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 Inglis Fletcher, Marker A-78 Posted by:  drmellow
N 36° 13.087 W 076° 42.301
18S E 346748 N 4009488
Inglis Fletcher. 1879-1969. Novelist. Wrote Raleigh's Eden (1940), first of 12-volume "Carolina Series," based on early N.C. history. Her home, "Bandon," stood 1/2 mile northwest.
Waymark Code: WMT1D
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 10/02/2006
Views: 24
Text on marker:
Inglis Fletcher
1879-1969. Novelist. Wrote Raleigh's Eden (1940), first of 12-volume "Carolina Series," based on early N.C. history. Her home, "Bandon," stood 1/2 mile northwest.
This historical marker is located on SR 1222 (Rocky Hock Road) at Arrowhead Beach. It was erected in 1993.
The North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources has an essay on Inglis Fletcher, from which the following information is excerpted:
Literally millions of readers have learned about North Carolina history from the novels of Inglis Fletcher (1879-1969). A world traveler, Mrs. Fletcher, in what might otherwise have been retirement years, became one of the state’s leading citizens and its best-selling author. Minna Towner Inglis Clark, born in Illinois, married John Fletcher, a mining engineer, and with him moved frequently, living for the longest periods in Alaska and San Francisco. In 1928, she spent seven months in Africa; from that sojourn came her first three published works. Her search for forebears led her to the Colonial Records of North Carolina from which she drew inspiration and research material for Raleigh’s Eden (1940). This was the first in her “Carolina Series,” all twelve volumes of which were set in colonial and revolutionary North Carolina. The books were popular internationally and were translated into eight languages.
In 1944, upon her husband’s retirement, the Fletchers bought “Bandon Plantation” on the Chowan River. There she developed the routine of one year of research followed by one of writing. Her research led her to the North Carolina State Archives, to the Library of Congress, and to the British Museum. Professor Hugh Lefler commended her work, finding Raleigh’s Eden to be “remarkably free from historical errors” and ranking it with Drums by James Boyd, as the best novels based on colonial or revolutionary North Carolina history. Mr. Fletcher died in 1960 and on October 6, 1963, “Bandon” was destroyed by fire. Mrs. Fletcher died on May 30, 1969, and was buried in Wilmington. The acreage around “Bandon” has since been developed. The Bandon schoolhouse was moved to Edenton.
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Marker Name: A-78: Inglis Fletcher
Marker Type: Roadside
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Required Waymark Photo: yes
Local North Carolina markers without State Number Designation: Not listed
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