Description: Bullard draws on more than twenty years of research and travels about the island to describe how water, wind, and the cycles of nature continue to shape it and how humans have made their mark as well--from the Timuca, Guale, and Mocamo Indians to the subsequent appearances of Spanish, French, African, British, and American inhabitants.
Brief description: MARY R. BULLARD was an independent scholar specializing in Sea Island history. Her books include Robert Stafford of Cumberland Island (Georgia), An Abandoned Black Settlement on Cumberland Island, and Black Liberation on Cumberland Island in 1815. She resided in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
Review Quotes:
Overall, the book is well researched and provides the best historical account specifically of Cumberland Island yet presented.
--Cumberland Island Newsletter