Part One-The Dare Stones
The Fascinating Chowan River Stone
Ask and it shall be given to you: Stones #2-#24
Cheaper by the Dozen: Stones #25-48
Enter Boyden Sparks
The Shifting Tide of Opinion: 1937-Present
Part Two-The Evidence
Historical Hoaxes and the "Preponderance of Evidence"
The Physical and Orthographic Evidence
The Conclusive Evidence
Part Three-The Suspects
Persons of Interest
The Perpetrators: "Captain" Jack DeLysle
The Perpetrators: L.E. Hammond
The Perpetrators: Herbert M. Dove
Concluding Comments and Observations on the
Chowan River Stone Hoax
Part Four-Postscript
Reassessing Lost Colony Theories.