Rich in history, wildlife, and beautiful coastal landscapes, Georgia's Cumberland Island attracts many an island tourist and nature lover. The island's well-preserved marshes, tidal creeks, and dune fields provide this hidden oasis with a rare natural charm. The area is also home to a wide variety of animal species, including loggerhead turtles, bob cats, manatees, and alligators, just to name a few. Though Cumberland is best known for being the nation's largest wilderness island, its history-dating back to the 16th century-also includes a period of use as a mission by the Franciscans. Among its historic sites are the magnificent ruins of Dungeness, the house built by the Carnegie family during the latter part of the 19th century, as well as the romantic Greyfield Inn. This pictorial history of Cumberland Island illustrates the people, places, and events that have shaped the area's cultural and natural history. The island's rare solitude and beauty, which have resulted from conservation and preservation efforts in the area, are captured in this carefully detailed book for all lovers of nature and history to enjoy. Though the island permits only very limited human traffic, these images allow the reader to appreciate the Cumberland landscape-laced with wild animals, pirate coves, English forts, and an African-American "settlement"-from afar.
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Cumberland Island is Georgia native Patricia Barefoot's third title to be featured in Arcadia's Images of America series. She has previously authored Brunswick: The City by the Sea and St. Marys and Camden County, both of which enjoyed popular support. Barefoot's love of the enchanting Georgia shore is apparent in another volume that captures the area's most remarkable qualities.
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Prehistoric sites and colonial missions and forts underlay the foundation of Cumberland. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cumberland Island, Robert Stafford, High Point, Courtesy of Bill Jenkins, Courtesy of the Olsen, Plum Orchard, Courtesy of Joyce Wainwright Readdick, Camden County, Olie Olsen, Bryan-Lang Historical Library, Courtesy of Robert, Jekyll Island, Miller's Dock, Primus Mitchell, Simons Island, Stafford House, Wilbur Readdick, Courtesy of Eloise Bailey Thompson, Cumberland River, Greyfield Inn, Christmas Creek, Courtesy of Patricia, Courtesy of the Berrie Collection, Miss Lucy, New York New!
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Prehistoric sites and colonial missions and forts underlay the foundation of Cumberland. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cumberland Island, Robert Stafford, High Point, Courtesy of Bill Jenkins, Courtesy of the Olsen, Plum Orchard, Courtesy of Joyce Wainwright Readdick, Camden County, Olie Olsen, Bryan-Lang Historical Library, Courtesy of Robert, Jekyll Island, Miller's Dock, Primus Mitchell, Simons Island, Stafford House, Wilbur Readdick, Courtesy of Eloise Bailey Thompson, Cumberland River, Greyfield Inn, Christmas Creek, Courtesy of Patricia, Courtesy of the Berrie Collection, Miss Lucy, New York New!
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- Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands by Lydia Parrish on page 22, and Back Matter
- The Jekyll Island Cottage Colony by June Hall McCash in Back Matter
- Caty: A Biography of Catharine Littlefield Greene (Brown Thrasher Books) by John F. Stegeman in Back Matter
- Robert Stafford of Cumberland Island: Growth of a Planter by Mary R. Bullard in Back Matter
- Fort Benning (Images of America: Georgia) by Kenneth H. Thomas Jr. on page 30
- St. Marys and Camden County (GA) (Images of America) by Patricia Barefoot in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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