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Title: Coast watch
Identifier: coastwatch00uncs_8 (find matches)
Year: 1979 (1970s)
Authors: UNC Sea Grant College Program
Subjects: Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology
Publisher: (Raleigh, N. C. : UNC Sea Grant College Program)
Contributing Library: State Library of North Carolina
Digitizing Sponsor: North Carolina Digital Heritage Center

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Recommended Readings SMfc^ By the Outer Banks History Center staff (Editor's Note: I asked Wynne Dough, the curator of the Outer Banks History Center, for a top-10 list of books people should read to have a better under- standing of the history, culture and natural history of the North Carolina coast. He and his staff collectively arrived at the follow- ing list.) We were reluctant to list the 10 or 20 or 100 best books about the North Carolina coast. Some superlatives are as boring as household dust; some are the best in one area but not in others. Many fascinating books are badly flawed. We chose instead to list 24 books that we've found integral to our tentative understanding of the region. Ranking them seemed pointless — a hammer is a better tool, a pie is better dessert — so we've put them in order of their primary authors' surnames. 1. John Alexander and James Lazell. Ribbon of Sand: The Amazing Conver- gence of the Ocean and the Outer Banks. Algonquin, 1992. Some of the most distinguished regional nature writing published in
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dumplings, fig pudding and yaupon tea — has compelling significance or charm. Unlike innumerable cookbooks produced by churches and civic organiza- tions, this is mercifully short on commonplace dishes. The authors' avoidance of meat loaf almost atones for their omission of stewed loon. j. Jan De Blieu. Hatteras Journal. Fulcrum, 1987. 4 the last decade, as are 3 and 13. Though radically different inform, content and tone, all three are emi- nently readable. L. Nancy Davis and Kathy Hart. Coastal Carolina Cooking. UNC Press, 1986. Nearly every recipe — roasted swan, clam chowder with cornmeal Gary S. Dunbar. Historical Geography of the North Carolina Outer Banks. Louisiana State University Stud- ies. Coastal Studies Series 3. LSU Press, 1958. Although Dunbar worked the academic side of the street and David Stick the popu- lar, the two shared notes and insights. Dunbar's hard-to- find Historical Geography and Stick's Outer Banks (21), which was pub- lished the same year and is still in print, make up many readers' sum of knowledge about the Outer Banks. 5. Carl Goerch. Blair, 1956. Ocracoke. John F. Continued COASTWATCH 19

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