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978-0-89587-125-1
0-89587-125-4
$15.95 paperback
7 1/2" x 8 1/2"
365 pages
maps, black-and-white photographs, appendix, index
Other books in the Touring the Backroads™ series:
Touring the Backroads
of North Carolina's Lower Coast
Touring the Backroads
of North and South Georgia
Touring the Carolinas'
Civil War Sites
Touring the East
Tennessee Backroads
Touring the Middle
Tennessee Backroads
Touring North Carolina's
Revolutionary War Sites
Touring South Carolina's
Revolutionary War Sites
Touring the
Shenandoah
Valley Backroads
Touring Virginia's and
West Virginia's Civil War Sites
Touring the Western
North Carolina Backroads |
Depending on your
perspective, the unique geography of North Carolina's upper coast is
either a blessing or a curse. The pirate Blackbeard loved the area
for its countless hideaways. Shippers feared it for the deadly
shoals of the Graveyard of the Atlantic. Entrepreneurs grew frustrated
with its shallow sounds and changeable inlets and established major
ports elsewhere.
That geography many have been
bad business in years past, but it is a boon to modern-day visitors, who
enjoy a coastline relatively unspoiled by development.
People know North Carolina's
upper coast for the Outer Banks, the Lost Colony, the Wright brothers,
the Great Dismal Swamp, and the classic lighthouses at Currituck Beach,
Bodie Island, Cape Hatteras, and Ocracoke. They are probably less
familiar with such treasures as Edenton, Somerset Place, Oriental, the
nation's original Washington, and Corolla, with its herd of wild ponies.
Covering the famous and the
obscure alike, the 11 tours in this volume will introduce readers to the
history and lore of an unforgettable place.
about the author
Daniel W. Barefoot spent more than 10 years in compiling the
material in this book and its companion volume, Touring
the Backroads of North Carolina's Lower Coast. A Phi Beta Kappa
graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a
graduate of the University of North Carolina School of Law, he is also
the author of Touring North
Carolina's Revolutionary War Sites and Touring
South Carolina's Revolutionary War Sites. Barefoot lives in
Lincolnton, North Carolina.
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