HATTERAS ISLAND: Keeper of the Outer Banks, 2nd Edition

AN OUTER BANKS CLASSIC, UPDATED, EXPANDED, AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. * * * The much-honored "Hatteras Island: Keeper of the Outer Banks," by award-winning coastal author Ray McAllister, features larger pages and photographs, as well as nearly 40 pages of new material. The release of the new edition marks the 10th anniversary of the original book. The second edition includes a new author preface and updating afterword, additional photographs, and a foreword by renowned author Philip Gerard. Each copy of the limited edition is signed by the author. * * * "Hatteras" Island shares the history, people and continuing allure of the remote island that has come to symbolize the Outer Banks. Here are stories of the famed lighthouse, the Lost Colony, Blackbeard and fellow pirates, German U-boat attacks, and both the first transmission of music and the receipt of the Titanic's distress call. Here are shipwrecks and hurricanes, the national seashore and Highway 12, the charming villages and the hardy people, and vacationers who love this island. * * * The 2nd edition adds stories of the new bridge to Hatteras, brutal hurricanes, the short-lived Shelly Island, and much more. Hatteras is, as the author says, "a conversation with an island." * * * "Hatteras," winner of the North Carolina Association of Historian's Willie Parker Peace History Book Award and the Readers Favorite Award, is available at most Outer Banks booksellers, selected North Carolina and Virginia stores, and online sellers, including the author's web site, www.RayMcAllister.com.