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Author:   Brandon Fullam
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.381kg
ISBN:  

9781476686431

ISBN 10:   1476686432
Pages:   205
Publication Date:   02 November 2021
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface Introduction Part One—The Dare Stones 1. The Fascinating Chowan River Stone 2. Ask and it shall be given to you: Stones #2–#24 3. Cheaper by the Dozen: Stones #25–48 4. Enter Boyden Sparks 5. The Shifting Tide of Opinion: 1937–Present Part Two—The Evidence 6. Historical Hoaxes and the “Preponderance of Evidence” 7. The Physical and Orthographic Evidence 8. The Conclusive Evidence Part Three—The Suspects 9. Persons of Interest 10. The Perpetrators: “Captain” Jack DeLysle 11. The Perpetrators: L.E. Hammond 12. The Perpetrators: Herbert M. Dove 13. Concluding Comments and Observations on the Chowan River Stone Hoax Part Four—Postscript 14. Reassessing Lost Colony Theories Appendix A. Correspondence and Documents Relating to L.E. Hammond Appendix B. The 48 Dare Stones Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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Retired educator Brandon Fullam has been researching and writing for over a decade about England’s first attempts to establish a permanent colony in present-day North Carolina. Much of his work has focused on the disappearance of what has become known as the 1587 Lost Colony. He has published two previous books on this topic. His work has also appeared in Lost Colony Research Group and Sampson County Historical Society publications. He is a member of the Virginia Historical Society and the Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia and lives in Midlothian, Virginia.

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