{"product_id":"ghost-ship-of-diamond-shoals-the-mystery-of-the-carroll-a-deering-9780807856178","title":"Ghost Ship of Diamond Shoals: The Mystery of the Carroll A. Deering","description":"In the misty dawn of January 31, 1921, a Coast Guardsman on watch at the Cape Hatteras Life-Saving Station sighted a mighty five-masted schooner, all sails set, wrecked on the treacherous Diamond Shoals. Rescuers rushed to the ship, but when they arrived they found the \u003ci\u003eCarroll A. Deering\u003c\/i\u003e deserted, with no trace of the captain, Willis B. Wormell, or the crew. When, several months later, a bottle was found on a nearby beach, purportedly containing a note from a crew member who ascribed the schooner's fate to its capture by pirates, a sensational panic in international shipping ensued. The captain's daughter successfully lobbied for a federal investigation, but months of inquiry failed to turn up either the missing crew or a reason for the ship's demise. To this day, the fate of the \u003ci\u003eDeering\u003c\/i\u003e has remained one of the greatest mysteries of maritime history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBland Simpson assembles the known facts into a compelling reconstruction of the \u003ci\u003eCarroll A. Deering\u003c\/i\u003e's final voyage and its baffling aftermath. Using contemporary sources including newspapers, FBI reports, ship's logs, and personal and official correspondence, he weaves together historical narrative with the voices of key participants in the drama. Simpson's haunting chronicle keeps the story of the \u003ci\u003eDeering\u003c\/i\u003e alive, an apt memorial to the ghost ship and its lost crew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe extraordinary wreck of a majestic ship, a mysteriously missing crew, a message in a bottle, the lost captain's determined daughter--these are all elements of a great sea yarn, and one that happens to be true. Bland Simpson weaves them together in this compelling nonfiction novel, his reconstruction of a ghost ship's final voyage in 1921 and its baffling aftermath. To this day, the fate of the \u003ci\u003eCarroll A. Deering\u003c\/i\u003e has remained one of the great mysteries of maritime history. Simpson's haunting chronicle keeps the story alive, an apt memorial to the ghost ship and its lost crew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSimpson, Bland:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Bland Simpson's books include \u003ci\u003eInto the Sound Country\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mystery of Beautiful Nell Cropsey\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Great Dismal\u003c\/i\u003e. A member of the Tony Award-winning Red Clay Ramblers, Simpson has collaborated on such musicals as \u003ci\u003eKing Mackerel \u0026amp; The Blues Are Running\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKudzu\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Broadway hit \u003ci\u003eFool Moon\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches creative writing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50556488417554,"sku":"9780807856178","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2a249c07-1e3c-4217-8979-0cc7b26614f8.jpg?v=1731755035","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ghost-ship-of-diamond-shoals-the-mystery-of-the-carroll-a-deering-9780807856178","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}