America's Inland Waterway

America's Inland Waterway
Author: Allan C. Fisher
Publisher: Caxton Press
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1973
Genre: Travel
ISBN:

"Sky, water, wave-lashed rock, that lovely shore ... for a time they are all yours, and they set you free," writes Allan C. Fisher, Jr., in praise of boating, at the start of his voyage down the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.

Life along the Inner Coast

Life along the Inner Coast
Author: Robert L. Lippson
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 469
Release: 2009-11-15
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0807898597

For decades, marine scientists Robert and Alice Jane Lippson have traveled the rivers, backwaters, sounds, bays, lagoons, and inlets stretching from the Chesapeake Bay to the Florida Keys aboard their trawler, Odyssey. The culmination of their leisurely journeys, Life along the Inner Coast is a guide to the plants, animals, and habitats found in one of the most biologically diverse regions on the planet. It is a valuable resource for naturalists, students, and anyone who lives or vacations along the Atlantic inner coast. Southern Gateways Guide is a registered trademark of the University of North Carolina Press

Historic American Towns Along the Atlantic Coast

Historic American Towns Along the Atlantic Coast
Author: Warren Boeschenstein
Publisher:
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1999
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

"In Historic American Towns along the Atlantic Coast, Boeschenstein celebrates the scale and style of these places - more than 140 towns in all."--BOOK JACKET.

NC 12

NC 12
Author: Dawson Carr
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2016-02-10
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1469628155

Connecting communities from Corolla in the north to Ocracoke Island in the south, scenic North Carolina Highway 12 binds together the fragile barrier islands that make up the Outer Banks. Throughout its lifetime, however, NC 12 has faced many challenges—from recurring storms and shifting sands to legal and political disputes—that have threatened this remarkable highway's very existence. Through the unique lens of the road's rich history, Dawson Carr tells the story of the Outer Banks as it has unfolded since a time when locals used oxcarts to pull provisions from harbors to their homes and the Wright Brothers struggled over mountainous dunes. Throughout, Carr captures the personal stories of those who have loved and lived on the Outer Banks. As Carr relates the importance of NC 12 and its transformation from a string of beach roads to a scenic byway joining miles of islands, he also chronicles the history of a region over the last eighty-five years, showing how the highway and the residents of the Outer Banks came to rely on each other.