Resources from the NCLBPH Collection
DB12780 The Money Pit: The story of Oak Island and the World's Greatest Treasure Hunt, by D'Arcy O'Connor
Relates the colorful history of a baffling mystery that began in 1795 when a teenage boy discovered a vast labyrinth of underground tunnels and chambers off the coast of Nova Scotia. Who built this maze--when, why, and how--is unknown, although the author speculates that it might have been Spanish looters burying Mayan and Indian treasures.
DBC06104 Literacy Trails of Eastern North Carolina: A Guidebook, by Georgann Eubanks
This concluding volume of the Literary Trails of North Carolina trilogy takes readers into an ancient land of pale sand, dense forests and expansive bays, through towns older than our country and rich in cultural traditions. Here, writers reveal lives long tied to the land and regularly troubled by storms and tell tales of hardship, hard work and freedom. 18 tours lead readers from Raleigh to the Dismal Swamp, the Outer Banks and across the Sandhills as they explore the region's connections to over 250 writers of fiction, poetry, plays and creative nonfiction. Along the way, Georgann Eubanks brings to life the state's rich literary heritage as she explores these writers' connection to place and reveals the region's vibrant local culture. Featured authors include A.R. Ammons, Gerald Barrax, Charles Chesnutt, Clyde Edgerton, Philip Gerard, Kaye Gibbons, Harriet Jacobs, Jill McCorkle, Michael Parker and Bland Simpson.
Information on Oak Island and Nova Scotia, Online Resources
The Canadian Encyclopedia: Oak Island, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/oak-island
Nova Scotia Museum: https://museum.novascotia.ca/
Oak Island Money Pit and Geology, Online Resources
Steven Aitken, PHD (geologist): Simplified Geology of Oak Island, https://stevenaitken3.wixsite.com/scientific-facts/simplified-geology-of-oak-island
University of Calgary: What the Curse of Oak Island is teaching us about treasures (blog, March 23, 2021), https://www.ucalgary.ca/news/what-curse-oak-island-teaching-us-about-treasures
Captain William Kidd and Pirates, Online Resources
Britannica: William Kidd, English Pirate, https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Kidd
Smithsonian Magazine: ‘Captain Kidd’s Treasure’ Has Finally Been Discovered (May 8, 2015), https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/captain-kidds-treasure-has-been-discovered-deep-180955214/
The National Archives (UK): A rough deal for Captain Kidd (blog March 3, 2020), https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/rough-deal-for-captain-kidd/
Pirates, Online Resources
Royal Museums Greenwich: The life and times of a pirate (includes text, video, and audio), https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/what-do-pirates-do
North Carolina Pirates, Buried Treasure and Archaeology Online Resources
NCpedia.org, North Carolina’s online encyclopedia
- Pirates, https://www.ncpedia.org/pirates
- Blackbeard the Pirate, https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/blackbeard-the-pirate
- Stede Bonnet, https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/bonnet-stede
- Underwater Archaeology (mutli-part article), https://www.ncpedia.org/archaeology-part-4-underwater
Queen Anne’s Revenge Project, North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources: website devoted to sharing the history and discovery of Blackbeard’s flagship off the coast of North Carolina and its artifacts, https://www.qaronline.org/
Ancient North Carolinians, Virtual Museum of North Carolina Archaeology, UNC-Chapel Hill: Queen Anne’s Revenge, https://ancientnc.web.unc.edu/exhibits/shipwrecks/queen-annes-revenge/
eBooks (from NC LIVE):
Stephen Johnson, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Sunken Ships and Treasures (Penguin Group, 2000). https://bit.ly/2X6mPsZ
Charles R. Ewen and Russell K. Skowronek, Pieces of Eight: More Archaeology of Piracy (University Press of Florida, 2016). https://bit.ly/3s3iVfW
Audiobook (from Hoopla on NC LIVE)
Joy A. Steele and Gordon Fader, Oak Island Mystery: Solved. (Nimbus Publishing, 2020). https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/13893859
Print Book
Joy A. Steele, Oak Island Mystery: Solved. (Nimbus Publishing, 2020). http://cbup.ca/books/oak-island-mystery-solved/
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