A new comprehensive history of Georgin's largest sea island - by the foremost authority on its fabulous past; Cumberland Island is a national treasure. The largest of the Sea Islands along the Georgia coast, it is a history-filled place of astounding natural beauty. With a thoroughness unmatched by any previous account, Cumberland Island: A History chronicles five centuries of change to the landscape and its people from the days of the first Native Americans through the late-twentieth-century struggles between developers ...
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A new comprehensive history of Georgin's largest sea island - by the foremost authority on its fabulous past; Cumberland Island is a national treasure. The largest of the Sea Islands along the Georgia coast, it is a history-filled place of astounding natural beauty. With a thoroughness unmatched by any previous account, Cumberland Island: A History chronicles five centuries of change to the landscape and its people from the days of the first Native Americans through the late-twentieth-century struggles between developers and conservationists. Author Mary Bullard, widely regarded as the person most knowledgeable about Cumberland Island, is a descendant of the Carnegie family, Cumberland's last owners before it was acquired by the federal government in 1972 and designated a National Seashore. Bullard's discussion of the Carnegie era on Cumberland is notable for its intimate glimpse into how the family's feelings toward the island bore upon Cumberland's destiny. Bullard draws on more than twenty years of research and travels about the island to describe how water, wind, and the cycles of nature continue to shape it and also how humans have imprinted themselves on the face of Cumberland across time - from the Timuca, Guale, and Mocamo Indians to the subsequent appearances of Spanish, French, African, British, and American inhabitants. The result is an engaging narrative in which discussions about tidal marshes, sea turtles, and wild horses are mixed with accounts of how the island functioned as a center for indigo, rice, cotton, fishing, and timber. Even frequent visitors and former residents will learn something new from Bullard's account of Cumberland Island.
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0820322679. A very nice copy with clean, bright interior pages and solid binding. DJ in very nice condition, . Scarce.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 415 pages.
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Near fine in Very good+ jacket. Inscribed by Thornton Morris [who also wrote books about Cumberland Island]! Gilt stamped green cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, illustrated in b&w. Book has mild wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ gently rubbed.
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Very Good+ in Fine dust jacket. 0820322679. Date stamped front endpaper else a fine copy in a fine dustjacket. History of Cumberland Island in Camden County, Georgia written by a descendant of the Carnegie family, last owners of the island before the 1972 acquisition by the government. Illustrated. Index.; MCN34636; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 415 pp.
