Legends of the Outer Banks and Tar Heel Tidewater

By Charles Harry Whedbee

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0910244413
• ISBN13: 9780910244411
• Release Date: June 1966
• Publisher: Blair
• Length: 165 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

This is an excellent collection of short stories!

Do not, under any circumstances, listen to the previous reviewer (fuzcat) regarding this book. It is an excellent collection of fast reading short stories written for the person who loves the Outer Banks of N.C. If you have fallen under the spell of the OBX, get all of Whedbee's books. I guarantee you will be planning your next visit!