‘The Golden Ship Hatteras’— Ira David Wood’s love song to the Outer Banks

Ira David Wood III at the Tranquil House Inn. (Photo credit: Kip Tabb)

By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice

“The Bittersweet Voyage of the Golden Ship Hatteras” is a love story, although the story that Ira David Wood III weaves is far more than a tale of romance and passion between young lovers.

The heart of the book is about the love that grows, blossoms and comes to fruition between the two main characters, Adrian and Michele. But ultimately, it’s Wood’s song of praise, a love song, to the Outer Banks.

“I wanted it to be a love story as much about the place as the people,” he told the Voice.

Wood, who spent four years acting in The Lost Colony in the 1970s and came back in 2013 to direct the play until COVID close

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