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An Outer Banks Reader by selected and edited by David Stick is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is An Outer Banks Reader about?

The Selections In An Outer Banks Reader Span The Course Of More Than Four And A Half Centuries, From The First Known Record Of A Meeting Between Europeans And The Native American Residents Of The Region In 1524 To Modern-day Accounts Of Life On The Outer Banks. Together, Stick Hopes, These Sixty-four Selections May Provide The Reader With An Understanding Of Why The Outer Banks Have Become Home To A Rapidly Growing Number Of People Who Would Rather Spend The Rest Of Their Lives There Than Any Place Else On Earth. [pt. 1] First Impressions -- Contact / Giovanni Da Verrazzano -- Traffic With The Savages / Arthur Barlowe -- The Dividing Line / William Byrd -- Antebellum Nags Head / Gregory Seaworthy (george Higby Throop) -- Three Weddings At Hunting Quarters / Nathaniel H. Bishop -- A Visit To Ocracoke / Carl Goerch. [pt. 2] The Natural Environment -- Native Agriculture / Thomas Harriot -- Market Gunning / H.h. Brimley -- The Hungry Horde / Jack Dermid -- Creatures Of The Shoals / Rachel Carson -- A History Of Blues / Joel Arrington. [pt. 3] Man Versus Nature -- The Opening Of Oregon And Hatteras Inlets / C.o. Boutelle, William L. Welch -- The Worst Light In The World / David D. Porte

Author

selected and edited by David Stick

Publisher

The University of North Carolina Press

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780807824207

Subjects

History, Short Stories, Travel