Ocracoke In The Fifties
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Publisher | : John F. Blair, Publisher |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : |
Genre | : FICTION |
ISBN | : 9780895874535 |
Half a century after the publication of The Lonely Doll, Dare Wright remains a subject of fascination. A strikingly attractive woman-child--a model and fashion photographer who always saw the world through the eyes of a girl--she was the author of nineteen children's books that are still remembered fondly by a legion of fans. Ocracoke in the Fifties, now in print for the first time, is Dare Wright's only book for adults. First and foremost, it is a tribute to one of Dare's favorite places. It is also a time capsule of a unique island culture just past the midpoint of the twentieth century. And surprisingly, it is a testament to the timelessness of Ocracoke--which would please Dare immensely. Ocracoke has seen its share of changes, to be sure, but readers will have no trouble recognizing the durable little island off the North Carolina coast.
Author | : Brook Ashley |
Publisher | : John F Blair Pub |
Total Pages | : 113 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 9780895873224 |
50 years after The Lonely Doll, Dare Wright's only adult book is a tribute to her favorite place: Ocracoke, NC.
Author | : Dare Wright |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780395901120 |
A lonely doll named Edith finally finds friendship with two visiting teddy bears.
Author | : Alton Ballance |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : History |
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North Carolina's Ocracoke island has produced a remarkably cohesive community of islanders. For more than two centuries, these Ocracokers lived in relative isolation, enjoying the beauty and battling the destructive forces of the Atlantic. In the past two decades, tourists discovered this "unique fishing village by the sea," and the tiny island was forever altered. Alarmed at the dramatic changes in the island's character over the past generation, Alton Ballance set out to capture the story of Ocracoke and its people from the unique perspective of a native. Ballance accompanies the people of Ocracoke on their everyday activities--fishing, hunting, boating--all the time recording their stories about events and people that have shaped the island's history. They have lived through hurricanes, and they remember their ancestors talking of the shipwrecks and daring rescues that occurred off the treacherous coast. During the many years when no doctor resided on the island, Ocracokers delivered each other's babies and attended to their own illnesses, sometimes with local cures. When Ballance was growing up on Ocracoke in the 1960s and 1970s, the number of year-round residents hovered around 500. Now Ocracoke is a major tourist attraction visited by hundreds of thousands of people each year. As tourism has flourished, the island has become less isolated, and Ballance discusses the consequences of this development for both islander and visitor. The modernization that accompanies tourism has provided many benefits for the island, among them better health care and schooling and more jobs. Nonetheless, the Ocracoke of old is rapidly disappearing. This book is a tribute to that Ocracoke and her people.
Author | : Danny Gregory |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2013-02-28 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 144032025X |
Collects excerpts from the personal travel journal sketchbooks of forty-three artists, illustrators, and designers.
Author | : Robert Dolan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Coast changes |
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Author | : James Sprunt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 774 |
Release | : 1916 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : Susan B. West |
Publisher | : Mystic Seaport Museum |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Fishers |
ISBN | : 9780913372999 |
Author | : Joseph Kelly Turner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 568 |
Release | : 1920 |
Genre | : Baptists |
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Author | : Dare Wright |
Publisher | : Dare Wright Media, LLC |
Total Pages | : 62 |
Release | : 2015-09-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780996582759 |
Edith, the doll featured in Dare Wright's best-selling "The Lonely Doll" book series, together with her friends, Mr. Bear and Little Bear, leave their city home for a vacation on Ocracoke Island in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Their summer is spent playing on pristine beaches, discovering the seaside wildlife, getting acquainted with wild ponies, and imagining adventures on the high seas. Little Bear ignores Mr. Bear's warning never to go on a boat without him, and he and Edith soon find themselves drifting dangerously out to sea. Luckily Mr. Bear comes to their rescue, and the two learn a valuable lesson before their vacation ends.