Books about Edenton
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The Rescue - Nicholas Sparks
Taylor McAden is a volunteer fireman who is always the first to plunge
into danger. But there is one risk he can't seem to take: falling in love.
Then he meets Denise Holden, a single mother who has moved to the small
town of Edenton, North Carolina, to build a new life. A near fatal car
crash will bring these two together; but before that can happen, Taylor
must first look into his past and see if it's not too late to take a
chance on the future.
"All of Sparks's trademark elements - love, loss, and small town life -
are present in this terrific read." (Amazon.com)
Edenton and Chowan County - Louis Van Camp
Book Description
This book is an engaging pictoral history that celebrates early 20th
century lifestyles enjoyed by community members of the first unofficial
colonial capital. Readers will visit ancestral plantations and the ancient
labor of seine net fishing, while the Norfolk and Southern
railcar-steamship "John W. Garrett" plies once again across the Albemarle
Sound.
About the Author
Louis Van Camp, photographer and author of three Eastern North Carolina
histories, has once again compiled an intriguing pathway that chronicles
the storied past of a Tarheel community.
Into the Sound Country: A Carolinian's Coastal Plain - Simpson & Simpson
The story of two North Carolinians returning to seek their roots in
the state's eastern provinces, Into the Sound Country offers an
affectionate, impressionistic, and personal portrait of the coastal
plain and its richly varied natural world, as seen by two natives of
the region. 61 illustrations. 3 maps.
The North Carolina Shore and Its Barrier Islands: Restless Ribbons of
Sand (Living With the Shore)
Evidence that the North Carolina shore is changing is never hard to find,
but recently the devastation wrought by Hurricane Fran and the perilous
situation of the historic lighthouse at Cape Hatteras have reminded all
concerned of the fragility of this coast. Arguing for a policy of
intelligent development, one in which residential and commercial
structures meet rather than confront the changing nature of the shore, the
authors have included practical information on hazards of many
kinds--storms, tides, floods, erosion, island migration, and earthquakes.
Diagrams and photographs clearly illustrate coastal processes and aid in
understanding the impact of hurricanes and northeasters, wave and current
dynamics, as well as pollution and other environmental destruction due to
overdevelopment. A chapter on estuaries provides related information on
the shores of back barrier areas that are growing in popularity for
recreational residences. Risk maps focus on the natural hazards of each
island and, together with construction guidelines, provide a basis for
informed island management. Finally, the dynamics of coastal politics and
management are reviewed through an analysis of the controversies over the
decision to move the Cape Hatteras lighthouse and a proposed effort to
stabilize Oregon inlet.
