1. Southport & Robert Ruark
Robert Ruark (1915-1965) was an
acclaimed and prolific writer who grew up
amidst the beauty and serenity of Southport,
North Carolina, a wooded oasis nestled
beside the sprawling Cape Fear River,
a small distance away from the beaches
of the Atlantic Ocean on the East Coast.
While Ruark grew up in the small, quiet
town of Southport, he achieved great fame
and wealth world wide, becoming an exotic
legend in his own time, but the memories
and experiences he accrued during his early
years in the natural splendor of the North Carolina beaches never
left the worldly Ruark. In fact, his most notable work, by most
accounts, was his Old Man and The Boy series that covered the
days spent in his childhood home in Southport. The Old Man and
The Boy series produced two books and a number of articles for
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column for nearly a decade. More than a half a million sportsmen
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Robert Ruark began his writing career in two small Southport
newspapers, but he rose to stardom and became a household
name as a syndicated columnist and best selling author in the
1940’s, 50’s and 60’s. His work as a columnist during World War
II catapulted Ruark to fame and fortune. Ruark was every bit
larger than life during his heyday. He was as well known for his
activities as he was for his Hemingwayesque writing style. Ruark
was a noted big game hunter, waterman and sportsman, skills he
developed early on during his life in Southport, as the area is
rife with animals, nature and both fresh and saltwater estuaries,
rivers and beaches. As a youth, Ruark was infected by the beauty
of the outdoors in Southport, an infection he would never cure.
Ruark traveled and owned homes all over the world during his
illustrious life, but he always maintained a home and returned to
Southport, a testament to the beauty and allure of the area and its
impact on the writer.
While Ruark was a journalist and fictional novelist, his best work
throughout his lengthy career always pertained to the love of the
outdoors he developed in his youthful summers at Southport. He
wrote about many of the things he did in his life, from his youth
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to his death, such as a novel about achieving his lifelong dream
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of going on an African Safari called Horn of the Hunter. Ruark
wrote for countless Newspapers and Magazines for over three
decades, authoring over a dozen books and even a writing and
directing a film, but all in all, he will forever be remembered as
Southport, North Carolina’s favorite son - a maverick adventurer
and story teller who loved all the joy that could be found in the
beauty and sublimity of nature.

2. Charlotte’s Room Captain Adkins Room Virginia’s Room
Elegance. Extravagance. Luxury. An original Live like a Captain, if only for a little while. Virginia Ruark’s flair as a
stained glass lancet window accentuates this The Robert Ruark Bed and Breakfast’s most Victorian era interior designer is
cozy second floor room which offers a queen extravagant, luxurious still apparent, as we’ve decked
sized bed and a small private bath with a claw room is the Captain out this large, elegant first
foot shower. Also included in this relaxing Adkins Room. With floor room in a style befitting
suite is a flat screen T.V. and a dressing table a décor reflecting Victorian era royalty. The Bed
with the Internet. Southport’s rich seafaring and Breakfast boasts yet another
history, the Captain sumptuous suite, and this one features a huge
Adkins Room includes an king four poster bed with elegant linens. As if
intimate private outdoor that weren’t enough, you also get a flat screen
balcony seating area with T.V., a gas fireplace and a writing desk with
a fabulous, serene view. Internet access. Virginia’s
The large second floor room offers a spacious
room offers a king size adjoining private bath, which
bed, and the adjoining features two vanities and a
private bath includes a double vanity and a large double shower with body
Victorian style over sized claw foot soaking jets and ceiling spray. Ahhh,
tub and shower. you can relax and melt away
Robert Ruark Room Talk about comfort. stress just thinking about it.
Some things are
Settle into a sumptuous better in this day
décor inspired by Robert and age, so it also
Ruark’s safaris in Africa, offers a flat screen
as this second floor room T.V., a gas fireplace
features a queen sleigh bed,
a gas fireplace, a flat screen and a writing
T.V., and writing desk with desk with
Internet. Live
in the past and
communicate
Internet. The adjoining with the
private bath features a present in pure
Victorian style claw foot unadulterated
soaking tub and shower. luxury. A real
The luxury Inn’s famed Captain never
former tenant might had it so good!
have written in this very
room!