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The story of Cape Fear and Bald Head Island / Kevin P. Duffus

Title
The story of Cape Fear and Bald Head Island / Kevin P. Duffus
Author
Duffus, Kevin P.,
Publication
  • Cruso, N.C. : Looking Glass Productions, Inc., [2017]
  • ©2017

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TextUse in library F262.B9 D84 2017Off-site

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Description
238 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits; 26 cm
Subject
  • Bald Head Island (N.C.) > History
  • Brunswick County (N.C.) > History
  • Cape Fear River Valley (N.C.) > History
  • North Carolina > Bald Head Island
  • North Carolina > Brunswick County
  • North Carolina > Cape Fear River Valley
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-232) and index
Contents
The dawn of a new era -- Searching for the River Jordan -- The discovery and disappearance of Cape Fear -- Cape Fear rediscovered -- Cape Fear's "haunted colony" -- Avast ye pirates! -- North Carolina's first lighthouse -- Bald Head Lighthouse circa 1817 -- Keeper Sedgwick Springs -- The jewel in Old Baldy's crown -- The Civil War on Bald Head Island -- "The essence of impudence" -- Life and death at Fort Holmes -- "The faithful pilot" -- The pirate-wreckers of Fort Holmes -- The evil day arrives -- The age of oars -- The old river and Old Baldy -- Cap'n Charlie's lighthouse and Henry-Lepaute's lens -- The unfortunate dreamer -- Arcadian days -- Cape Fear in a war zone -- Bald Head Island today
ISBN
  • 1888285559
  • 9781888285550
LCCN
2017903000
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library