Title: Sapelo : people and place on a Georgia sea island /
Authors: Sullivan, Buddy; Galland, Benjamin
Year: 2017
Subjects: Sapelo Island (Ga.) History.; Georgia Sapelo Island.
Abstract: "Sapelo will be a resource to both scholars and general readers wishing to know more about the island's history. The book uses both primary and secondary sources to paint a picture of the island's many dimensions and discrete periods (e.g. ecological, Native American, Spanish mission, antebellum plantation, African-American, and twentieth century)"--
Contents: Ecological Sapelo: the natural perspective -- Archaeological Sapelo: the early occupiers -- French interlude: anatomy of a failure -- Agrarian Sapelo: the apotheosis of Thomas Spalding -- Tabby: a panegyric to permanence -- Geechee Sapelo: from freedom to self-sufficiency -- Sapelo regenesis: the early twentieth century -- Sapelo in the 1950s: autumn of the old regime -- Scientific Sapelo: conservation, community, and challenge.