A Graphic History of St. Simons Island

A Graphic History of St. Simons Island

Author: Tommy E. Jenkins

Publisher: Tommy E. Jenkins

Published: 1994-01-01

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9780964365902

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"History books sometimes revise history, particularly when the author chooses to interpret the facts of history as a polemic of her or his own perception. Happily, Tommy Jenkins has chosen not to present history through his own eyes, but through photographs, maps & drawings of those who came before him..."--from the introduction by Island resident & author Bill Diehl. St. Simons, unknown to many, has played a major role in this nation's history. This publication combines new photographs including historical reenactments taken at the 250th anniversary of the battle of Bloody Marsh at Frederica, the first settlement & fortification on St. Simons, with old photographs from as far back as post-Civil War. Factual maps, text & photographs combine in the pages of this book to create a visual experience for the reader. In some cases an old photo is complemented by a recent photo of the same area. These "then & now" combinations give the reader first-hand experience of the changes in the Island's history. Send order, with $11.50, plus $3.00 postage per book, to Watermarks Publishing, 226 Redfern Village, St. Simons Island, GA 31522; 912-638-1445.


The Hoffman Reports

The Hoffman Reports

Author: Jeffrey Hoffman

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-02-19

Total Pages: 442

ISBN-13: 1387608185

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From an idyllic, early 50's childhood in the Golden Isles of Georgia, to a long relaxing retirement on Sea Island, the author recalls people, places, events and historical details of interest to both visitors and current residents. More than 250 easy-reading articles have been selected from those previously published as ""The Hoffman Reports"" column in the local ""Weekend"" newspaper or as invited articles to the ""Brunswick News,"" ""Elegant Island Living"" and ""The Golden Isles Magazine.""


Georgia's Lighthouses and Historic Coastal Sites

Georgia's Lighthouses and Historic Coastal Sites

Author: Kevin M. McCarthy

Publisher: Pineapple Press Inc

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 9781561641437

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Though the Georgia coast is a mere 110 miles long, a wealth of historic beauty--natural and manmade--lies between the Savannah and St. Mary's Rivers. The last-settled and poorest of the original thirteen colonies of the United States, Georgia is a unique combination of war-torn history and genteel character. Here you'll find stories of Civil War soldiers, pioneers and settlers, Native Americans, seafarers and pirates (including Blackbeard), and even a ghost or two. Some of the places you'll visit: First Presbyterian Church, where smugglers hoisted a horse into the belfry to divert the townspeople's attention from their nefarious activities. St. Simons Lighthouse, one of America's oldest continuously working lighthouses and home to the ghost of keeper Frederick Osborne, whose footsteps can be heard in the tower at night. Jekyll Island Club, an elegant, posh retreat established in 1886 by some of the wealthiest families in America, including the Astors, Rockefellers, and Vanderbilts. These and other lighthouses, plantations, churches, forts, and summer cottages of wealthy Northerners and Southerners alike stand as testaments to the rich and provocative history of this, the most Southern of Southern states. Each site is illustrated with a full color painting.


Bright Captivity

Bright Captivity

Author: Eugenia Price

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 1996-07-15

Total Pages: 628

ISBN-13: 9780312959685

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"Anne Couper falls in love with a British lieutenant in the early 19th century on St. Simons Island"--NoveList


On The Threshold of Freedom

On The Threshold of Freedom

Author: Clarence L. Mohr

Publisher: LSU Press

Published: 2001-05-01

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9780807126912

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In this enlightening study, Clarence L. Mohr follows the demise of chattel slavery in one state of the Confederate South. Like the slavery regime itself, Mohr’s story is biracial in character, embracing the perspectives of both blacks and whites as they struggled to comprehend the approach of black freedom within a framework of attitudes and assumptions shaped by decades of mutual exposure to Georgia’s peculiar institution. By exploring in detail the changing patterns of black-white interaction that preceded legal emancipation in 1865, On the Threshold of Freedom defines central tendencies within Georgia slavery and suggests important links between antebellum life and the events of early Reconstruction.


Exhibitions Today

Exhibitions Today

Author: National Endowment for the Humanities. Division of Public Programs

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13:

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