New!
The Inner Islands
by
Bland Simpson
photography by
Ann Cary Simpson

The fifth in a series of books by Simpson examining the natural and human history of the region, The Inner Islands presents Simpson's signature reportage on territory often bypassed by tourists and scholars alike.
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The Inner Islands reviews

(Raleigh) News & Observer "Carolina's Enchanted Isles" by Janet Lembke
"Simpson has a gift for painting vivid verbal pictures that help us see what he does, and our vision is made even clearer by the fine photographs by his wife, Ann Cary Simpson." ...more

Charlotte Observer "A loving journey through N.C.'s inner islands: Prose and photos provide tour of islands that dot state's sounds" by Jack Betts ...more

Creative Loafing (Charlotte): "Island Hopping Exploring the North Carolina Coast" by Ann Wicker ...more

(Durham) Independent Weekly "Down East Rambler - Bland Simpson captures the vanishing heritage of the sound country" by Kirk Ross ...more

The Pilot.com "New Book: Bland and Ann Cary Simpson Come to Weymouth" by Stephen Smith ...more

DailyAdvance.com "Love
letters to the sound country" by Robert Kelly-Goss ...more

Winston-Salem Journal "Lost Carolina islands are restored by crisp photos and text" by David Rolfe ...more

Ghost Ship of Diamond Shoals
The Mystery of the Carroll A. Deering

Now in paperback!

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What columnists are saying about Ghost Ship...

"Parallel 44 - The Ghost Ship from Maine" by Colin Woodward, The Working Waterfront Web Edition

"North Carolina's unsolved mystery," by Louis D. Rubin, Jr., Raleigh News & Observer

"Ghost Ship off The Outer Banks," Town Dock

Ghost ship's brass bell to ring in talk about 1921 mystery

"The Story Within the Details" by David E. Brown, UNC '75

The Mystery of Beautiful Nell Cropsey
A Nonfiction Novel

by Bland Simpson

Winner of the 1995 Historical Fiction Award, North Carolina Society of Historians

Produced on stage in
Carolina Jamboree

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Into the Sound Country
by
Bland Simpson
and
Ann Cary Simpson

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