Graveyard of the Atlantic
Subtitle: Shipwrecks of the North Carolina Coast
Contributors: Frank Stick (Illustrator)
Edition: 18th Printing edition
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: August 1, 1985
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780807806227
Subjects: American history; United States - General; History: American; History; History - General History; USA; World - General; Maritime History; Sailing - Narratives
First sentence: YOU CAN STAND on Cape Point at Hatteras on a stormy day and watch two oceans come together in an awesome display of savage fury; for there at the Point the northbound Gulf Stream and the cold currents coming down from the Arctic run head-on into each other, tossing their spumy spray a hundred feet or better into the air and dropping sand and shells and sea life are at the point of impact.