Tim Hatcher

Time and Tide (eBook, ePUB)

The Vanishing Culture of the North Carolina Coast

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A longtime coast watcher tells the story of the beautiful and ever-changing coast of North Carolinarich in culture, history, and landscapewith words and photographs.

This gorgeous, richly illustrated book for visitors and residents alike details the charms and controversies of the banks of North Carolina. Hatcher highlights the current wonders of the famous coast, as well as an intriguing history that includes the familiar Outer Banks legendary Wright Brothers flight, the Graveyard of the Atlantic, and the picturesque lighthouses, as well as the lesser known Chitlin' Circuit beach resort, a 1898 coup d'etat, and a controversial sea bird. Told with an ear for the native language and local lore, with a taste for the water and its riches, and above all, with an eye toward the preservation of a vanishing environment and culture, this will be the go-to book for readers who want an overview of the North Carolina coastal region.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Blair
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781958888049
• Artikelnr.: 65824058

Autorenporträt

In the past few years, Tim Hatcher has lived on the North Carolina coast with several beach cats, working on Time and Tide: The Vanishing Culture of the North Carolina Coast. He has traveled the world as a quality inspector, and later in life, taught in the field of human resources at NC State and elsewhere. He was also the editor of the Human Resource Development Quarterly. He is an avid saltwater angler, and a semi-professional, still-looking-for-that-big-break musiciana rock, country, Latin, and blues percussionist. Since the first time he drove from his home in East Tennessee to the Outer Banks and saw the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, some five decades ago, Tim Hatcher has had an affection and respect for the NC coast and its people. He has studied and written about its tough people and its fragile environment for the better part of his adult life. This, his first book about the coast's nature and culture, is the result.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
 
Chapter 1: “The Goodliest Land”
 A Long and Diverse Coast Line: From the Outer Banks to Down East and
Beyond
 The Inner Banks, Southern Banks, and the Crystal Coast
 Sand: Forever Shifting
 The Landscape for The First Flight
 Move of the Millennium: Rescuing the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
 Pocosins, Swamps, Quagmires, and Refuges
 
Chapter 2: Aqua Vita Est, Water is Life
The Shapes of Water: Sounds, Inlets, and Rivers
America’s Intracoastal Waterway: Safe Passage for Mariners
The Gulf Stream: The Great Blue Engine of NC’s Coast
The Atlantic Ocean: Architect and Matriarch of Coastal NC
 
Chapter 3: The Weather, "Red Sky at Night"
 A Weather of Wind and Change
 A Fisherman’s Nightmare
 Storms Through History in North Carolina
 Rating Storms
 Hurricanes in the Busy 1950s and 1960s
 1970s and 1980s: Relative Quiet
 The Active 1990s
 A New Century Brings More Storms
 Most Recent Storms
 
Chapter 4 - Shaping a Culture
 A Different Way of Life
 The Allure of the Ocean
 
Chapter 5: The Past Shapes the Future
 Early Inhabitants: The Coast's First People
 Europeans’ First Explorations of the North Carolina Coast
 From First Contact to First Colony 
 Privateers, Pirates, or Pyrates?
 
Chapter 6: Saving Lives in Dangerous Water
 Danger, Destruction, and Death: The Graveyard of the Atlantic
 Saving Lives on a Treacherous Coast
 Saving Lives with Light: Lighthouse Keepers
 
Chapter 7: Commerce and Tourism
 "Red and White" Commerce: 155 Years and Counting
 The “Flipper” Factory 
 Beach Cottages of Old Nags Head: Unpainted Upper Crust
 More Old Houses and Old Money: Wilmington and Beyond
 Portsmouth Island: Bugs, Fish, and Heathens
 Buffalo City: Good Water, Good Wood, Good Whiskey, Good-Bye
 
Chapter 8: Planes, Piers, and Boats
 More than Sand and Wind: The Bankers’ Connection to the Wright Brothers
 The North Carolina Ferry System: Lifeline for Thousands
 The Carolina Flare and the Long Tradition of Boatbuilding
 Liberty City: Ugly Ducklings and the Mothball Fleet
 Piers: Another Legacy Lost
 
Chapter 9 – Controversy, Conflict, and Water Access 
 Disputed Lands and Waters
 Water Access: Drawing Lines in the Sand
 
Chapter 10 – Cape Hatteras National Seashore and Recreation Area: The Long
(Winding,  Confusing, and Difficult) Road from Idea to Reality
 Early Concepts and Initial Government Involvement
 Establishment of the Park and the First Seashore Commission
 World War II-Era Developments
 A New Social Contract
 The Seashore Park Becomes a Reality
 
Chapter 11 – Trying to Fish
 Bluefish, Bluefin, and the Blues
 The Unwinnable Battle for the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
 North Carolina’s Menhaden: The Unsavory Smell of Success
 
Chapter 12 – Plovers, Politics, and Plutocrats
 Surf Fishers
 Little Birds on the Beach
 Plover Politics
 Mixed Results
 
Chapter 13 – Legacy of Black North Carolinians on the Coast 
 The Roanoke Freedman’s Colony
 The 1898 Wilmington Coup d’Etat
 Black Resorts, Beaches, and New Music
 Beaufort’s 21st Century Land Grab
 
Chapter 14 – To Build or Not to Build
 The Saga of the Bonner and Mid-Currituck Bridges
 The Megaport Project: Unveil or Unload?
 Nutmeg: A Tasty Spice or a Just a Bad Idea?
 Rockets, Fuel, Oil, and Gas: Odd Coastal Cousins
 Beach “Nourishment”
 
Chapter 15: On the Horizon
 Global Warming and Sea Level Rise
 Scientific Initiatives to Measure Sea Level and Coastal Changes
 The Horizon
 
Appendix: NC DOT Maps of the North Carolina Coast
Bibliography
Acknowledgements