Synopses & Reviews
From the first colonization at Roanoke Island, the bizarre and inexplicable have shrouded the Tar Heel State. From history and legend, John Harden records ominous events that have shaped or colored state history.
Review
[A]n even score of those minglings of facts and fancy that constitute the legends of the state [of North Carolina].
New York Herald Tribune
Table of Contents
Contents
The Ghost Ship Mystery of Diamond Shoals
The Mysterious Death of Beautiful Nell Cropsey
A Treasure Ship off Wrightsville
The Vanishing of Peter Dromgoole
Death and a Strange Ring
The Story of the "Vera Cruz"
The Devil's Tramping Ground
The Plant That Was Lost for a Hundred Years
The Strange Hoof-Marks at Bath
The Lost Colony
The Legend of Theodosia Burr
The Peter Stuart Ney Mystery
The Odd Disappearance of a Sea Hero
A Shepherd of the Hills
The Brown Mountain Lights
Polly Williams, a Race Horse Mystery
The Strange Killer of Turkey Hollow
The Baffling Mountain Balds
The Missing Major
The Unknown Rhymster