The Lost Colony Murder on the Outer Banks: Seeking Justice for Brenda Joyce Holland
John Railey
(Author)
Description
In the summer of 1967, nineteen-year-old Brenda Joyce Holland disappeared. She was a mountain girl who had come to Manteo to work in the outdoor drama The Lost Colony. Her body was found five days later, floating in the sound. This riveting narrative, built on unique access to the state investigative file and multiple interviews with insiders, searches for the truth of her unsolved murder. This island odyssey of discovery includes séances, a suicide and a supposed shallow grave. Journalist John Railey cuts through the myths and mistakes to finally arrive at the long-hidden truth of what happened to Brenda Holland that summer on Roanoke Island.
Product Details
Price
$23.99
$22.31
Publisher
History Press
Publish Date
May 03, 2021
Pages
208
Dimensions
5.9 X 8.9 X 0.6 inches | 1.0 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781467147392
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About the Author
John Railey has spent much of his life on the Outer Banks. His previous books from The History Press, Andy Griffith's Manteo: His Real Mayberry (2022) and The Lost Colony Murder on the Outer Banks: Seeking Justice for Brenda Joyce Holland (2021), have been top sellers on the Banks. A graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, he is the former editorial page editor of the Winston-Salem Journal and investigates mitigating factors in death penalty cases for the State of North Carolina. He has won numerous national, regional and state awards for his writing and investigative reporting. He is also the author of the memoir Rage to Redemption in the Sterilization Age: A Confrontation with American Genocide .
