Wrightsville Beach: The Luminous Island, award-winning story of the North Carolina island by Ray McAllister, is back in an enlarged and enhanced 2nd Edition. Wrightsville Beach has been a continuous seller since its 2007 publication by John F. Blair, Publisher. The new edition, distributed by Beach Glass Books, is 35 percent larger, with double the number of illustrations (now 150), further enhancing it as a keepsake or gift. Included is a new foreword by Washington StarNews Book Columnist Ben Steelman and an afterword by the author detailing changes and challenges facing Wrightsville Beach. The $22.95 hardcover is signed by the author.
ABOUT WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH: Soon after crossing the drawbridge from the mainland, bearing left will take you to the famous Johnnie Mercer's Fishing Pier and near the site where a giant sperm whale named Trouble once washed ashore and refused to leave. Bearing right will take you to the classic downtown and points south, including the Coast Guard station and the site of the late, great Lumina Pavillion. Wrightsville Beach is Ray McAllister's homage to a special place, a book that captures not only Wrightsville's history but its heart. Along the way, he shares stories of fire and hurricanes and beach trolleys and Big Bands. Through all the changes, Wrightsville has never forgotten the hospitality that made it such a destination in the first place.
