Andy Griffiths Manteo, John Railey
Andy Griffiths Manteo, John Railey
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Andy Griffith's Manteo
His Real Mayberry

Author: John Railey

Narrator: Patrick Lawlor

Unabridged: 4 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/16/2022


Synopsis

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.

About John Railey

John Railey has spent much of his life on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. A graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, he is the former page editor of the Winston-Salem Journal, has written for the Coastland Times on the Outer Banks, and has won numerous national, regional, and state awards for his writing and investigative reporting. He is the author of the memoir Rage to Redemption in the Sterilization Age: A Confrontation with American Genocide.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Laurie

While visiting the Outer Banks, I discovered this book which reveals the rest of the story of Andy Griffith. Nothing like Sheriff Taylor, we meet the man who began his acting career in the Outer Banks with the famed production, The Lost Colony. Wanting to thank North Carolina for giving him a leg up i......more

Goodreads review by Maggie

A must-read if you are a fan of both the Andy Griffith Show and the Outer Banks.......more

The perfect summer read. Beautifully written. Perhaps the single greatest publication about the Man, the Myth, the Legend: Andy Griffith. This is not a full-length biography, but shifts focus to the lesser known aspects of his private life on the island Manteo. Author John C Railey strives for the h......more

Goodreads review by Josh

Great book for any fans of the Andy Griffith Show, or just anyone learning about the history of Manteo, NC through it’s most famous former resident.......more