Ocracoke Lighthouse and The Old Salts

The $21.00 hardcover, which tells the definitive story of both the Ocracoke Lighthouse and the island’s seafaring men. The new book, published in an enhanced edition, is a companion volume to Cloud’s Portsmouth: The Way It Was, re-published last year in a similar edition. Ocracoke and the deserted Portsmouth once were sister villages on either side of Ocracoke Inlet. Cloud’s unparalleled research, little-known stories and own family tradition make Ocracoke Lighthouse and The Old Salts a must- read for any lover of the Outer Banks. First published 25 years ago as Ocracoke Lighthouse, Part 1 shares the history of the oldest lighthouse in North Carolina and the second oldest on the East Coast. Cloud also includes her personal story and that of a few public-spirited friends who engaged in the rollicking “Great Window Heist” to keep the historic light- house from being irreparably damaged by government officials. Part 2, first published as the award-winning Old Salt, introduces Ocracoke’