Voices From St. Simons

Stephen Doster

28 évaluations par Goodreads

Langue : anglais

Edité par John F Blair Publisher, US, 2008

0895873575 / 9780895873576

Vendeur : Rarewaves.com USA, London, London, Royaume-UniRarewaves.com USA

Vendeur avec une évaluation de 5 étoiles

Vendeur AbeBooks depuis 11 juin 2025

Afficher les articles de ce vendeur
Livre broché

Etat: Neuf

EUR 18,21

 Frais de port gratuits 
Expédition depuis Royaume-Uni vers Etats-Unis

Quantité disponible : 5 disponible(s)

Ajouter au panier
Retours gratuits sous 30 jours

Item description from seller

Mile for mile, St. Simons Island-one of Georgia's Golden Isles-boasts as much history as any community on the East Coast. Originally an Indian hunting ground, it has been occupied or invaded by Spanish missionaries, British settlers, planters and their slaves, the Union army, the United States Navy, and developers and tourists. The seventeen narratives in Voices from St. Simons represent an "oral archaeological dig," writes editor Stephen Doster. Many of those interviewed are descendants of masters and slaves. Surprisingly, they speak of racial issues with greater compassion than bitterness. But the volume encompasses much more than that. Here, the people of the Golden Isles recall waving farewell to Paul Redfern when his airplane took off from a sandy beach on his ill-fated attempt to outdo Charles Lindbergh. They describe jumping into a fast boat and riding to the rescue of merchant sailors torpedoed by a German U-boat. They tell of playing childhood sports-and dominating the competition-alongside future NFL legend Jim Brown, who was raised on St. Simons. They remember piloting the ship that, due to a helmsman's error, hit the Sidney Lanier Bridge, causing one of the worst such disasters in American history. "In some respects, the narratives reveal a plot of ground that time forgot," Doster writes. "They present the reflections of a cross-section of ordinary people who lived during extraordinary times."Stephen Doster was born in 1959 in Kingston-Upon-Thames, England, and moved with his parents and four siblings to St. Simons Island, Georgia, in the early 1960s. His ties to the island date to the early 1900s, when his father's family vacationed there before the construction of a mainland causeway. His grandparents permanently moved to St. Simons in the 1940s, building on the grounds where a Spanish mission once stood. Growing up on the island, Doster remembers the place as a "Mayberry with tides," where he and neighborhood kids played baseball on the beach, sneaked into a resort hotel pool after football practices, and explored the island's woods and tidal creeks. His early recollections include seeing navy hurricane hunters fly over the Atlantic in search of storms before the days of satellites, viewing open Indian graves during an archaeological dig, evacuating the island at Hurricane Dora's approach, and returning to the destruction left in its wake. After graduating from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1983, Doster headed to Nashville, Tennessee where he has lived and worked since. Though he has been a resident of Nashville for over 20 years, St. Simons has always been close to his heart. In 2002, John F. Blair published his debut novel, Lord Baltimore, about a young man's journey on the Georgia coast between Savannah and St. Simons. Voices from St. Simons is essentially Doster's effort to preserve the legacy of the area. For decades, he heard "local residents utter the famous sentiment that so.

N° de réf. du vendeur LU-9780895873576

Titre
Voices From St. Simons
Auteur
Stephen Doster
Éditeur
John F Blair Publisher, US
Année de publication
2008
État de l'article
New
Reliure
Paperback
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0895873575
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780895873576

Rarewaves.com USA

London, London, Royaume-Uni

Vendeur avec une évaluation de 5 étoiles

Vendeur AbeBooks depuis 11 juin 2025

Frais d'expédition de Royaume-Uni vers Etats-Unis

Article11 à 16 jours ouvrés11 à 16 jours ouvrés
Premier articleEUR 0,00EUR 0,00
Les délais de livraison sont fixés par les vendeurs et varient en fonction du transporteur et du lieu. Les commandes transitant par les douanes peuvent être retardées et les acheteurs sont responsables de tous les droits ou frais associés. Les vendeurs peuvent vous contacter au sujet de frais supplémentaires afin de couvrir toute augmentation des coûts d'expédition de vos articles.

Modes de paiement

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Carte Bleue
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay

Profil professionnel du vendeur

RAREWAVES.COM LIMITED

Elsley Court, 20-22 Great Titchfield Street
London, Royaume-Uni W1W 8BE