{"product_id":"islomanes-of-cumberland-island-9781592112043","title":"Islomanes of Cumberland Island","description":"\u003cp\u003eLucy Carnegie, wife of industrialist Thomas Carnegie, dreamed of creating on Cumberland Island a home where her children would be safe from the smoke and soot-filled skies over Pittsburgh. Protected by the waters of the Cumberland Sound, the estate she built encompassed nearly the entire island. It was a perfect world, until the outside world intruded. Stone by stone it all came tumbling down. Wild horses now crop the grass around the burnt-out mansion. Rattlesnakes nest among the ruins. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA century later, another family comes to Cumberland to walk among the horses and to accept what gifts the island has to offer: solitude, unspoiled wilderness, and wildlife free to roam undisturbed. Returning year after year, Rhamy and her parents explore the island and swim in the ocean. They picnic on the beach where servants once served champagne, shrimp cocktails, and crab cakes to the Carnegie family and their guests. They gaze at the chimneys surrounding Stafford house, all that remain of slave quarters that once housed plantation field hands. They mourn for Zabette, daughter of a plantation owner and his black servant, sold to a man who fathered her six children, then abandoned her. Always, everywhere on the island, the horses graze nearby, unaware of efforts by environmentalists to remove them from the island where they have lived for centuries. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTraveling to the north end of the island, the family sits for a quiet moment in the church where JFK Jr. married Carolyn Bessette. Across the pasture is the shack where naturalist Carol Ruckdeschel has lived for fifty years and the porch where her lover lay dead, shot through the heart. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the campgrounds, on the beach, at the Dungeness dock, wild horses graze. For now, they are safe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRita Welty Bourke is the author of \u003cem\u003eKylie's Ark: The Making of a Veterinarian.\u003c\/em\u003e She's a regular contributor to literary magazines, including \u003cem\u003eThe Southwest Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eShenandoah\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBlack Warrior Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe North American Review\u003c\/em\u003e. Married to songwriter Rory Michael Bourke, she's the mother of three daughters. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10193368\"\u003eRita Welty Bourke\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Addison \u0026amp; Highsmith Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.12w x 0.53d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781592112043\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1592112048\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC014000\"\u003eHistorical | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC077000\"\u003eNature \u0026amp; the Environment\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC067000\"\u003eAnimals\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRita Welty Bourke is the author of \u003cem\u003eKylie's Ark: The Making of a Veterinarian.\u003c\/em\u003e She's a regular contributor to literary magazines, including \u003cem\u003eThe Southwest Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eShenandoah\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBlack Warrior Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe North American Review\u003c\/em\u003e. Married to songwriter Rory Michael Bourke, she's the mother of three daughters. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Addison \u0026 Highsmith Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44446857330925,"sku":"9781592112043","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_cce23c14-7a8e-472d-bf32-b916deb00169.jpg?v=1700285583","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/islomanes-of-cumberland-island-9781592112043","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}