Local historian Jack Dudley returns with his latest retrospective, the lavishly illustrated Bogue Banks: A Look Back. Fans of his earlier work on Morehead City, Swansboro, Beaufort and Ocracoke, as well as his illustrated histories of Waterfowling traditions, will want to have this book to complete their collection. Dudley brings all of his knowledge and experience with coastal history and folklore to bear in his latest book. We promise you won't be disappointed.

About the book:

Bogue Banks: A Look Back is a photographic history of the Bogue Banks from the early 1900s through the 1960s.  The images in this volume are divided into six photo-chapters that provide a pictorial documentary of Fort Macon, early lifeboat stations, road construction, Atlantic Beach, fishing and dwellings, as well as nature scenes and aerials of Bogue Banks before development took place on a massive scale.

In addition to providing a documentary of landmarks and activities of the past, another intent of this volume is to emphasize the artistic merits of the photographs. To some readers, history is dull and boring, but the art of photography has been a wonderful tool in making the past come alive. Over 300 images give visitors and newcomers an insight into Bogue Banks' colorful heritage and the native Bogue Bankers and other Carteret Countians an opportunity to relive their past.

Dee Gee’s was established in 1934 by Mr. D.G. Bell and his mother, Madie Bell of Morehead City, NC.   The original store, which burned in 1961, was on Seventh Street, two blocks west of its current location.  The store moved to Evans Street into the original Sanitary Fish Market building on the water.  Ed and Millie Voorhees bought Dee Gee’s in 1961 from Mr. Bell’s estate.  In January 1990, the shop expanded to a larger building across the street.  Doug and Jane Wolfe purchased the store in 1992.  In 2007, Cathy Stanley bought the store from the Wolfes.

Dee Gee’s has offered quality books and gifts to several generations of residents and visitors to the Crystal Coast.  So often middle-aged adults remark that they bought the same kind of candy sticks we sell today when they were children visiting with their parents and even grandparents!  In celebration of our 75 years, we will hold a contest next year urging folks to write in and share their fondest Dee Gee’s  memories…so start jotting down your thoughts…we’d love to hear from you.