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The authors examine the lessons that North Carolina's Outer Banks have to teach anyone seeking to understand the natural and human dynamics of America's threatened barrier islands. Only in recent years have scientists begun to understand how the Banks were formed and how they continue to be shaped by an unusual confluence of ocean currents, wave action, winds, and sand. 27 maps and illustrations.
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This is a guidebook to be taken along when exploring this fragile place that deserves to be preserved.
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Leaves the reader with a clear sense of place and an understanding of the forces of wind and water.
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This fine book paints a distinct portrait of a delicate ecosystem and how humans have forever affected it.
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A beautifully drawn picture of 'the resiliency and self-correcting mechanism of the natural order' at work on the Outer Banks.
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This book provides gentle yet informative reading to round out a portrait of the Outer Banks.
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John Alexander has worked as a journalist and is now president of the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, North Carolina.||James Lazell is president of The Conservation Agency and lives in Jamestown, Rhode Island
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- PublisherWorkman Publishing
- Publication date1992
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- ISBN 13 9780945575320
- BindingHardcover
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- Number of pages238
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