Carteret County History and Genealogy:

A Postal History of Carteret County, by Charles Pitts  $35.00
Abstracts from Newspapers of Beaufort, NC: Notes from 1876 to 1893, compiled by Ellen Cloud $22.00
All New Cousin Shamus Dictionary: Down East wit and wisdom, by Sonny Williamson $ 7.00
The Atlantic Hotel in Beaufort, NC, by Virginia Doughton $ 9.95
Beaufort By The Sea: Memories of a Lifetime, by Neal Willis $14.95
Beaufort-by-the-Sea, Journey Back in Time, by Rick & Marcie Carroll  $24.95
Beaufort Scrapbook, by Nancy Russell  $15.00
Beaufort News—Obituaries (Vols. I, II, III, IV, V, VI); Essential for genealogists, compiled by B. Munson $25.00
Bells of Harlowe Creek: Genealogical study of the Bell family, by Dr. Robert Lewis $11.50
Bogue Banks -- a look back, by Jack Dudley  $45.00
Carteret County by Salsi/Eubanks  $19.95
Carteret County Cemetery Book Vol I  Beaufort and East, by Dr. Robert Lewis $55.00                  
Carteret County Cemetery Book  Vol  II Morehead City and West, by Dr. Robert Lewis  $55.00
Carteret County Cemetery Book Vols  I and II on CD, by Dr. Robert Lewis –  $20.00
Carteret County 1850 Census, compiled by Simpson & Taylor $29.95
Carteret County 1860 Federal Census, compiled by R. Sanders & CCHS $20.00
Carteret County 1870 Federal Census, compiled by R. Sanders & CCHS $25.00
Carteret County 1880 Federal Census, compiled by R. Sanders & CCHS $20.00
Carteret County 1900 Federal Census, compiled by R. Sanders & CCHS $20.00 on CD
Carteret County 1910 Federal Census, compiled by R. Sanders & CCHS $20.00 on CD
Carteret County 1920 Federal Census, compiled by R. Sanders & CCHS $35.00
Carteret County Court Minutes: 1723-1820 on CD $30.00
Carteret County During the American Revolution, by Jean Kell $25.00
Carteret County Marriage Bonds, compiled by Sharyn Guthrie $45.00
Carteret County Waterfowl Heritage, by Jack Dudley $40.00
Carteret County Wills, 1700-1880, compiled by Rebecca Sanders $25.00
Celebration Events of Sesquicentennial (includes train ride, parade, interviews)  2 DVD set  $5.00
Craven County Marriage Bonds, by Sharon Guthrie $40.00
Crystal Coast, The, by Salsi/Eubanks $19.95
Custom Records of Ocracoke: 1815 – 1816, compiled by Ellen Cloud $13.95
Decatur Gillikin, by History Committee  $9.95
Descendants of Capt. John Nelson, compiled by Hannah Beasley $50.00
Down East by Jack Dudley  $55.00
Early Carteret County Marriages: 1868 -1913 $45.00
Early Livestock Brands of Carteret County, compiled by Sharon Guthrie $ 6.95
Ebenezer Harker, Island Namesake, by Dr. Robert Lewis $7.00
From Whence We Came: Ocracoke Families, by Ellen Cloud $17.95
Fulchers of Carteret County, Doily Fulcher  $30.00
Fulfords of Carteret County, by Dr. Robert Lewis $20.00
Geraldine Oaksmith, by Dr. Robert Lewis $ 6.50
Heritage of Carteret County Vol. I , compiled by many local family historians and published in 1982. $40.00
Heritage of Carteret County Vol. II, compiled by many local family historians and published in 1984 $40.00
[Photos and histories of places, businesses, buildings and people during the past 100 years]
Historic Beaufort by Mamre Wilson     $19.99
History of Newspapers in Carteret County, by Ruth Barbour $2.50
Judgment Land Book I: Salter Path History, by Kay Stephens $14.95
Judgment Land Book II - Salter Path History by Kay Stephens $12.95
Kith and Kin, by Thelma Simpson & Rebecca Sanders $25.00
Kith and Kin Index $15.00
Landscapes by Jack Dudley - $49.50
Lawrences of Carteret County 1760-1920   $20.00
The Masons by William Mason $20.00
Once Upon A Time: Davis, NC, by Mable Murphy Piner $20.00
Ocracoke, Federal Census 1790-1910, compiled by Ellen Cloud $20.00
Open Grounds Then and Now: History of NC’s Largest Agricultural Enterprise, by Ruth Barbour $10.95
Pictorial Review of Morehead City, compiled by Morehead Woman’s Club $25.00
Porchscapes by Mary Warshaw - $50.00
Portsmouth, a walk in the Past by James White III - $21.95
Postcards from Morehead City 2-bk Set  - $14.95
Portsmouth Census, by Ellen Fulcher Cloud $17.95
Portsmouth Island - Outer Banks, Frances Eubanks $17.95
Portsmouth Island - the Memories of Nina Mann Dixon by James White III - $10.00
Portsmouth Island - Short Stories, Frances Eubanks $9.95
Portsmouth: Island With a Soul, Dorothy Bedwell $16.95
Portsmouth, The Way it Was by Ellen Cloud  $23.95
Richard Whitehurst Family, by Rebecca Sanders $20.00
Rodney Kemp’s Tales from the “Hood”, as told to Les Ewen $ 7.00
Shipwrecks of Ocracoke Island, by Sonny Williamson $14.95
Strengthened by the Storm, by Joel Hancock  $14.95
Tales of the Atlantic Hotel (soft cover), by Virginia Doughton $25.00
Twelve Historic Homes, by Joan Allen $ 2.00
Yesterday and Today, compiled by the Morehead City Woman’s Club $20.00

History:

A New Voyage to Carolina, by John Lawson $24.95
A Shadow in the Sea by J. Bunch $29.95
The Bill of Rights & North Carolina, by William Price, Jr. $ 4.00
Cecil Remembers Portsmouth, compiled by Ellen Fulcher Cloud $12.50
Great Stories of the American Revolution, by Webb Garrison $12.99
Growing Up Down East And Other True Stories, by Elmo Gaskill, Jr. $7.95
History Hammock House, Maurice Davis Normally - $6.25
Lifer USMC, George Cribbs - $11.25
Memories of the Navy and WW II    by  Linda Sadler  $9.95
Morehead, by John Motley: 1796-1996 $ 3.00
North Carolina and the War of 1812, by Sarah Lemmon $ 8.00
Roanoke Revisited, By Virginia Robertson $ 7.95
Revolutionary Patriots, by  Jean Day  $12.50
The Revolutionary War in Coastal NC, by Jean Day  Normally - $6.00
Sand in the Gears: How We Won WWII In Spite of Ourselves, by John B. Graham - $4.50
Ship Ashore! by Joe Mobley $10.00
South River by Dolly Carraway  $50.00
Stella: A Riverside Hamlet, by Sawyers $30.00
The Atlantic Turkey Shoot : U-Boats off Outer Banks, by J.T. Cheatham $ 9.95
Unsung Heroes of the Surf, by Sonny Williamson $10.95

The Civil War:

Arms & Equipment of the Civil War, by Jack Coogins $12.95
The Bronze, The Granite. by Robert Broadwater $ 4.00
Campfires & Campaigns of the Civil War, by Robert Broadwater $ 4.00
Cannons, An Introduction to Civil War Artillery, by Dean Thomas $ 6.95
Capt. Matthew Gooding, Blockade Runner, by S. Williamson $ 9.95
Carteret County During the Civil War, by Jean Kell $40.00
Civil War Artillery Projectiles, Melton & Pawl  $11.95
The Civil War Battlefield Guide, by Frances Kennedy $25.00
Civil War in the Carolinas, by Dan Morrill $32.95
Civil War Forts, by Victor Brooks Normally - $12.00
CSS Beaufort, by Sonny Williamson  $8.95
Daughters of the Cause, by Robert Broadwater $ 4.00
The Flags of the Confederacy, by Devereaux Cannon $20.00
Fort Anderson-Battle for Wilmington, by Chris Fonvielle $12.95
Fort Macon State Park by Cheryl Shelton-Roberts and Bruce Roberts $ 5.95
Letters from a NC Unionist  - $19.95
North Carolina’s Coming of the Civil War, by William Harris $ 8.00
Secret Weapons in Civil War, by Victor Brooks - $12.00
Ship versus Shore, by David Page $22.95
The Siege of Fort Macon, by Paul Branch  - $5.50
Southern Minds Under Union Rule – by Judkin Browning   $34.95
Touring the Carolinas Civil War Site, by Clint Johnson $19.95
Treasured Stories of Civil War, Dr. T. Zeiss  $5.95

Black History:

African Americans in North Carolina, by Crow, Escot & Hatley $17.95
Black Experience in Revolutionary North Carolina, by Jeffrey Crow $ 9.95
Desperate Deliverance, by Robert Broadwater $ 6.00
James City, by Joe Mobley $6.50
Recollections of My Slavery Days, by William H. Singleton $17.95
The Waterman’s Song, by David Cecelski $17.95

General Interest:

A Salter’s Path, by Bennett Moss $19.95
An Outer Banks Reader, by David Stick $18.95
Banker Ponies, by Jean Day $10.00
Beaufort: An Album of Memories, by Jack Dudley $47.95
Bloodlines of Shackleford Banks, by B.J. Montford $22.95
Bogue Banks, A Look Back, by Jack Dudley $45.00
Cape Lookout Lighthouse – illustrated Timeline – by Cheryl and Bruce Roberts  $6.95
Cape Lookout National Seashore, by Bruce and Cheryl Roberts $ 5.95
Coasts of Carolina -- Seaside to Sound, by Simpson and Taylor  $30.00
Craven County,  Lynn Salsi and Carmine Prioli $19.99
Eastern Coastal Birds by James Kavanaugh  $5.95
Eastern Seashore Life,  James Kavanaugh  $5.95
Ferries of North Carolina, Barbara Brannon  $16.95
Fight as Long As Possible, by Eric Lindblade    $15.95
Finding Birds in North Carolina, John Fussel  $5.25
Fish House Lies, by Sonny Williamson $ 7.00
Fisherman’s Guide: Fishes of South Eastern United States, by Charles Manooch  $39.95
Fossil and Vertebretes -- Paleontological Society   $7.95
Graveyard of the Atlantic, by David Stick $15.95
Guide to N.C. Historical Markers, NC Div. Of Archives and History $15.95
Hoi Tide on the Outer Banks, by Wolfram & Schilling – ESTES $18.95
Hurricane History, Jay Barnes $19.95
Icthyology and Otoliths, by Gail Bridges  $19.50
In Some Foreign Field, by L. Naisawald $12.00
Inner Islands, Bland Simpson  $34.95
The Island – Personal Impressions  by Dr. Chas R Davis   $24.95
Jumping Mullets and Collard Greens, by Sonny Williamson $9.95
Killer Storms, by Sonny Williamson $ 7.95
Life of the Eagle, by Richard L. Evans $19.95
Lighthouse Ghosts and Coastal Legends, by N.E. & Bruce Roberts $ 5.95
Lookout Adventure , by Sonny Williamston   $7.95
Maritime Reflections of Carteret County, by Sonny Williamson & Stephen Goodwin $14.50
Mattamuskeet & Ocracoke Waterfowl, by Jack Dudley $40.00
Menhaden Vessels and Their Captains, by Stephen Goodwin $12.50
Morehead City: A Walk Through Time, by Jack Dudley $44.95
Nature Guide to Carolina Coast, by Peter Meyer $13.95
North Carolina Lighthouses, C and B Roberts $ 5.95
Newport, by Jack Dudley $48.00
Ocracoke Album, by Jack Dudley $40.00
Ocracoke Lighthouse, by Ellen F. Cloud $10.00
Ocracokers, Alton Balance  $15.95
O’Neal, V.J. Puck  by Jody Lawrence   $11.95
Outer banks in Vintage Postcards, by Chris Kidder $19.99
Outhouses Along the White Oak, by Jack Dudley $19.95
Porchscapes  by Mary Warshaw - $50.00
Portsmouth Island, A Walk in the Past, by James White $21.95
Portsmouth, Island with a Soul, by Dorothy Bedwel $17.95
Quilt Memories by Nikki Galantis - $17.95
Remembering Back Yonder, by Romaine Willis  $17.50
Sailing with Grandpa, by Sonny Williamson $12.95
Sailing the Carolina Sounds, James  Cheatum  $10.95
School Mom of Portsmouth: Memories of Lucy Beacham Gilgo by James White III - $ 10.00
Seashells in my Pocket by Judith Hansen  $14.95
Seasoned by Salt, by Rodney Barfield  $19.95
South River by Dolly Carraway  $50.00
Stella: A Riverside Hamlet, by Lib Sawyers $30.00
Swansboro: A Pictorial Tribute, by Jack Dudley $24.95
The Island -- Personal Impressions, by Dr. Chas Davis  $24.95
The Short Happy life of Davey Monroe, by Richard L. Evans $19.95
Turning Back the Tide, by Ruth Barbour   - $6.00
USS North Carolina, by Joe Mobley $ 3.00
Waterways to the World, by Walter Turner  $15.00
Whaling on NC Coast, NC Div of Archives-History $6.00
When the Water Smokes  by Bob Simpson   $17.95
Wild Horses of Shackleford Banks, Carmine Prioli  $16.95
Wings: NC Waterfowling Traditions, by Jack Dudley $45.00

Cookbooks:

A Little Taste of Heaven (Since 1857) by MHC150 $24.95
Angel Food & Deviled Crab, compiled by Ann St. United Methodist Church $15.95
Blue Crabs: Catch ‘em Cook ‘em, by Peter Meyers $14.95
Chocolate Comfort, compiled by the Unitarian Coastal Fellowship $ 8.00
Choral Society 20th Anniversary Cookbook  by Crystal Coast Chorale  (with music CD)  $19.95
Civil War in the Kitchen, by Hugh and Judy Gowan $ 6.00
Cooking With Grandma, by Sonny Williamson $ 8.00
Grandma’s Favorite Crab Recipes, by Sonny Williamson $ 7.95

Poetry and Anthologies:

Carteret Love Song, by Gretchen Guthrie - $5.00
From a Golden Frame, by Hilda Simpson - $2.50
Lore & Lure of the Coastal Banks, by Billie Jean Huling  - $10.00
These Lovely Days, by Carol Hayman - $6.50
Ties that Bind, by Dora Jackson - $8.50
Tomorrow Today & Yesterday, by Pat Colenda - $4.00

Pirates:

Blackbeard and The Queen Anne’s Revenge  by Jean Day  $15.00
Blackbeard: Terror of the Seas, by Jean Day $10.00
Book of Pirates, edited by Postcards, USA   $5.95
Jolly Roger, by Patrick Pringle $12.95
Last Days of Blackbeard, by Kevin Duffus  $30.00
Pirates, by Bobbie Kalman $ 6.95
The Pirates of North Carolina, by Hugh Rankin $ 8.00
Pirates of Southern Coast , by Clunies & Roberts $ 5.95
The History of Pirates, by Angus Konstam  $19.95

Women:

Daughters of the Cause, by R. Broadwater $ 4.00
More Than Petticoats, by Scotti Kent $12.95
Mothers of Invention, Drew Faust  $24.95
Sea-Born Women, by B.J. Mountford $14.95
She Went to the Field, Bonnie Tsui  $14.95
Women in Civil War, by Douglas Savage  - $12.00
Women in the Wild Blue, by David Stallman $ 24.95

Young Adult Books:

A Lighthouse Adventure, by Mary Maden $ 5.95
A Sea Turtle Story, by Mary Maden $7.50
Beach Vacation Coloring Book, by Mary Maden $ 4.98
Beatitudes - $16.99
Ben and Emancipation Proclamation - $16.99
Ben's Flight South, by Ben Willis $13.95
Children’s Clothing of the 1800’s, by Schimpky & Kalman $ 9.95
Dolphin Adventure, The, by Mary Maden $ 6.95
Dolphins, by Bobbie Kalman  $5.95
Double Batch, by Ethel Little $ 4.00
Gallop!, B. Seder  $12.95
Ghost of a Chance, by Joan Carris  $ 8.95
Girls and Women, Kalman  $9.95
Great Manatee Rescue, The, by Mary Maden $ 6.95
Great Shark Adventure, The, by Mary Maden $ 6.95
Historical People For Young Learners, by Donna Mishler $ 5.95
Hurricane, Mary Maden  $5.95
Life in a Longhouse Village, by Kalman $ 8.95
Life On A Plantation, by Kalman $ 9.95
Little Turkle, Deborah Van Dyken  $14.95 
Nineteenth Century Clothing, by Kalman $ 9.95
Old Time Toys, by Kalman-Schimpky $ 9.95
Sharks, by Bobbie Kalman  $5.95
Shipwreck!, by Mary Maden $ 5.95
Taffy of Torpedo Junction, by N. Wechter $ 11.95
Tools & Gadgets, by Kalman $ 7.95
Wicked Water, by Joan Carris $ 8.95

Native Americans:

Indian Wars in North Carolina, NC Div Archives-History $10.00
Native Carolinians: Indians of NC, by Theda Perdue $ 8.50
Time Before History, UNC Press $21.95

Family Genealogies:

John Arthur, compiled by Dawn Eckhout $13.00 Sale $6.00
Kittrell Mundine, compiled by Dawn Eckhout $7.50 Sale $5.00
Frances Pigott, compiled by Dawn Eckhout $25.00 Sale $15.00

TO ORDER BOOKS: Telephone: (252) 247-7533, ext. 1 Fax: (252) 247-2756; E-mail : historyplace@starfishnet.com or write to: Carteret County Historical Society 1008 Arendell Street Morehead City, NC 28557. A 7.75% sales tax will be added to North Carolina residents. A minimum postage and handling charge of $ 7.00 will be added to all orders which require mailing. Members of the Society receive a 10% discount. Only Mastercard or Visa credit cards are accepted. Prices are subject to change without notice ( Revised January 2011

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