More recently, Stick embarked on another project, searching for the
most captivating and best-written examples of what others have said
about his beloved Outer Banks. In the process, more than 1,000
books, pamphlets, periodicals, historical documents, and other
writings were reviewed.
The result is a rich and fascinating anthology. The selections in
An Outer Banks Reader span the course of more than four and
a half centuries, from the first known record of a meeting between
Europeans and Native Americans in the region in 1524 to modern-day
accounts of life on the Outer Banks. Together, Stick hopes, the
sixty-four entries may provide both "outlanders" and natives with
an understanding of why the Outer Banks are home to a rapidly
growing number of people who would rather spend the rest of their
lives there than any place else on earth.