Cape Hatteras Chronicles is a series of historical fiction books focusing on the Outer Banks of North Carolina and the surrounding mainland. Each book has been published previously. These novels are now being brought together as a freshly redesigned collection to offer the contemporary reader a glimpse of life on the North Carolina coast in days gone by. Remote doesn't begin to describe Cape Hatteras, the island off the coast of North Carolina, where Mariah has taken a teaching job. Murfreesboro is not that far, as ...
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Cape Hatteras Chronicles is a series of historical fiction books focusing on the Outer Banks of North Carolina and the surrounding mainland. Each book has been published previously. These novels are now being brought together as a freshly redesigned collection to offer the contemporary reader a glimpse of life on the North Carolina coast in days gone by. Remote doesn't begin to describe Cape Hatteras, the island off the coast of North Carolina, where Mariah has taken a teaching job. Murfreesboro is not that far, as the crow flies, from Hatteras Island. But in the late 1800s the trip means a train ride, followed by several boat rides. And the windswept island might as well be on another continent as far as the culture goes. The accent sounds like another language and the lack of electricity makes the night sky light up with stars as if it were a planetarium. For all the rugged discomfort, Mariah is soon charmed by the locals. Walking the sand paths becomes a pleasant way to explore the village. The ocean turns out to be far less frightening when the pounding waves lie down. Wading in the clear water is a cool balm on beastly hot days . Return to the days when the majestic Cape Hatteras Light was fueled by kerosene, hauled up the 268 steps in 5 gallon containers. When storm tides regularly washed over the flats and inundated houses. Where animals were fenced out, not in, and wild ponies roamed free. Bronwyn Williams is the shared pen name of two sisters, Dixie Burrus Browning and Mary Burrus Williams. Descended from two lighthouse keepers and one pirate, these ninth generation Outer Banks natives grew up steeped in seafaring traditions. Their historical fiction lets the reader experience life on a barrier island as it was in the days of their grandparents and great grandparents
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On the death of Mariah Deekins' wealthy parents in a double drowning, she has become penniless and shunned by her community. Eventually, she finds a job as a schoolteacher in an isolated area near Cape Hatteras. Ashamed of her situation, Mariah uses her mother's maiden name and says she is a widow.
The author did a marvelous job describing the odious Maxwell Newbolt; a person who proves the 'Peter Principle ("The Peter Principle is based on the notion that employees will get promoted as long as they are competent, but at some point will fail to get promoted beyond a certain job because it has become too challenging for them. Employees rise to their level of incompetence and stay there." - Investopedia) Newbolt is a pompous little tyrant who is 'magistrate' of the community and the person who hires Mariah.
The Lightkeeper, Waite McKenna, is horrified that another woman has been hired (each woman teacher has been married within weeks of arriving) and predicts Mariah won't last 3 weeks. For someone who is angry with a woman teacher, Waite spends way too much time with her. This book is just too predictable.
