Pamlico Sound is one of the most storied bodies of water among North Carolina's Outer Banks. Early colonists to Roanoke Island used it for protection. Blackbeard the pirate was killed there in 1718; and General Washington relied on it for transportation in the Revolutionary War. It wasn't a surprise; then; that the Confederate bastion of Fort Ocracoke was built in those same waters. Said to be capable of mounting fifty guns; the fort was part of the coastal defense system of the state. After Union victories on nearby Hatteras Island; the fort was destroyed and its whereabouts lost for generations. Author Robert K. Smith led an archaeological mission to find the once lost fort and presents the harrowing story of its past and discovery for the first time.
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful. Never have I been so tempted to read an entire ...By CustomerNever have I been so tempted to read an entire work of philosophy or social science in one sitting. (I forced myself to stretch out the reading to two days.) Bessette and Feser put forward a cogent defense of the death penalty and systematically dismantle every objection against it.While the work takes the Catholic faith as a given; everyone would benefit from reading it. The philosophical section gives lucid words and arguments to the intuitions of the vast majority of Americans and is; moreover; exhaustive; taking on some four or five others schools of thought. The analysis of the deterring effect of capital punishment in the social science section is alone worth the price of the book.If you're not Catholic; buy a copy for yourself. If you're Catholic; buy one for yourself and one for your bishop.12 of 12 people found the following review helpful. The book shows why the death penalty comes from God.By Louise AdlerThis book was a God send for me; literally. In 1992 I converted to Catholicism and always felt cradle Catholics knew more than myself about the church. I believe firmly in the death penalty and know that the Holy Scriptures support that belief and always have. No one of any religion can say the scriptures are wrong and still believe in God-what would be the point? Without the Bible you could pick and choose whatever you decided to believe; it could even be an atheistic treatise-take your pick.Catholics are constantly telling me that a Catholic can not support the death penalty and still be a true Catholic and take communion. Naturally this is disturbing to me since the scriptures say otherwise and the Catholic Church definitely follows the scriptures. When I saw; By Man shall His Blood Be Shed; advertised I immediately ordered it and devoured it like a starving lady.This book has restored my faith in the Church and helped me to see that strong Catholics now and through the ages knew God did not expect mankind to live amongst horrific murderers; that have done deeds no one could ever imagine a human being would or could do. This book explains to all reasonable folks that life is in the blood and God made know the sacredness of life from the beginning of time. My thanks goes to Mr. Feser and Mr. Bessette for researching and writing this book. May God bless their effforts.23 of 26 people found the following review helpful. Capital Punishment is a dish best served hot; unlike revenge; which is best served coldBy Charles SchmidtBy Man Shall His Blood Be Shed is a comprehensive; fair and cogent evaluation of the morality of the death penalty from a Catholic point of view. Anyone who is interested in the question of whether capital punishment is moral should read this outstanding book.The main thesis is that the main purpose of capital punishment is justice; and that capital punishment is not revenge. In other words; capital punishment when properly applied is moral. The difference between justice and revenge is that (1) justice is done by an appropriate authority based on a fair and reasonable trial by impartial judges and juries; and (2) the motive for the punishment is not hatred; but a reasonable conclusion that the death penalty is deserved.One of the other cogent points is that forgiving someone for a horrible crime doesn’t mean they don’t have to incur their deserved punishment.The authors; Edward Feser and Joseph M Bessette; have done a superb job in debunking claims that many innocent people in the United States have been unjustly executed; the actual number of innocent people executed in the last 30 years or so is close to zero.The sections on the deterrence value of capital punishment does a good job of evaluating the evidence and concluding that; while statistical analyses are mixed; the reasons for the difficulties can be understood; and that commonsense and anecdotal evidence strongly suggest that capital punishment does indeed have a deterrent value.One unexpected bonus in this book is a refutation of David Hume’s “naturalistic fallacyâ€; in which he claims that one can’t derive an “ought†from an “is†– in other words; there are not objective values; but only made-made subjective values. Feser points out that from the viewpoint of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas; where everything in the world has an essence and a purpose; values are real and objective and one can derive an ‘ought’ from an ‘is’.And another unexpected bonus is a one paragraph summary on page 26 of Thomas Aquinas’s evaluation of various candidates for what is the highest good and the source of true happiness.As the authors point out; one of the basic principles of the natural law is to ‘do good and avoid evil.’ They also point out another principle of the natural law – ‘pursue truth and avoid error’ – which the authors have done on the subject of capital punishment in a superb fashion. By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed does justice to the topic.
