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Legendary locals of Hilton Head, South Carolina / Barbara Muller for the Heritage Library Foundation.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Muller, Barbara, 1929- Author.
- Series:
- Images of America.
- Images of America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hilton Head Island (S.C.)--Biography--Pictorial works.
- Hilton Head Island (S.C.).
- Hilton Head Island (S.C.)--Biography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, map
- Other Title:
- Legendary locals of Hilton Head
- Hilton Head, South Carolina
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, SC : Legendary Locals, [2013]
- Summary:
- Before the Europeans came, Amerindians celebrated on Hilton Head Island with seasonal oyster feasts. Later, planters made fortunes here with Sea Island cotton. But the island came alive to the guns of the Union in 1861 and, for seven years, was host to the troops who helped former slaves even before the Emancipation Proclamation made freedom official. The forces left, and the island slept. In the pages of this book are some of the people who kept the Gullah sea island culture alive, a self-sustaining culture of mutual help and integrity, living off the sea and the land. This volume also includes some of the people who set a standard for development and made the island what it is today, unique visionaries who had a fierce devotion to preservation of the island's natural beauty, its flora, and its fauna.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 125) and index.
- OCLC:
- 900733098
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