Hatteras Island: Keeper of the Outer Banks

by Ray McAllister, Philip Gerard (Foreword by)

Overview

Hatteras Island shares the history, people and continuing allure of the remote island that has come to symbolize the Outer Banks. Here are stories of the famed lighthouse, the Lost Colony, Blackbeard and fellow pirates, German U-boat attacks, and both the first transmission of music and the receipt of the Titanic's distress call. Here are shipwrecks and hurricanes, the national seashore and Highway 12, the charming villages and the hardy people, and vacationers who love this island. The 2nd edition adds stories of the new bridge to Hatteras, brutal hurricanes, the short-lived Shelly Island, and much more. Hatteras is, as the author says, "a conversation with an island.

Hatteras is the winner of the North Carolina Association of Historian's Willie Parker Peace History Book Award and the Readers Favorite Award. See more information at the author's web site, www.RayMcAllister.com

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780998788197
Publisher:	Beach Glass Books
Publication date:	07/14/2020
Series:	The Outer Banks Story
Edition description:	2nd Edition
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Ray McAllister is a former columnist for the ichmond Times-Dispatch and former editor of Boomer magazine, in Richmond, Va. He also is the author of Topsail Island: Mayberry by the Sea; Wrightsville Beach: The Luminous Island, and Ocracoke: The Pearl of the Outer Banks. Most recently, he is the author of The Forum Files: The Stories Behind The Richmond Forum. He also publishes the works of other writers.

BEACH GLASS BOOKS: Begun as a children's book publisher, Beach Glass has expanded to include titles about North Carolina and Virginia, as well as other topics.