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Title: Graveyard of the Atlantic: Shipwrecks of the North Carolina Coast by David Stick, Frank Stick ISBN: 0-8078-4261-3 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: An interesting summary
Comment: I was pleased to discover that this book has been reprinted. It is a well researched listing of shipwrecks along a particular secion of the U.S. Atlantic coast. Accounts are of varying length. In some cases the author gives extensive details, e.g., he devotes a chapter to the Steam Packet Pulaski, but in other cases the accounts are very brief, perhaps a long paragraph or a page. The author does provide a chronological listing at the end of the book, a detailed index, and descriptive drawings of the various types of ships along with a map of the area (which I hope was preserved in the latest edition).
Rating: 5
Summary: Great local history of shipwrecks of the Atlantic Coast
Comment: I first picked up this book when I was 14 at a local bookstore in Wilmington, N.C. Ever since then I have been enchanted with stories of shipwrecks and the drama involved in them. This book describes the particularly dangerous coast of North Carolina where the warm gulf stream meets the cold artic currents, resulting in very dangerous sand bars and storms. This has resulted in hundreds of wrecks along this particular part of North America. The author describes some of the most climatic sinkings such as the USS Huron, the SS Metropolis, the steam packet Pulaski. He also chronicles the birth and growth of the US Life Saving Service and some of the most exciting rescues in history. Overall this is a fine and engrossing book, written by an author intimately connected with his topic
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Title: Shipwrecks: Diving the Graveyard of the Atlantic, 2nd by Roderick M. Farb ISBN: 0897320646 Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1991 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Outer Banks of North Carolina, 1584-1958 by David Stick, Frank Stick ISBN: 080784277X Publisher: University of North Carolina Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1990 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Outer Banks Mysteries and Seaside Stories by Charles Harry Whedbee ISBN: 0895870061 Publisher: John F. Blair Publisher Pub. Date: 01 June, 1978 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Ribbon of Sand: The Amazing Convergence of the Ocean and the Outer Banks (Chapel Hill Book) by John Alexander, James Lazell, James D. Lazell ISBN: 0807848743 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Blackbeard's Cup and Stories of the Outer Banks by Charles Harry Whedbee ISBN: 0895870703 Publisher: John F. Blair Publisher Pub. Date: 01 June, 1989 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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