Ghost Ship of Diamond Shoals: The Mystery of the Carroll A. Deering

by Bland Simpson

Book Overview

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 Carroll A. Deering 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807856177
• ISBN13: 9780807856178
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.8"