35991

Gray, Tilman

His life didn’t include authorship until he was eighty-three. As if to make up for lost writing time, he has published The Kinnakeeter, and while still engaged in Sunday School teaching, he has started his second book, Isle of Paradise (about Hatteras Island). The careers that occupied his life before writing were teacher, fisherman, wholesale merchant, and co-owner of a seaweed business (he and his father were the first to bring this type of business to Hatteras Island).

Sea Chest (NoCar F 262 D2 S42), Vol. 3 Issue 3, July 1976, p60-61

Authors, North Carolina; Writers--North Carolina, Eastern; Hatteras Island--History; Hatteras Island--Social life and customs; Williams, Charlie, II; Seaweed business--Hatteras Island

36000

Gray, Tilman; Fagley, Randy; Willis, Tony

Boat building was described by way of steps such as chime plank cutting and bending the sides of the boat and parts such as transom, keel, ribs, bow stem, bottom, and washboards. Accompanying the textual description were pictures of these parts. Included were pictures of the steps in the boat building process such as bending the boat sides and cutting chime plank.

Sea Chest (NoCar F 262 D2 S42), Vol. 4 Issue 3, Spring 1978, p

Boats and boating; Boats and boatbuilding--North Carolina, Eastern; Boats and boating, Traditional--North Carolina; Hatteras Island--History; Hatteras Island--Social life and customs; Outer Banks; Outer Banks--History; Outer Banks--Culture