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Five Best Books Regarding The Outer Banks
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1 The Wright Brothers, by David McCullough. Not fully set on the Outer Banks, this book will give you greater appreciation if you tour the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills. Excellent history and insight.
2 Between Tides, by Angel Khoury. Loosely based on a story the author stumbled upon, Between Tides is poetically written and weaves a compelling love story on the Outer Banks around the early 20th Century.
3 The Lost Colony Murder on the Outer Banks: Seeking Justice for Brenda Joyce Holland, by John Railey. This real life murder mystery turned a quiet Manteo upside down in 1967.
4 Logs and Moonshine: Tales of Buffalo City, by Suzanne Tate. A quick read, this is an oral history of a small logging village, now ghost town, in Dare County. Former residents describe what it was like living in this logging camp around 1930.
5 “Everyone Helped His Neighbor”: Memories of Nags Head Woods, by Lu Ann Jones and Amy Glass. A fascinating book using oral history from former residents. From pre-Civil War to the 1950’s Nags Head Woods was home to a tight community of Outer Bankers living off the land.
