The Water Is Wide
Title | The Water Is Wide PDF eBook |
Author | Pat Conroy |
Publisher | Dial Press Trade Paperback |
Total Pages | 322 |
Release | 2002-03-26 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0553381571 |
A “miraculous” (Newsweek) human drama, based on a true story, from the renowned author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini The island is nearly deserted, haunting, beautiful. Across a slip of ocean lies South Carolina. But for the handful of families on Yamacraw Island, America is a world away. For years the people here lived proudly from the sea, but now its waters are not safe. Waste from industry threatens their very existence unless, somehow, they can learn a new way. But they will learn nothing without someone to teach them, and their school has no teacher—until one man gives a year of his life to the island and its people. Praise for The Water Is Wide “Miraculous . . . an experience of joy.”—Newsweek “A powerfully moving book . . . You will laugh, you will weep, you will be proud and you will rail . . . and you will learn to love the man.”—Charleston News and Courier “A hell of a good story.”—The New York Times “Few novelists write as well, and none as beautifully.”—Lexington Herald-Leader “[Pat] Conroy cuts through his experiences with a sharp edge of irony. . . . He brings emotion, writing talent and anger to his story.”—Baltimore Sun
Daufuskie Island
Title | Daufuskie Island PDF eBook |
Author | Jenny Hersch |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | 128 |
Release | 2018-07-09 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 1439664757 |
Daufuskie, a Muscogee word meaning "sharp feather" or "land with a point," is an island located between Hilton Head and Savannah, bounded by the Calibogue Sound and the Cooper River. With no bridge to the mainland, the island maintains a distinct allure. Home to Native American tribes, a paradise for pirates, and a strategic military outpost, Daufuskie held enslaved Africans brought by plantation owners as chattel to build their wealth. After the Civil War and occupation by Union soldiers, freed slaves from the Sea Islands and surrounding states settled on Daufuskie as landowners and sharecroppers. Daufuskie's population fluctuated in keeping with local industries, and those who stayed often relied on farming, hunting, and fishing to survive. Electricity was brought to the island in the early 1950s, and the first telephone rang in 1972. Today, historic sites, restaurants, outdoor recreation, and scenic beauty draw visitors and residents to this unique community. Daufuskie Island is part of the National Park Service's Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
An Island Named Daufuskie
Title | An Island Named Daufuskie PDF eBook |
Author | Billie Burn |
Publisher | Reprint Company |
Total Pages | 592 |
Release | 1991-01-01 |
Genre | Daufuskie Island (S.C.) |
ISBN | 9780871524546 |
Daufuskie Island
Title | Daufuskie Island PDF eBook |
Author | John Lueder |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781631830310 |
After a hurricane hits Daufuskie Island, the St. Johns and their children discover a treasure chest that has been sealed for over a century. A mysterious woman predicted decades earlier that the family would break the seal and awaken the magic inside. Now the St. Johns find themselves on a quest through time and space to reunite their family.
Gullah Home Cooking the Daufuskie Way
Title | Gullah Home Cooking the Daufuskie Way PDF eBook |
Author | Sallie Ann Robinson |
Publisher | Univ of North Carolina Press |
Total Pages | 193 |
Release | 2014-02-01 |
Genre | Cooking |
ISBN | 0807889628 |
If there's one thing we learned coming up on Daufuskie," remembers Sallie Ann Robinson, "it's the importance of good, home-cooked food." In this enchanting book, Robinson presents the delicious, robust dishes of her native Sea Islands and offers readers a taste of the unique, West African-influenced Gullah culture still found there. Living on a South Carolina island accessible only by boat, Daufuskie folk have traditionally relied on the bounty of fresh ingredients found on the land and in the waters that surround them. The one hundred home-style dishes presented here include salads and side dishes, seafood, meat and game, rice, quick meals, breads, and desserts. Gregory Wrenn Smith's photographs evoke the sights and tastes of Daufuskie. "Here are my family's recipes," writes Robinson, weaving warm memories of the people who made and loved these dishes and clear instructions for preparing them. She invites readers to share in the joys of Gullah home cooking the Daufuskie way, to make her family's recipes their own.
Daufuskie Island, a Photographic Essay
Title | Daufuskie Island, a Photographic Essay PDF eBook |
Author | Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 176 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Gullah Animal Tales from Daufuskie Island, South Carolina
Title | Gullah Animal Tales from Daufuskie Island, South Carolina PDF eBook |
Author | Albert Henry Stoddard |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 116 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780964156678 |
Folktales or myths in English and Gullah.