eography shapes Hyde County, but people define it. 

 Boat builders and crab pot makers. Decoy carvers and trappers — - 

 folks who turn a living from the region's sounds and swamps, forests and fields. 

 They are some of the heroes of 'Song of an Unsung Place: Living Traditions by the Pamlico Sound, a new book by 

 Bill Mansfield. He documents the folklore and folklife of the coastal county 's mainland communities — 

 overlooked by most tourists heading for Ocracoke, Hyde County's island community. 



