Legends of the Outer Banks and Tar Heel Tidewater

Whedbee, Charles Harry; Shields, Anne Kesler (Illustrator)

ISBN 10: 0910244413 / ISBN 13: 9780910244411

Edité par John F. Blair, Winston-salem, NC, 1966

A propos de cet article

Text is clean. Cover shows light normal shelfwear. Dust jacket shows edgewear, minor water staining, small scrape on front panel. DJ price clipped. 1976 8th printing. ; This is a collection of folktales from the Carolina Coastline. ; 5.5 X 0.75 X 8 inches; 165 pages.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Legends of the Outer Banks and Tar Heel Tidewater
• Éditeur: John F. Blair, Winston-salem, NC
• Date de parution: 1966
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0910244413
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780910244411
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Illustrateur: Illustrated by Anne Kesler Shields
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good-

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Synopsis

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. 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.

For decades, the folk tales of Charles Harry Whedbee have been available wherever you care to look on the Outer Banks. Their popularity has transcended Whedbee's loyal readership among North Carolinians and visitors from the Northeast and the Midwest. Charles Harry Whedbee was an elected judge in his native Greenville, North Carolina, for thirty-plus years, but his favorite place was the Outer Banks, Nags Head in particular. Whedbee was the author of five folklore collections. He died in 1990.

À propos de l'auteur

For decades, the folk tales of Charles Harry Whedbee have been available wherever you care to look on the Outer Banks. Their popularity has transcended Whedbee's loyal readership among North Carolinians and visitors from the Northeast and the Midwest. Charles Harry Whedbee was an elected judge in his native Greenville, North Carolina, for thirty-plus years, but his favorite place was the Outer Banks, Nags Head in particular. Whedbee was the author of the five folklore collections listed below. He died in 1990. In 2004, the staff of John F. Blair, Publisher, collected 13 of Judge Whedbee's finest stories for the volume titled Pirates, Ghosts, and Coastal Lore. If this is your introduction to Charles Harry Whedbee, you'll soon understand his love for the people and the history of the Outer Banks.