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“Pope’s . . .love affairs with art and Brunswick
County are still burning bright.” —
Star-News
“A tribute to [Brunswick County’s] pirate
lore, its inviting beaches, and its popularity . . .
“ — State Port Pilot
From the earliest days of European exploration—and
before—to the golf courses and beach resorts in
this fascinating and fast-growing region, Brunswick
County has attracted settlers and visitors of all descriptions.
“Mrs. Calabash,” who’s said to have
lent her name to the famous sign-off for Jimmy Durante’s
classic radio shows. Topsy the Elephant, who swam for
the Brunswick riverbank after breaking loose from circus
handlers in the 1920s. The P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft
that crashed on the beach during a World War II training
mission, only to resurface after a hurricane in the
1990s.
In Tales of the Silver Coast, Miller Pope recounts
the tales of privateers and plantation owners, politicians
and Prohibition rum-runners, the many colorful people
and diverse places of southeastern North Carolina in
this engaging collection of stories illustrated in his
distinctive style.
Miller Pope was born in South Carolina but spent
most of his career during the “golden age of illustration”
in the New York advertising and publishing arenas, after
getting his start on the Marine Corps' legendary Leatherneck
magazine. He studied figure drawing at the Corcoran
School of Art in Washington, D.C., at the Art Students
League in New York City.
Pope's works have appeared on novel covers and in major
magazines. He was elected to the Society of Illustrators
in 1957. With his wife, Helen, he moved south in the
1970s and worked to develop The Winds Resort and Sea
Trail Plantation on the Southeastern North Carolina
coast. His original illustrations and paintings are
represented at the Sea Gallery in Ocean Isle Beach.
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