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Hurricane Izzy starts innocently enough as a tropical wave off the coast of Africa. She quickly gains strength and speed as she fights her way across the Atlantic on a direct path to North Carolina's Outer Banks. ItÕs also a story of man losing his dog and girl prior to the storm. The story keeps track of all 3 during the hurricane.
"The world loves Sheriff Andy Taylor. Yet the actor who played him was intensely private. Here, for the first time, is the real Andy Griffith, his career and life defined by the island that made him in the years soon after World War II. He achieved his artistic breakthrough while acting in The Lost Colony drama on Roanoke Island, then spent the rest of his life repaying the island for giving him that start. Here, in unique closeup, is Andy of Manteo, reveling in wild, watery and loving ways with his fellow islanders." --Amazon.com
This is a story of a man looking for his family's identity. His mother and father are both gone and Edward, the story's main character, realizes that life has gotten in the way from knowing his family's history. The story takes Edward to some extraordinary places where he meets some extraordinary people, all while in search of answers to his questions.My love of the Outer Banks continues in this novel. Part of the setting takes place at a fictional magazine office and a house in Nags Head. The other part of the story takes place in Bath, North Carolina, the former home of the notorious Blackbeard the pirate.Fans of the Outer Banks will recognize the places in the story. Likewise those in Bath.
On the February 2, 1960, episode of The Danny Thomas Show, entertainer Danny Williams (Danny Thomas) is arrested for a traffic violation by a small-town sheriff named Andy Taylor, played by a good-natured Southern actor named Andy Griffith. Thus was born one of the most popular television shows of the 1960s--The Andy Griffith Show. From the time it officially debuted in October 1960, The Andy Griffith Show was a perennial favorite on CBS, finishing its eight-year run as the top-rated show on television. It also produced some of the most remembered characters (Andy, Opie, Aunt Bee, and Barney Fife) of the era. Each of the show's 249 episodes is fully detailed here, including air dates, cast and production personnel, guest stars, and a bevy of facts about that particular episode. The 1986 television movie Return to Mayberry is covered in detail. Brief biographies of the show's major stars, producers, directors and writers are also provided.
On a sunny spring day, in an ordinary suburban kitchen, the phone rings. There’s been an accident. In one heartbeat, a family’s life is changed forever. After her husband, Hugh, is hit by a car while riding his bicycle, Rosemary Rawlins is plunged into twelve months of marathon caregiving, without the promise of a positive outcome. She works herself to the point of exhaustion to bring her grievously injured husband—who suffered a traumatic brain injury, necessitating the removal of half his skull—back home and back to himself. Then, as he slowly begins to reclaim his life, Rosemary falls apart. She can't sleep. Her heart pounds. Her joy and trust in the world dissolve into endless an...
Brower focuses on the 79 Andy Griffith Show episodes written by Harvey Bullock, Everett Greenbaum, Sam Bobrick, and their partners.
Presents photographs of the cast, crew, and set of the popular television program.
As the wounds of the Civil War are just beginning to heal, one fateful summer would forever alter the course of a young girl’s life. In 1868, on the barren shores of post-war Outer Banks North Carolina, the once wealthy Sinclair family moves for the summer to one of the first cottages on the ocean side of the resort village of Nags Head. Seventeen-year-old Abigail is beautiful, book-smart, but sheltered by her plantation life and hemmed-in by her emotionally distant family. To make good use of time, she is encouraged by her family to teach her father’s fishing guide, the good-natured but penniless Benjamin Whimble, how to read and write. And in a twist of fate unforeseen by anyone around...
Are you a fan of The Andy Griffith Show? If so, then this is the book for you! 1,500 trivia questions about this classic TV show will provide hours of entertainment. The answers are provided on the flip side of the questions. Scott Hopkins and Tom Perry's Laurel Hill Publishing invite you to return to a simpler time in Mayberry.