DAVID BENDER HISTORY OCEAN ISLE BEACH NC 2009 SIGNED BOTH AUTHORS 1ST ED FINE

by Fred R. David; Vern J. Bender

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BOOKSELLER · THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA The History of Ocean Isle Beach From Prehistory to Today Fred R. David & Vern J. Bender · Donning Company Publishers, 2009 SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS LIMITED TO 1,500 COPIES FULL COLOR COFFEE TABLE FORMAT Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina sits at the southern end of Brunswick County's barrier islands, a few miles from the South Carolina state line. It is one of the quieter and more loyal of the Brunswick beaches — a place where families have been coming back for decades, where property ownership passes between generations, and where the local history runs deep beneath the sand. Fred R. David is a native of Whiteville, NC, a college professor, historian, and longtime Ocean Isle resident who owned and operated a charter fishing boat there for nearly two decades. Vern J. Bender has been an Ocean Isle property owner since 1979 and serves as the island's local historian. Both are scuba divers and saltwater fishermen. They wrote this book because they knew the history and believed it deserved to be preserved in print. The history they found is richer than most visitors suspect. Cape Fear Indians occupied this coastline for thousands of years before European contact. Verrazano sailed past in 1524. Spanish conquistadors followed. The colonial period brought large plantations, including the Gause Plantation whose history and enigmatic tomb the authors have researched extensively. The area produced Revolutionary War fighters, dueling grounds, salt m

• Publisher: Donning Company Publishers
• Year: 2009
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781578645558

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