{"product_id":"outer-banks-visionaries-building-north-carolinas-oceanfront-paperback","title":"Outer Banks Visionaries: Building North Carolina's Oceanfront - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClark Twiddy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDreamers, Risk Takers, Innovators...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe chain of barrier islands that skirt the coast of North Carolina from the Virginia border to Cape Lookout were once remote. Today the Outer Banks is one of America's most popular vacation destinations, welcoming millions of visitors each year. Like Walt Disney World or Las Vegas, the initial ideas around what is today a glittering vacation capital were, at one point, nothing more than a shared vision of what was possible. A series of dreamers fired the engines of the popular attraction to this scattering of sandy islands that resonates across much of the Eastern United States today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor and Outer Banks native Clark Twiddy chronicles the region's journey from isolation to popularity through the stories of these innovators and risk-takers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClark Twiddy is the president of Twiddy \u0026amp; Company, a vacation rental asset management and hospitality firm founded in 1978 along the North Carolina Outer Banks. He was raised in Duck, North Carolina, and is a combat veteran of the U.S. Navy and an alumni of several universities. Clark has served in numerous public, private, government and nonprofit capacities at various levels from volunteer to chair. He was selected as the FBLA's Business Person of the Year in North Carolina in 2019. His first book, \u003cem\u003eMemories of the Currituck Outer Banks: As Told by Ernie Bowden\u003c\/em\u003e (The History Press, July 2021), was an Amazon bestseller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 9.03 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52586049503525,"sku":"9781467153911","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0987\/2487\/2485\/files\/QBPZ8IGaht9781467153911.webp?v=1781605405","url":"https:\/\/c4lhome.com\/products\/outer-banks-visionaries-building-north-carolinas-oceanfront-paperback","provider":" Companion for Life Five Home","version":"1.0","type":"link"}