Our family, its history, their boats : six generations of boat builders in Dare County / by LeVern Davis Parker.
| Author/creator | Parker, LeVern Davis author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Manteo, N.C. : One Boat, Inc., [2022] |
| Copyright Date | ©2022 |
| Description | 172 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 29 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Our Family -- The Creefs -- Creef Sharpie/Bugeye the Hattie Creef -- early ideas for race boats, grand pop's Dodger -- Uncle Hub's Miss Manteo and Miss Manteo II -- The Davis family -- Dad and Uncle Buddy's first boats: Pat I, Pat II, Pat III; 1930's-1940's -- Manteo Boat Building Company; World War II: 1941-1945 -- The race boats still on the water: Peggy (70-E) to Me2? (78-E); 1940's-1960's -- race boat the most feared of class Es; The Vaughn Francis E-137; 1952-1962 -- The boat with many names; Miss you (E-11), Hard Times (E-12-S), Gunsmoke (E-12-S) -- Russ liked to race with the hull airborne; Rock-A-Bye IV (E-10) -- The Rebel Rouser and the Trice Ann; (E-11), (E-111) -- The last of the Davis hulls racing from Hampton, Virginia; race boat The Miss Bee Bee (E-4), later Miss Amy D -- other race boats and a summary -- Davis Runabouts; 1945-1960 -- Carolina Flare Sportsfishers; Carson Ralph Davis, Jr. (Buddy Davis) -- Generations five and six; Carson Wade Davis, Gabriel Watson Davis, Cullen Davis Malarney -- Robert H. "Bobby" Brown; Catch-22 (S-22) hydroplane -- Post script. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-171) and index |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | NC Reference | VM139 .P375 2022 | ✔ Available | |
| Joyner | NC Reference | VM139 .P375 2022 | ✔ Available |