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This rollicking chronicle of life on Daufuskie Island, one of the sea islands of coastal South Carolina, portrays a distinct culture shaped by the physical geography of place, the historic environment of the antebellum South, and the encroachment of modern golf resorts. The unique landscape of sandy beaches, marshes, and woods of pine and oak is inhabited by the fiercely independent locals who've lived on the island for generations. This book captures an island in transition as the native islanders watch the expanding battle between environmentalists and developers eager to claim the lush land for exclusive resorts. Tender, bawdy, sacred, and profane, this poignant rendering of this unique island includes tales of voodooists, smugglers, poets, shrimpers, and Fortune 500 executives.
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The Right Side of the River Journey to "the right side of the river" with author and waterman Roger Pinckney to Daufuskie Island, one of the last of the undeveloped sea islands off the South Carolina/Georgia Coast. Lying southwest of Hilton Head Island on Calibogue Sound, the island is approached only by boat and is home to islanders whose fiercely independent life styles and temperaments are products of a physical environment and spiritual culture of rare dimensions. In this debut collection of essays, Pinckney masterfully capyures the cadence of life on the once pristine island that is still home to the Gullah people, descendents of former slaves. Islanders refer to the rest of North America as "The Other Side" and don't especially like to go there. Pinckney's poignant and occasionally raucous tales are filled with wonder, rage and romance of a man on a personal mission to save an island and its people. Back Flap Copy Roger Pinckney was born and raised in Beaufort, South Carolina, and is a gradute of the University of South Carolina and the Iowa Writer's Workshop. He is the author of The Beaufort Chronicles and Blue Roots: The African American Folk Magic of the Gullah People. He currently lives on Daufuskie Island, South Carolina, where he writes and works diligently to preserve the island culture. Jacket design by Sally Heineman Cover photo by Jason Hawkes Author photo by Lauren Preller Chambers
The Right Side of the River
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