Here are questions for you to ponder as you read Coffin Point by Baynard Woods. Grace Cordial, Historical Resources Librarian for the Beaufort District Collection will lead our discussion on August 18.
1. What made you want to read Coffin Point: The Strange Cases of Sheriff Ed McTeer?
2. Compare this book to others your group has read. Is it similar to any of them? Did you like it more or less than other books you've read?
3. What did you find to be the most interesting event in this book?
4. How might things have been different if Governor McLeod had chosen someone else to fulfill Jim Eddie’s term?
5. What did you learn about the time period in which the book is set that you did not previously know?
6. What was Sheriff McTeer’s most admirable quality?
7. Would you have invited Sheriff McTeer over for dinner? What would you have served? How do you think that dinner conversation might have gone?
8. What do you think of the author’s writing style? Was the format he chose an appropriate one for the subject matter?
9. Has reading this book inspired you to do further research on the subject and the time period discussed?
10. What do you think will be your lasting impression of the book as a whole? How about Sheriff McTeer specifically?
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