves. But some Harkers Island natives
still cling to tradition, facing each new year with hope for a good
season. It is they who are featured in this book about a way of life
that is soon to disappear.
about the author and
photographer
A native of Boston, Carmine Prioli is a professor of American
literature and folklore at North Carolina State University, where he has
taught for 21 years. He lives in Chapel Hill.
A native of Savannah, Ed
Martin holds a masters degree in photography. He taught philosophy at
North Carolina State University for eight years and is now a professor
at Rutgers University in New Jersey.
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