Ocracoke Island Map 7
Ocracoke Village Map 8
Preface 11
A Perplexing Dream 13
A Brief History of Ocracoke Island 22
Mrs. Godfrey's Ghost 30
The Two Guts 40
A Disembodied Head 49
Island Schoolhouses 54
Bunia Foster and the Ball of Light 57
The Ocracoke Lighthouse 63
Springer's Point 74

The Murder of Willis Williams 83
Fannie Pearl's Dream of Death 87
The Wreck of the Steamboat Home 92
Old Quawk 102
The Legacy of the Black Squall 105
Digging up Uncle Evans 113
Appendix I, Principal Characters 121
Appendix II, More About Schoolhouses 123
Appendix III, More About Springer's Point 131
Appendix IV, Author's Genealogy 135
Selected Bibliography 137
Acknowledgments 139