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  • av Carol Ruckdeschel & C.Robert Shoop
    389,-

    Written by two of the Southeast's foremost authorities on sea turtle conservation, this is an illustrated guide to the species that frequent the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. It opens with comprehensive coverage of the sea turtle's evolution, juvenile and adult life cycles, nesting, diet and feeding, predators, and more.

  • - Three Generations of a Georgia Family
    av William Harris Bragg
    903,-

    The story of a prominent Georgia family and its efforts to preserve the southern history. It focuses on the achievements of the De Rennes between 1827 and 1970, reconstructing their lives at Wormsloe and their travels around the world. It also takes a look at the antiquarian book trade.

  • - A History
    av Mary R. Bullard
    416,-

    Cumberland Island: A History chronicles five centuries of change to the landscape and its people from the days of the first Native Americans through the late-twentieth-century struggles between developers and conservationists.

  • - Piecing Together a History
     
    484,-

    Showcases the diversity of quilting materials, methods, and patterns used in the state since the nineteenth century. This book also reveals how quilts serve as conduits of history and culture. It contains chapters that follow various threads of the craft, including Civil War - era quilts, the cotton economy, quilting groups, and more.

  • av Frances Taliaferro Thomas
    457,-

    Athens, Georgia, seems the quintessential southern university town, its geography chiseled over geologic time by its lifeblood. This title pays attention to Athens' natural and built environments and their coevolution into one of the modern South's most dynamic small cities.

  • - Three Centuries of Storms at Sea and Ashore
    av Walter J. Fraser
    376,-

    Explores how hurricanes have altered lives and landscapes along the Georgia - South Carolina seaboard. This book weaves the Lowcountry's long social, political, and economic history with firsthand reports and data accumulated by the National Weather Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

  • - Essays on Colonial Georgia
     
    478,-

    This collection of essays grew out of a symposium commemorating the 250th anniversary of the founding of Georgia. The contributors are authorities in their respective fields who shed new light on the social, political, religious, and ethnic diversity of colonial Georgia.

  • av Whit Gibbons & Mike Dorcas
    471,-

    Filled with more than 300 colour photographs, this is a comprehensive guide to the snakes of the Southeast of North America. At the heart of the guide are its illustrated descriptions of each species and its habitat. Also included is information about the importance of snake conservation and the biology, diversity, and life cycles of snakes.

  • - A Historical, Archaeological, and Architectural Study of an Eighteenth-Century Plantation Site near Savannah, Georgia
    av William Kelso
    410 - 1 379,-

    Attempts to define what effect the semitropical, hostile border environment of colonial Georgia had on the plantation development scheme of at least one English settler. Kelso's report concludes with a detailed study of the artifacts with illustrations, descriptions, and identifications of the important pieces.

  • - How the Grassroots Battle to Save Georgia's Marshlands Was Fought-and Won
    av Reid W. Harris
    345,-

    A broad-based coalition of supporters came together to push the Coastal Marshlands Protection Act of 1970 through the Georgia state legislature. The law was a first-in-the-US bill to save the marshes of a state from mining and development. This book is the history of this legislative act, as told by the leader of the coalition, Reid Harris.

  • - A Daughter's Memoir
    av Susan Cerulean
    267 - 418,-

    A memoir trains a naturalist's eye and a daughter's heart on the lingering death of a beloved parent from dementia. At the same time, the book explores an activist's lifelong search to be of service to the embattled natural world.

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