Foreword |
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Introduction and Acknowledgements |
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11 | (4) |
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Working the Roe: Forget "Crab Sloughs" and Soft Shells, Caviar Was the First Real Coastal Delicacy |
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15 | (4) |
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This Yam Is Your Yam: How Captain Hayman Delivered a Sweet Holiday Tater |
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19 | (3) |
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22 | (3) |
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Crimson Income: Inner Bankers, Cranberries and Supplemental Cash at the Turn of the Last Century |
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25 | (4) |
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Confessions from a Small Town: Although Spread Out, the Outer Banks Can Be Right Neighborly |
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29 | (6) |
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Sea B&B: How the Croatan Went from State Vessel to State of Vacation |
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35 | (4) |
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One Big Fish, Two Big Records: Jack Herrington and the "Grander" |
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39 | (3) |
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No More Courteous a Captain: Martin Johnson and His Steamer Trenton Were an Area Institution |
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42 | (4) |
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One Fish, Three Fish, Sawfish, Thieved Fish |
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46 | (3) |
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49 | (6) |
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Part III INNOVATIVE IDEAS |
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Made in the Shade: How Mission 66 Architecture Helped Create Coquina Beach |
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55 | (4) |
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A Blast from the Past: Corolla Rockets and the Race for Space |
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59 | (2) |
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Ice Is Nice: The History of Chillin' on the Outer Banks |
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61 | (3) |
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High Praise: From the First High-Rise Hotel to the First Liquor Drinks, Alice Sykes Pushed the Limits of Outer Banks Innovation |
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64 | (3) |
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Father of the Flexible Wing: Francis Rogallo |
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67 | (6) |
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Part IV CHANGING LANDSCAPES |
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A Town Fit for a Queen: Manteo's Mid-80s Makeover Was Meant for Royalty--but Remains Today |
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73 | (4) |
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You Are Here: Keeping Visitors on Course from Whalebone Junction to the Whalehead Club |
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77 | (4) |
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The Untold Story of the 158 Bypass |
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81 | (5) |
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Flat Top Foundation: Avalon Beach Marks the Start of KDH as a Tourist Town--and the Structure for an Outer Banks Rental Market |
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86 | (4) |
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The New Deal Comes to the Coast: Lasting and Not So Lasting Effects of Depression-Era Relief |
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90 | (6) |
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The Dedication of the Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge: Our Place in Time |
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96 | (7) |
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Hail to the Chiefs: Remembering the Four Sitting Presidents Who've Paid Us a Visit |
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103 | (4) |
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Local Layover: The Outer Banks Didn't Just Give Birth to Human Flight--They Helped Deliver Commercial Aviation |
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107 | (3) |
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Three Hundred Sixty-One Years in the Making: The Second Beheading of Sir Walter Raleigh |
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110 | (4) |
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Escargot Invasion: How One Man's Entrepreneurial Idea Became a Sticky Situation |
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114 | (3) |
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Burning Rubber: How a Huge Stash of Tires Left Locals and Law Enforcement Dazed and Confused |
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117 | (4) |
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Ship Ashore: The Shining Star Betelgeuse Becomes a Hatteras Island Attraction |
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121 | (3) |
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Two for the Record Books: Nobody Saw the 1933 Hurricane Season Coming---Which Is Why We Remember It Eighty Years Later |
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124 | (3) |
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The Wreck of the Helen H. Benedict: The Details Are in the Documents |
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127 | (3) |
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Icebound: The Winter of 1918 |
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130 | (3) |
Select Bibliography |
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133 | (8) |
About the Author |
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