Okefenokee Album

By Francis Harper

Book Overview

Based on the photographs and writings of Francis Harper, a naturalist who visited the Okefinokee Swamp repeatedly between 1912 and 1951, Okefinokee Album recalls life in the "land of trembling earth"... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820305308
• ISBN13: 9780820305301
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Univ of Georgia Pr
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

a look back at a beautiful place and simpler times

This is a magnificent book. It tells the story of a special place and the people who live there. Southern Crackers are often maligned for ignorance and bigotry, but the people observed and recorded here deserve great credit for understanding the natural beauty of their surroundings and for creating a lifestyle that used what nature offered without abusing it. Fortunately, Francis Harper, the naturalist and the author, took a lifelong interest in the Okefenokee. Thanks to him, the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is protected and available for all of us to appreciate, and thanks to this book, we can appreciate the people who lived in and around the swamp back in the days before strip malls, chain stores, communication gadgets and other intrusions. You do not have to be a naturalist to enjoy this beautiful book. If you read it, you will have a much greater understanding of a very special place.

Great for family research of Charlton County, GA

This book contains much information on some of the early settlers of the Okefenokee Swamp - focusing on families that resided in Charlton County, GA. Many pictures are included as well as folk stories, local legends and songs, and even a swamp vocabulary section. This book is a must for those researching this area.