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by Hannah Bunn West (Author), Anne Marshall Runyon (Illustrator), Larry McCarter (Illustrator)
The voices of three children transformed the future of North Carolina's coastal environment ...
Did you know that in the 1970s, the sand dune known as Jockey's Ridge was almost leveled and developed for residential housing? One day, Ann-Cabell, Inglis, and Gibbs Baum saw bulldozers where they often played at Jockey's Ridge and ran home to tell their mom, Carolista. With her children's urging, Carolista mobilized the community and relentlessly lobbied local and state leaders to save the dunes. In 1975, Jockey's Ridge was designated as a North Carolina state park. Learn more about collective environmental activism and its effects in Save Our Sand Dunes.
Author Biography
Ann-Cabell Baum grew up in Nags Head across from Jockey's Ridge. She is the oldest daughter of Carolista Fletcher Baum, artist, jeweler, and preservationist, and the great-granddaughter of Inglis Fletcher, a noted historian and author instrumental in the development of the Elizabethan Gardens in Manteo. Ann-Cabell is a successful business woman in Raleigh and vice chairwoman of the Friends of Jockey's Ridge State Park.
