Once a real New York Madman, Miller Pope has subscribed to a slower paced life after settling in Ocean Isle Beach. He worked in the advertising business when it was in its hay day, long before photoshop. His illustrations depict a time of detectives, mobsters, guns, mystery and true romance; a doe-eyed heroine with a gun hidden in her purse. His drawings are reminiscent of a simpler time we sometimes long for, when men wore suits and women dressed to the nines.
He retired from the fast-paced New York life and moved to coastal Ocean Isle Beach where he opened The Winds Resort. He loves the coastal life but he still takes time to do his art, his life’s passion.
WRAL.com out of Raleigh has featured the advertising guru in an episode of The Tarheel Traveler, check out his interview on the link below and find out what it was like to be a real madman.
Tales of the Silver Coast – A Secret History Of Brunswick County
By Miller Pope – From the earliest days of European exploration to the golf courses and beach resorts in this fascinating and fast-growing region, Brunswick County has attracted settlers, invaders, and visitors of all descriptions.
In these pages you’ll read about Steve Bonnet, the “Gentleman Pirate,” who hid his ships in Brunswick’s moss-draped creeks but unfortunately underestimated the ebbing tide; Coast Guard mounted on horse-back patrolling Ocean Isle’s beaches hunting for spies landed by German submarines; “Mrs. Calabash,” who’s said to have lent her name to the famous sign-off for Jimmy Durante’s classic radio shows; and Topsy the Elephant, who swam for the Brunswick riverbank after breaking loose from circus handlers in the 1920s.
Follow the struggles and victories that shaped Brunswick County, from the first contact of Europeans with native Americans, to successive administrations of the Lords Proprietors, the royal governors, the British crown, and the leaders of a new nation—many at whom hailed from this small but influential corner of North Carolina. Discover Brunswick’s rich Civil War history, scenic roadways and waterways and current-day towns and townships.
Tales of the Silver Coast, recounts the tales of privateers and plantation owners, politicians and Prohibition rum-runners and the many colorful people and diverse places of southeastern North Carolina.
Hard Cover $14.95
