Searching for Virginia Dare : On the Trail of the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island / Marjorie Hudson.
| Author/creator |
Hudson, Marjorie, 1953- author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Edition | Second edition. |
| Publication Info | Winston-Salem : Press 53, [2013] |
| Description | xvi, 193 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
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| Contents | Hudson's journeys map -- Timeline of significant events -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Searching for Virginia Dare -- Chapter 2: Stepping into the New World -- Chapter 3: The road to Manteo -- Chapter 4: In search of Rosebud -- Chapter 5: Legendary Roanoke -- Chapter 6: The poetry lady -- Chapter 7: In Greenville -- Chapter 8: What's in a name? -- Chapter 9: The road to Robeson -- Chapter 10: Back home -- Epilogue: Searching for Virginia Dare -- The search continues: new journeys, new explorations -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- About the author -- About the cover artist. |
| Abstract | In 1587 America's first English child was born in a remote island wilderness in North Carolina, then disappeared--along with 116 men, women, and children--leaving a cryptic message carved on a tree. More than four hundred years later, writer Marjorie Hudson, a newcomer to the South, resolved to find them. Hudson wanders the back roads, swamps, and Outer Banks of North Carolina and Virginia with a satchel of research notes, tracking clues to the fate of the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island. On the way, she asks scholars, archeologists, and ordinary people, "Whatever happened to Virginia Dare?" Amazed by abandoned farmhouses wrapped in kudzu, the Great Dismal Swamp "dripping with spotted snakes, " and the living nation of Lumbee Indians, Hudson unearths an epic story more complex and more deeply moving than she ever imagined, a story that helps define America and the South, as well as her own new life in North Carolina. In this new edition of a small classic of American history, Hudson spilss secrets of author road trips as well as fascinating new discoveries that may finally settle the question: whatever happened to Virginia Dare?--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-188). |
| LCCN | 2018303435 |
| ISBN | 9781935708872 |
| ISBN | 1935708872 |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | NC Reference | F229 .H86 2013 | ✔ Available |