Searching for Virginia Dare

The disappearance of the infant Virginia Dare, the first English child born on American soil, has dogged historians for more than four centuries. All we know is that she was born, baptized, and abandoned, within a two-week period, on the shores of the Outer Banks. Fiction writers, poets, politicians, and archeologists have all taken stabs at solving the mystery: What became of Virginia Dare and the Lost Colony? Inspired by legends, hoaxes, and reports of blue-eyed Indians, author...
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The disappearance of the infant Virginia Dare, the first English child born on American soil, has dogged historians for more than four centuries. All we know is that she was born, baptized, and abandoned, within a two-week period, on the shores of the Outer Banks. Fiction writers, poets, politicians, and archeologists have all taken stabs at solving the mystery: What became of Virginia Dare and the Lost Colony? Inspired by legends, hoaxes, and reports of blue-eyed Indians, author Marjorie Hudson leaves behind the dusty tomes of the library and begins her quest to find an answer. In her pursuit, Hudson delves into ships' logs, talks to scholars, visits archeological sites, and gets chased up the coast by a major hurricane. Following the trail of Virginia's family, she stumbles upon cotton fields ragged with neglect; the Great Dismal Swamp, "dripping with spotted snakes"; and back roads that lead to towns with names like Waterlily. Undaunted by the appearance of a mystery writer in a white jumpsuit and a matching white helicopter, she continues her search across eastern North Carolina and Virginia.