The Coastal Chronicles Vol. I
Over more than four centuries, the coastal Carolinas have seen just about everything: Pirates, British redcoats, patriot militiamen, yellow fever, killer storms, blockade runners and mighty forts. We’ve been home to heroes and villains, spies and signers of the Declaration of Independence. We’ve fought Indian wars and built stately plantations. Perhaps in no other part of the country is the history of a people such a part of the regional identity. In the pages of Coastal Chronicles magazine, locals and tourists alike were treated to the stories that make up the rich historical fabric of the Carolina coast. Historically accurate, but told as a storyteller would, the tales in The Coastal Chronicles Volume I and Volume II are delightful stories that educate and entertain at the same time. Native coastal Carolinians read it because who we were is a big part of who we are. Newcomers read it to help in the assimilation process when they choose to make their homes by the Carolina shore. Visitors read it because it tells the stories they love in vivid, compelling detail. Teachers use it to teach local history. Dram Tree Books is pleased to offer in one volume these collection of stories for those who want to keep and preserve the history of one of the country’s most historic coastlines.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR..
Jack E. Fryar, Jr. has authored or edited more than thirty volumes of North Carolina and Cape Fear history. His historical specialty is colonial North Carolina, particularly during the seventeenth century. Jack has served as a United States Marine, worked as a broadcaster, freelance magazine writer, sports announcer, and book designer. He holds a Masters degree in History and another Masters in Teaching, and taught history at E.A. Laney High School and at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington, N.C.