Sapelo : people and place on a Georgia sea island /

Sapelo will be a resource to both scholars and general readers wishing to know more about the island's history. The book uses both primary and secondary sources to paint a picture of the island's many dimensions and discrete periods (e.g. ecological, Native American, Spanish mission, anteb...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sullivan, Buddy (Author)
Other Authors: Galland, Benjamin (Photographer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Ecological Sapelo: the natural perspective
  • Archaeological Sapelo: the early occupiers
  • French interlude: anatomy of a failure
  • Agrarian Sapelo: the apotheosis of Thomas Spalding
  • Tabby: a panegyric to permanence
  • Geechee Sapelo: from freedom to self-sufficiency
  • Sapelo regenesis: the early twentieth century
  • Sapelo in the 1950s: autumn of the old regime
  • Scientific Sapelo: conservation, community, and challenge.