Inthe1980s,TheNatureConservancybeganworkonthefast-growingOuterBanksbyprotectingNagsHeadWoods.OneofthelastintactmaritimeforestsontheEastCoast,theWoodswasindangerofbecomingahousingdevelopment.InthelatenineteenthcenturyNagsHeadWoodswashometoaboutfortyfamiliesandtothisdayremnantsoftheirtimetherecanbeseenduringawalkinthepreserve.Basedonoralhistories,“EveryoneHelpedHisNeighbor“documentsthesocialandculturalhistoryofacommunitythatworkedthelandandwatersofthisuniqueplace.Originallypublishedin1987,thisreissueeditioncontainsaforewordbyDavidS.Cecelskiandanafterwordbytheauthors.
