{"title":"David Stick","description":"David Stick, who lives on the Outer Banks, is the author of Graveyard of the Atlantic and The Outer Banks of North Carolina.","products":[{"product_id":"roanoke-island-the-beginnings-of-english-america-paperback","title":"Roanoke Island: The Beginnings of English America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWell before the Jamestown settlers first sighted the Chesapeake Bay or the \u003ci\u003eMayflower\u003c\/i\u003e reached the coast of Massachusetts, the first English colony in America was established on Roanoke Island. David Stick tells the story of that fascinating period in North Carolina's past, from the first expedition sent out by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584 to the mysterious disappearance of what has become known as the lost colony.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncluded in the colorful cast of characters are the renowned Elizabethans Sir Francis Drake and Sir Richard Grenville; the Indian Manteo, who received the first Protestant baptism in the New World; and Virginia Dare, the first child born of English parents in America. \u003ci\u003eRoanoke Island\u003c\/i\u003e narrates the daily affairs as well as the perils that the colonists experienced, including their relationships with the Roanoacs, Croatoans, and the other Indian tribes. Stick shows that the Indians living in northeastern North Carolina -- so often described by the colonists as savages -- had actually developed very well organized social patterns.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe fate of the colonists left on Roanoke Island by John White in 1587 is a mystery that continues to haunt historians. A relief ship sent in 1590 found that the settlers had vanished. Stick makes available all of the evidence on which historians over the centuries have based their conjectures. Methodically reconstructing the facts -- and exposing the hoaxes -- he invites readers to draw their own conclusions concerning what happened.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploring the significance of that first English settlement in the New World, Stick concludes that speculation over the fate of the lost colony has overshadowed the more important fact that the Roanoke Island colonization effort helped prepare for the successful settlement of Jamestown two decades later. \"Had it been otherwise,\" he contends, \" those of us living here today might well be speaking Spanish instead of English.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe four hundredth anniversary of the exploration and settlement of what came to be called North Carolina occurred in 1984. For that occasion, America's Four Hundredth Anniversary Committee commissioned this factual and readable history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoanoke Island narrates the daily affairs as well as the perils that he colonists experienced, including their relationships with the Roanoacs, Croatoans, and other Indian tribes. Stick shows that the Indians living in northwestern North Carolina--so often described by the colonists as savages--had actually developed very well-organized social patterns.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51366205423839,"sku":"9780807841105","price":24.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/iRHZAc7YQR9780807841105.webp?v=1789087971"},{"product_id":"graveyard-of-the-atlantic-shipwrecks-of-the-north-carolina-coast-paperback","title":"Graveyard of the Atlantic: Shipwrecks of the North Carolina Coast - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a factual account, written in the pace of fiction, of hundreds of dramatic losses, heroic rescues, and violent adventures at the stormy meeting place of northern and southern winds and waters -- the Graveyard of the Atlantic off the Outer Banks of North Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51366207520991,"sku":"9780807842614","price":28.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Qy0-a4sNuw9780807842614.webp?v=1789087985"},{"product_id":"the-outer-banks-of-north-carolina-1584-1958-paperback","title":"The Outer Banks of North Carolina, 1584-1958 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Outer Banks have long been of interest to geologists, historians, linguists, sportsmen, and beachcombers. This long series of low, narrow, sandy islands stretches along the North Carolina coast for more than 175 miles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere on Roanoke Island in the 1580s, the first English colony in the New World was established. It vanished soon after, becoming the famous \"lost colony.\" At Ocracoke, in 1718, the pirate Blackbeard was killed; at Hatteras Inlet and Roanoke Island important Civil War battles were fought; at Kitty Hawk and Kill Devil Hills the Wright brothers experimented with gliders and in 1903 made their epic flight. The Graveyard of the Atlantic, scene of countless shipwrecks, lies all along the ever-shifting shores of the Banks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the fascinating story of the Banks and the Bankers; of whalers, stockmen, lifesavers, wreckers, boatmen, and fishermen; of the constantly changing inlets famous for channel bass fishing; and of the once thriving Diamond City that disappeared completely in a three-year period.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51366208798943,"sku":"9780807842775","price":33.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/cPHEkBVrHu9780807842775.webp?v=1789087991"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/david-stick.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}