Record #:

5596

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

John Guthrie built his first boat in 1930 on Harkers Island. He was twelve. Since then, tradition and experience have created others, and the Guthrie Boat is well known. In 1993, he received a North Carolina Folk Heritage Award for continuing the Harkers Island boatbuilding tradition.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997, p73-74 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Boatbuilders--Harkers Island; Boats and boating--Harkers Island; Guthrie, John