Description
Since it first appeared in 1956, Mrs. Vanstory's rich narrative of the barrier islands from Ossabaw to Cumberland--and the mainland towns along the way--has become the standard popular history of Georgia's golden coast.
Thoroughly revised and with over forty new illustrations, this edition traces the crucial and colorful role these islands have played from the sixteenth century to the twentieth. Home, at one time or another, to the American Indians, the French, the Spanish, and the English; to buccaneers, friars, and priests; to Puritans and Scottish Highlanders; to slave traders, planters, soldiers, statesmen, and millionaires, these islands are as rich in history as they are in natural beauty. Georgia's Land of the Golden Isles now takes the reader through the years from General James Oglethorpe to President Jimmy Carter, unfolding the stories of the lives that have touched, or been touched by, the golden isles of Georgia.Author: Burnette Vansory, Burnette Vanstory
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 10/01/1981
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780820305585
ISBN10: 0820305588
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | General
About the Author
BURNETTE VANSTORY (1902-2000) lived on St. Simons Island for more than forty years.