{"product_id":"9780895873637","title":"Hatteras Island: Keeper of the Outer Banks","description":"Hatteras Island is a barrier island, part of the famed Outer Banks that runs parallel to the North Carolina coast. But any map, let alone a satellite view from space, will show the island is not a part of North Carolina at all. Hatteras belongs to the Atlantic Ocean, as much a part of the sea as fish and waves, and as much at the sea's mercy as sandcastles on the beach. And it belongs to the heart.\u003cp\u003eIn Hatteras Island: Keeper of the Outer Banks, award-winning coastal writer Ray McAllister returns to the site of his family's annual vacations a quarter-century ago. Much has changed on Hatteras. But even more has not. Elsewhere, fast-food restaurants, strip malls, and beach-dominating duplexes have overcome resort islands. But the storm-buffeted Hatteras-as much as 30 miles from the mainland and largely protected against intruders by national seashore status-has kept its soul.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John F Blair, Publisher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022678245616,"sku":"9780895873637","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780895873637_p0.jpg?v=1763860640","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780895873637","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}