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Early Days on the Georgia Tidewater: The Story of McIntosh County and Sapelo : Being a Documented Narrative Account, With Particular Attention to th

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Buddy seems to get "into" the people he writes about... he gives them substance, and dimension. He brings you into each generation he writes about. You almost feel the wind on your face, and the sea at your feet, with his discriptions. He goes beyond name, date, and place. He brings you to a point where you feel you are living the times. He not only goes into detail about a person, he goes beyond that person, to someone who was touched by that person, and recounts it. Therefore, we learn about them from two points of view. We learn what he finds by exploring a "paper trail", and we learn about what he finds from the things that have been passed down. I will tell you... I have never been as impressed about a book written about a town or place, or people, the way his book impressed me. His book made me want to go out and "explore"... and I did! I have learned more about the "out of the way places" here, in McIntosh Co GA,in his book, than anywhere else. His books are also extremely helpful where Genealogy in being researched. Buddy's books seem to make you feel like he is an "I want to know because..." type of person. And they don't leave you "hanging." He is very through.

This book is a treasure trove of historical information on the entire McIntosh County area. If you live in/visit occasionally/or are interested in McIntosh county Georgia this book is a MUST HAVE.

Although to the passerby McIntosh County seems like a small rural coastal county in southern georgia, with not much to see yet (but about to develop) IT IS NOT -- McIntosh County may be one of the most historical counties in the entire south, "There's been a lot of water under that bridge." And this book will reveal all of it to a good detail!

Butty's account of coastal georgia is like walking through the pages of time. It is by far the best book on coastal georgia. Thanks buddy!

This book is an excellant source of research for someone who enjoys historical reading about the golden isles of Georgia. Not many facts and tales are missing from this book! Excellant reading