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| Kevin Duffus |
His talk is
free and the public is invited.
Duffus will
use historical drawings and maps to present a wide-ranging discussion of North
Carolina’s colorful, five-century heritage of guiding mariners along its coast.
He will shed light on the earliest attempts to guide a ship ashore, and the
first known Carolina shipwreck.
He also will
outline the development of lighthouse technology and architecture, and talk
about times when the lighthouses were burned, blown up or battered, and when
lightships were sunk during wars and storms.
He’ll share
stories about roguish lighthouse keepers — including one accused of purposely
wrecking ships, and others who helped steal their own lenses.
Duffus, who
lives in Waynesville, is an award-winning author, researcher and filmmaker who
has made significant discoveries about North Carolina’s coastal history. He has
received a Peabody Award and an Edward R. Murrow Award among other honors.
His research
has led to the re-discovery of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse’s Fresnel lens and
to new understandings of the pirate Blackbeard, his crew, and the nature of his
treasure.
His books
include War Zone, World War II off the North Carolina Coast; The Last Days of Blackbeard the Pirate:
Within Every Legend Lies a Grain of Truth;
and The Lost Light: A Civil
War Mystery — The True Story of the Extraordinary Odyssey of the Cape
Hatteras Lighthouse 1854 Fresnel Lens.
Duffus’s
appearance is made possible by funding from the North Carolina Humanities
Council, a statewide non-profit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the
Humanities, and the Friends of the Library.
The library
is located at 201 Worth Street. For further information, call 336-318-6803.
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