Andy Griffith's Manteo: His Real Mayberry

by John Railey

Overview

Learn about the real life of beloved actor Andy Griffith.

The world loves Sheriff Andy Taylor. Yet the actor who played him was intensely private. Here, for the first time, is the real Andy Griffith, his career and life defined by the island that made him in the years soon after World War II. He achieved his artistic breakthrough while acting in The Lost Colony drama on Roanoke Island, then spent the rest of his life repaying the island for giving him that start. Here, in unique closeup, is Andy of Manteo, reveling in wild, watery and loving ways with his fellow islanders.

Author and journalist John Railey paints an intimate portrait of Andy, based on interviews with many of those who knew him best on the sand where he lived and died.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781540252081
Publisher:	History PR
Publication date:	05/09/2022
Pages:	162
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

John Railey has spent much of his life on the Outer Banks. A graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, he is the former editorial page editor of the Winston-Salem Journal. He has contributed to the Coastland Times and has won numerous national, regional and state awards for his writing and investigative reporting. His previous book from The History Press is The Lost Colony Murder on the Outer Banks: Seeking Justice for Brenda Joyce Holland (2021). He is also the author of the memoir Rage to Redemption in the Sterilization Age: A Confrontation with American Genocide.

Table of Contents

Author's Note 9

Introduction 11

Prologue, Nags Head, Summer 1952 21

1 Headed Toward "The Same Boat" 29

2 The Dream House 38

3 Drawing Island Strength for the Start of the AG Show 53

4 Dreams Rising and Falling 57

5 New Beginnings in the Summer of '72 63

6 Joining with the Islanders 88

7 Andy's Political Awakening 94

8 A Community Foundation and a Party Celebrating the Island 97

9 Matlock Brings It Home 103

10 Andy Takes on "The Lion" 114

11 Andy's Comebacks 122

12 Andy's Bridge to the Future 125

13 Mellowing on His Island 136

14 Andy's "Final March" 143

Epilogue 149

Acknowledgements 153

Bibliography 157

About the Author 159