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The inner islands : a Carolinian's sound country chronicle / Bland Simpson ; photography by Ann Cary Simpson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Simpson, Bland.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islands--North Carolina.
- Islands.
- Islands--North Carolina--History.
- Natural history--North Carolina.
- Natural history.
- North Carolina--History, Local.
- North Carolina.
- North Carolina--Description and travel.
- North Carolina--Geography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (232 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Blending history, oral history, autobiography, and travel narrative, this book explores the geography and biodiversity of the islands that lie in eastern North Carolina's sounds, rivers, and swamps. It examines the natural and human history of the region, and presents a reportage on territory often bypassed by tourists and scholars alike.
- Contents:
- Machelhe Island
- Durant Island
- Heriots Ile, Batts Grave
- The Purchace Iles
- The Curritucks
- A rose for Roanoke
- Behind Ocracoke
- To the castle
- North Core Sound
- South Core and back sounds
- The view from Bird Shoal
- The defense of Huggins Island
- Permuda Island
- Money Island
- The Cape Fears.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-197) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798890875532
- 9780807876749
- 0807876747
- OCLC:
- 476268749
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