by John Railey (Author)
In the summer of 1967, 19 year old Brenda Joyce Holland disappeared.
A mountain girl who had come to Manteo to work on The Lost Colony, Brenda's body was found three days later, floating in the Sound. This riveting narrative, built on unique access to state investigative files and multiple interviews with insiders, searches for the truth of the unsolved murder. This island odyssey of discovery includes séances, a suicide, and a supposed shallow grave.
Journalist John Railey cuts through the myths and misdirections to finally arrive at the long-hidden truth of what happened to Brenda Holland that summer on Roanoke Island.
Author Biography
John Railey has spent much of his life on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. A graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, he is the former page editor of the Winston-Salem Journal, has written for the Coastland Times on the Outer Banks and has won numerous national, regional and state awards for his writing and investigative reporting. He is the author of the memoir Rage to Redemption in the Sterilization Age: A Confrontation with American Genocide.
Number of Pages: 208
Dimensions: 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: May 03, 2021
