Description
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, Cumberlands last owners before it was acquired by the federal government in 1972 and designated a National Seashore. Bullards discussion of the Carnegie era on Cumberland is notable for its intimate glimpse into how the familys feelings toward the island bore upon Cumberlands 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 timefrom 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 Bullards account of Cumberland Island.
Author: Mary R. Bullard
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 03/01/2005
Series: Wormsloe Foundation Publication #22
Pages: 486
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780820327419
Language: English
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