The Battle For North Carolinas Coast

Author : Stanley R. Riggs
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 0807878073
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Battle for North Carolina's Coast written by Stanley R. Riggs and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2011-09-05 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The North Carolina barrier islands, a 325-mile-long string of narrow sand islands that forms the coast of North Carolina, are one of the most beloved areas to live and visit in the United States. However, extensive barrier island segments and their associated wetlands are in jeopardy. In The Battle for North Carolina's Coast, four experts on coastal dynamics examine issues that threaten this national treasure. According to the authors, the North Carolina barrier islands are not permanent. Rather, they are highly mobile piles of sand that are impacted by sea-level rise and major storms and hurricanes. Our present development and management policies for these changing islands are in direct conflict with their natural dynamics. Revealing the urgency of the environmental and economic problems facing coastal North Carolina, this essential book offers a hopeful vision for the coast's future if we are willing to adapt to the barriers' ongoing and natural processes. This will require a radical change in our thinking about development and new approaches to the way we visit and use the coast. Ultimately, we cannot afford to lose these unique and valuable islands of opportunity. This book is an urgent call to protect our coastal resources and preserve our coastal economy.

Author : Stanley R. Riggs
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Battle for North Carolina's Coast written by Stanley R. Riggs and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John G. Barrett
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 9780807845202
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Civil War in North Carolina written by John G. Barrett and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 1995-02-01 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven battles and seventy-three skirmishes were fought in North Carolina during the Civil War. Although the number of men involved in many of these engagements was comparatively small, the campaigns and battles themselves were crucial in the grand strate

Author : John Alexander
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 0945575327
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ribbon of Sand written by John Alexander and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the unique ecology of North Carolina's Outer Banks and discusses the unusual confluence of ocean currents and wind that continue to shape the islands

Author : Kevin P. Duffus
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781888285420
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War Zone written by Kevin P. Duffus and published by . This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Stephen Carbone
Publisher : North Carolina Division of Archives & History
ISBN 13 : 9780865262973
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Civil War in Coastal North Carolina written by John Stephen Carbone and published by North Carolina Division of Archives & History. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the impact the Civil War had on coastal North Carolina, describing the key battles that took place on the state's coast during the war.

Author : Marjoleine Kars
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807860379
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Breaking Loose Together written by Marjoleine Kars and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2003-04-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten years before the start of the American Revolution, backcountry settlers in the North Carolina Piedmont launched their own defiant bid for economic independence and political liberty. The Regulator Rebellion of 1766-71 pitted thousands of farmers, many of them religious radicals inspired by the Great Awakening, against political and economic elites who opposed the Regulators' proposed reforms. The conflict culminated on May 16, 1771, when a colonial militia defeated more than 2,000 armed farmers in a pitched battle near Hillsborough. At least 6,000 Regulators and sympathizers were forced to swear their allegiance to the government as the victorious troops undertook a punitive march through Regulator settlements. Seven farmers were hanged. Using sources that include diaries, church minutes, legal papers, and the richly detailed accounts of the Regulators themselves, Marjoleine Kars delves deeply into the world and ideology of free rural colonists. She examines the rebellion's economic, religious, and political roots and explores its legacy in North Carolina and beyond. The compelling story of the Regulator Rebellion reveals just how sharply elite and popular notions of independence differed on the eve of the Revolution.

Author : Hampton Newsome
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700630376
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fight for the Old North State written by Hampton Newsome and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a cold day in early January 1864, Robert E. Lee wrote to Confederate president Jefferson Davis "The time is at hand when, if an attempt can be made to capture the enemy's forces at New Berne, it should be done." Over the next few months, Lee's dispatch would precipitate a momentous series of events as the Confederates, threatened by a supply crisis and an emerging peace movement, sought to seize Federal bases in eastern North Carolina. This book tells the story of these operations—the late war Confederate resurgence in the Old North State. Using rail lines to rapidly consolidate their forces, the Confederates would attack the main Federal position at New Bern in February, raid the northeastern counties in March, hit the Union garrisons at Plymouth and Washington in late April, and conclude with another attempt at New Bern in early May. The expeditions would involve joint-service operations, as the Confederates looked to support their attacks with powerful, homegrown ironclad gunboats. These offensives in early 1864 would witness the failures and successes of southern commanders including George Pickett, James Cooke, and a young, aggressive North Carolinian named Robert Hoke. Likewise they would challenge the leadership of Union army and naval officers such as Benjamin Butler, John Peck, and Charles Flusser. Newsome does not neglect the broader context, revealing how these military events related to a contested gubernatorial election; the social transformations in the state brought on by the war; the execution of Union prisoners at Kinston; and the activities of North Carolina Unionists. Lee's January proposal triggered one of the last successful Confederate offensives. The Fight for the Old North State captures the full scope, as well as the dramatic details of this struggle for North Carolina.

Author : Stanley R. Riggs
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807834866
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Battle for North Carolina's Coast written by Stanley R. Riggs and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Battle for North Carolina's Coast: Evolutionary History, Present Crisis, and Vision for the Future

Author : Philip Gerard
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469602075
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Down the Wild Cape Fear written by Philip Gerard and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Down the Wild Cape Fear: A River Journey through the Heart of North Carolina