Bodie Island Lighthouse - Its History & Restoration
Released June 2010
Recent winner of the prestigious Willie Parker Peace History Book Award

A 34-page full color publication that is interesting, enlightening, and enjoyable to look at.

Bruce and Cheryl have been involved with Bodie Island Light Station since 1994, and it is their favorite place in America. Over the years the authors have amassed photography, keepers' family interviews, and miles of archival documents to create this complete coverage of the three lighthouses that have guarded this area of the Graveyard of the Atlantic. This light station encompasses the entire history of the U.S. Lighthouse Service and continues to represent one of the nation's finest places for families and photographers alike to visit.

Recently The North Carolina Society of Historians, Inc. presented Cheryl Shelton-Roberts the prestigious Willie Parker Peace History Book Award for Bodie Island Lighthouse: Its History & Restoration and for the valuable contributions she has made toward the collection, preservation and perpetuation of North Carolina history. The ommittee wrote, “The last section of the book deals with the restoration of the lighthouse, including the irreplaceable Fresnel lens. The details of the restoration process were absolutely fascinating...so detailed and tedious but a very worthwhile effort. We thoroughly enjoyed reading this entry. It has appeal for historians, researchers, anybody interested in lighthouses in general, architects...the list goes on. It is a beautiful book that contains some truly valuable information about a structure that is a North
Carolina treasure. Extremely well done!”

$7.95

Illustrated Timeline of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse
Released August 2009

Construction of tall coastal lighthouses in North Carolina started at Cape Lookout over 150 years ago. The striking diagonal checkers, or diamonds, apllied in 1873, watch over Lookout Shoals, one of three capes on the state's perilous coastline called the Graveyard of the Atlantic. The Cape Lookout Light Station's history affords a glimpse at one of the most significant coastal areas in North America.

$5.95

Just Yesterday-North Carolina People and Places - Sorry, SOLD OUT!
Released October 2008

Bruce Roberts’ unique perspective records fascinating images of lighthouses and coastal scenes, farm workers toiling on family farms in the eastern Sand Hills, the Civil Rights movement, explosive urban growth in the Piedmont, and both the natural beauty of western mountains and the quiet dignity of that region’s people. Commentaries by Roberts enhance the reader’s experience of these timeless photographs. In “Just Yesterday,” 191 black-and-white and color photographs strike a chord of memory in all who consider North Carolina home. A must for any North Carolina native.

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$25.00

Lighthouse Ghosts: 13 Bonafide Apparitions Standing Watch Over America’s Shores

The mystic nature of lighthouses almost requires embodiment beyond its structure. And what could be more romantic and chilling than a haunting. Lighthouse Ghosts will satisfy your craving for the supernatural with 13 thrilling tales of lonely souls who continue to watch over America’s shores even after death. Paperback; 120 pages.
By Norma Elizabeth and Bruce Roberts.

$12.95
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Cape Hatteras: America's Lighthouse (Hardcover)

Today, this lighthouse has become the most recognized, most photographed, most painted, most read about, and most admired lighthouse in North America. One of the most daunting engineering tasks imaginable was undertaken to save it in 1999 by moving the tower 2,900 feet inland from its original site and away from the sea’s edge. This book commemorates the event and recalls the storied legacy and long history of America’s most famous lighthouse by telling the story with texture and depth about the people who have served here. ; Hard cover with dust jacket; 124 pages.
By Thomas Yocum, Bruce Roberts, and Cheryl Shelton-Roberts

$26.95

North Carolina Lighthouses - A Tribute of History and Hope (Hardcover)

For more than 200 years, North Carolina’s lighthouses have defined our lacy yet lethal coastline as sailors have worked to outsmart the impetuous shoals of the Graveyard of the Atlantic. This definitive book pays homage to these romantic signatures of our seafaring past. It is beautifully illustrated with than more than 100 color photographs in a breathtaking photographic celebration of the state’s historic lighthouses. 10 x 12 large book format, hard cover with dust jacket; 224 pages.
By Cheryl Shelton-Roberts and Bruce Roberts

$29.95
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Lighthouse Families (Paperback)

An American classic is now in paperback! Winner of the Foundation for Coast Guard History Award for its Lighthouse History category 2007 “...as a refreshing look at lighthouse history, covering a specific aspect of lighthouse life usually reserved for add-on chapters in books on the general topic…The book enriches the lore of the early years of today’s Coast Guard, and ensures the proud heritage of the Service will be better understood and known to a wide audience.” Cheryl Shelton-Roberts and photographer Bruce Roberts traveled to lighthouses all over America and recorded stories of sons and daughters of U.S. Lighthouse keepers. It is truly a one-of-a-kind read. Paperback; 210 pages.
By Cheryl Shelton-Roberts and Bruce Roberts.

$14.95

Southern Lighthouses: Outer Banks to Cape Florida 3rd Edition (Paperback)

Southern Lighthouses is the classic guide to the most significant lighthouses in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida. Through stirring historical accounts and classic color and archival photographs, the stories of more than 35 lighthouses come alive in vivid detail. It includes the dramatic move of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. Paperback; 88 pages.
By Bruce Roberts and Ray Jones

$12.95
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Mid-Atlantic Lighthouses: Hudson River to Chesapeake Bay (Paperback)

Mid-Atlantic Lighthouses is a fascinating guide to the most significant lighthouses from the Hudson River to the Chesapeake Bay including the nation’s oldest navigational aid, Sandy Hook Lighthouse. Through exciting historical accounts and beautiful color photographs, the stories of more than 60 lighthouses and their stalwart keepers come to life. From Montauk Point to Assateague Island, each light has its own engrossing tale about survival against the elements. Paperback; 95 pages.
By Bruce Roberts and Ray Jones.

$19.95

American Lighthouses: A Definitive Guide (Paperback)

Join lighthouse experts Bruce Roberts and Ray Jones on a tour of the beautiful and historic beacons that dot the coasts and lakes of the United States. This fully illustrated guidebook describes more than 500 lighthouses while detailing their history and architecture as well as providing information on visiting or viewing them. Before describing each light, the authors provide an engaging overview of lighthouse history with insights into lighthouse keepers and surprising facts about Fresnel lenses. Paperback; 294 pages.
By Bruce Roberts and Ray Jones

$19.95

Lighthouse Ghosts & Carolina Legends (Paperback)

In these pages, you will meet some of the enduring spirits who have survived death itself and continued to live on in lighthouses, forts, and keepers’ dwellings up and down the Carolina coast: long-retired-but-not-gone-keepers, a centuries-old Indian brave, a very lovely but very sad young woman, a little girl with a sharp eye for approaching storms, a young man determined to urge people to safety, a Civil War general, and a legendary seabird to name just a few.
By Norma Elizabeth and Bruce Roberts.

$5.95

Shipwrecks, Disasters, and Rescues of the Graveyard of the Atlantic and Cape Fear (Booklet)

This popular 20-page publication is back in print! It includes stories about Blackbeard’s flagship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge, the mystery of the Carroll A. Deering, ghost ship of Diamond Shoals, the demise of the Laura A. Barnes, and a dozen other intriguing shipwrecks. By Norma Elizabeth and Bruce Roberts.

$5.95

Pirates of the Southern Coast (Booklet)

A brief publication, yes, but it packs a wallop with the stories of the most infamous pirates to cruise and loot the coast stretching from Virginia to Florida. Pirates featured include Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet, “Black Sam” Bellamy, “Calico Jack” Rackham, Charles Van, Mary Read, and Anne Bonny plus never-discovered facts on each one.
By Sandra MacLean Clunies and Bruce Roberts.

$5.95

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North Carolina Lighthouses: A Guidebook for All Existing NC Lighthouses (Booklet)

(Available with a choice of a Cape Hatteras Lighthouse cover or a Cape Lookout Lighthouse cover)

Going beyond bricks and mortar, this 25-page booklet is chock full of beautiful photographs of all existing NC lighthouses plus write-ups on each one. You can find out how tall each lighthouse is, how many bricks were used to complete them, but you’ll also find stories about the men who built them as well as the families who staffed them during the days of the old U.S. Lighthouse Service.

There is a two-page summary of the “Lost Lights of NC,” which gives details about every light built on the NC coast and inland waters.
By Cheryl Shelton-Roberts and Bruce Roberts.

$5.95

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Cape Lookout National Seashore: Exploring the History & Wild Coastal Beauty (Booklet)

This Cape Lookout National Seashore is home for birds, turtles, and abundant sea life. Undeveloped and untouched by bridges, this seashore is a sanctuary of natural beauty that once visited will never be forgotten. This 25-page booklet includes the story of a maritime community, Portsmouth, which once thrived at the northern end of the park. Stories of the wild horses, the Cape Lookout Life-Saving Station, and the famous Cape Lookout Lighthouse are told in words and pictures at the request of the National Park Service.
By Cheryl Shelton-Roberts and Bruce Roberts.

$5.95

Moving Hatteras: Relocating the Cape Hatteras Light Station

In what some said was impossible, the move of the world’s tallest brick lighthouse was completed smoothly thanks to the movers’ expertise. Engineers knew to the hour when the mortar of its new foundation would dry and the lighthouse could be lowered to its new home. As Hurricanes Dennis and Floyd spun off the African coast, movers watched the storms as they tracked across the Atlantic and found themselves in a race for time. This brief publication was created by Cheryl Shelton-Roberts and illustrated by her husband, Bruce Roberts, as an interpretive guide during the move at the request of the National Park Service. The first edition was written in future tense and has been updated several times post-move, complete with aerials of the ongoing relocation project. An original painting at its centerspread illustrates the move track with the lighthouse “ready to roll.” It was a peak into the future and proved accurate in every detail.
By Cheryl Shelton-Roberts and Bruce Roberts.

$5.95

Fort Macon State Park::An Illustrated Guidebook
(Booklet)

This unique color guidebook includes a history of the fort, description of the two-day siege in 1862, and color photographs of casemate displays. There is also a section on the beautiful environment that abounds in birds, wildlife, and sea life. Surprisingly enough, there were two lighthouses at the fort and you can see what they looked like although they were destroyed before the siege battle more than 150 years ago.
By Cheryl Shelton-Roberts and Bruce Roberts with a brief history by Paul Branch.

$5.95

Cape Henry: First Landing First United States Lighthouse

At the very first meeting of Congress in 1789, President Washington asked the legislature to authorize building of the Cape Henry Lighthouse; thus, it was a lighthouse—not a courthouse or post office or fort—that was built by Congressional authorization. This made Cape Henry the first light to be paid for by the new nation. Another first had happened more than a century before when our first English settlers stepped ashore there. The settlers moved down to Jamestown, but a light still shines every night at Cape Henry. This booklet features a pullout timeline that showcases 400 years of events at Cape Henry.
By Norma Elizabeth and Bruce Roberts.

$5.95

South Carolina Lighthouses: Past and Present

Photographs, history, directions, and fascinating facts about S.C. lighthouses are all within this beautiful. brief publication. Included are the Ft. Sumter Lighthouse in Charleston Harbor and the leaning lighthouse of Cape Romain. A double map at its centerspread reveals the location of all S.C. lights including a timeline of building dates for each one.
By John Hairr.

$5.95

The Blue Ridge Parkway

To drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway is to travel along a scenic highway in the sky. It is an experience with trees, flowers, misty treks, foggy sunrises, vistas and valleys, mountain music and dance. This booklet captures the moods and feelings of the most beautiful road in America. With dozens of photographs and a centerspead map of the most interesting places along the Carolina-Virginia road, you’ll enjoy the experience whether it’s a pre- or post- trip read.
By Cheryl Shelton-Roberts and Bruce Roberts.

$5.95

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