Cumberland Island: Strong Women, Wild Horses [Paperback]

Charles Seabrook (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2004

In Cumberland Island, Charles Seabrook uses his talent as an award-winning environmental writer to describe the island's natural bounty and to tell its long and intriguing history. You'll meet Catherine "Caty" Greene Miller, the widow of Revolutionary War hero Nathanael Greene and the woman who inspired Eli Whitney to invent the cotton gin. She was also the inspiration behind Dungeness, the 30-room tabby mansion built on Cumberland Island in 1803. Another strong woman who currently resides on the island is Carol Ruckdeschel, a naturalist who was the subject of a John McPhee profile in the New Yorker in 1974. GoGo Ferguson and Carol were great friends until they disagreed on the future of the island. Their ensuing feud reveals the continuing debate among residents, conservationists, and developers about how the island should be managed. In Cumberland Island, Charles Seabrook provides a fascinating look into the history of one of America's greatest natural treasures.

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About the Author

Charles Seabrook has been the environmental writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 1986. Since 1994, he has also written a weekly column for the newspaper called "Wild Georgia." He has won awards from the National Wildlife Federation, the Southern Environmental Law Center, and various press organizations. His newspaper series about Georgia's kaolin mining industry won the Investigative Reporters and Editors' "Best Story of the Year" award in 1994. In 2001, the state of Georgia gave him the R. L. "Rock" Howard Award, its highest conservation award. He lives in Decatur, Georgia.

Product Details

• Paperback: 373 pages
• Publisher: John F. Blair Publisher (June 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895873052
• ISBN-13: 978-0895873057
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #282,767 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must Read for Those Who Love Cumberland Island, December 9, 2002

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Jeff G. Lackey "janxter" (Duluth, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cumberland Island: Strong Women, Wild Horses (Hardcover)

I would give this book 10 stars if I could. This is an amazing wealth of history and information about one of my most favorite places on the planet. For anyone who loves Cumberland Island, as anyone who has ever visited there does, this is a must read.
This book reads well and has all of the "insider" information and juicy tidbits that you could possibly want. Buy it, read it.........you won't be sorry!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cumberland Island Strong Women,Wild Horses, November 29, 2003

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Susan Conley (Dallas, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cumberland Island: Strong Women, Wild Horses (Hardcover)

If you are looking for a place to step back into time ...you will have arrived! Charles Seabrook brings to you a special path of so much beauty and history that you can simply feel yourself slipping back as if you are actually standing beneath
the massive, sheltering arms of one of hundreds of arching
oaks that canopy one of many small, dirt lanes. As you continue chapter to chapter, you respect the island more and more in the physical sense, as well as practically standing beside some of the characters that are described. You begin to love the island in the same fashion that so many before you have. You see, I grew up along the Georgia coast and until recently, never realized the history that has unfolded on this cherished island. I cannot wait to set out on a camping trip to really spend some time and discover the multitude of treasures that abide there!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Informative and entertaining, June 28, 2005

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Joseph S. Momier, Jr. (Hickory, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cumberland Island: Strong Women, Wild Horses (Paperback)

What a wonderful book. It was not only a great history of Cumberland Island and the Carnege Family, but was very entertaining as well. Having been raised on an island near the salt marsh, I found the author's descriptions of the island taking me back in time to when I was a child. I sure hope Mr. Seabrook continues to write. He has a wonderful command of the English language.