Cumberland Island National Seashore - Books
Endangered Species (An Anna Pigeon Mystery)
 Nevada Barr
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Park ranger Anna Pigeon investigates the crash of the drug-interdiction plane on an isolated Georgia island in Nevada Barr’s spectacular new mystery. Was it an accident or sabotage that downed the plane, killing both the pilot and his passenger? Pressed into service, it’s up to Anna and her crew to solve the mystery. 320 pp. 40,000 print.
From the Publisher:
Was the crash of the drug interdiction plane on an iolated Georgia island an accident - or sabotage? Park ranger Anna Pigeon investigates. Though the "experts" are called in to evaluate the crash, Anna can’t let the investigation rest solely in their hands. Her inquiry causes her to stumble into shady dealings that question the integrity - and honor - of her own crew.
From The Critics:
Publishers WeeklyBarr possesses that rare combination of talents: she can write a beautiful sentence and create a first-rate mystery. In this fifth in the series (Firestorm, 1996), National Park Service Ranger Anna Pigeon is on temporary assignment at drought-ridden Cumberland Island National Seashore off the Georgia coast, on presuppression fire duty. Patrols are interrupted by an airplane crash that kills pilot Slattery Hammond, who was conducting drug-interdiction flights, and Todd Belfore, Cumberland district ranger. When foul play is suggested, investigators wonder if the murderer was after Hammond, Belfore or Cumberland’s chief ranger, Norman Hull, whom Belfore replaced in the plane at the last minute. Barr, who is a former Park Service Ranger, evokes the minimally developed island’s shimmering beauty while spinning an absorbing tale of danger and deceit that embraces a realistic description of conservation work and a diverse, engaging cast. An affecting subplot is developed when Anna’s lover, FBI agent Frederick Stanton, and her psychiatrist sister, Molly, meet. A refreshing change from the brash, wisecracking order of female PIs, Barr’s thoughtful and sensitive heroine ("This murder was... intricate, slow-moving, relationships unclear, each aspect draped or veiled by something else," she observes midway through the investigation) rings true on every page. Readers Digest Condensed Book. (Mar.) School Library JournalYA--Fans of park ranger Anna Pigeon have followed her from Lake Superior to Mesa Verde; now she takes them to Cumberland Island, Georgia. Part of a fire crew, Anna and her partner are first to discover the wreckage of a burning airplane, and Anna suspects sabotage. Back in civilization, her beau, Frederick, meets her sister, Molly, and discovers that she has all of Anna’s good qualities, plus a penchant for city life that he shares, in contrast to Anna’s love for the wilderness. The setting is an additional character as the island’s lush vegetation, hot and humid weather, and abundance of ticks and chiggers add to and twist the plot. Remnants of once-grand homes of the wealthy dot the island, adding to the stench of decay and the vision of a dying Southern way of life. There is always one scene in Barr’s books that remains forever etched in memory; this time it is when Anna hides in an old hog sty and becomes trapped when two of her suspects burn quantities of a marijuana crop. Unable to leave, she pays dearly for the unwanted high she receives. Even in tense situations, humor is apparent in the writing, which makes the reading enjoyable and the suspense more palatable.--Pam Spencer, Fairfax County Public Schools, VA Kirkus ReviewsIf you’ve been waiting for Park Services ranger Anna Pigeon to get a posting on the East Coast, you’ll be happy to know that she’s unofficially moonlighting as midwife to some endangered loggerhead turtles while she’s working for a presuppression fire crew in Georgia’s Cumberland Island National Seashore. But the fire that’s started by the crash of a Beechcraft airplane is a routine problem compared to the death of the two men who were aboard the plane: Slattery Hammond, who was on freelance drug patrol, and district ranger Todd Belfore, who leaves behind a very pregnant wife and a shorthanded park staff to deal with a dozen riddles. Why did Slattery follow Todd from the wide-open spaces of the North Cascades to the shallows of Cumberland? Why was Tabby Belfore afraid her husband would leave her? Why did somebody knock out Anna as she searched Slattery’s place, and use an inoffensive Austrian camper’s leg for target practice? What were a pair of plastic sandwich bags doing floating inside the Beechcraft’s fuel tank? Anna wishes her FBI lover Frederick Stanton were with her to help piece together this puzzle. But he won’t even answer his phone in Chicago, because he’s in New York, falling in love with Anna’s sister Molly.Anna’s fifth isn’t as baffling or dramatically urgent as the remarkable Firestorm (1996), but it is as poetically written and exquisitely clued as any of the others.
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The Best in Tent Camping:Georgia A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RV’s Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos
 Johnny Molloy
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If You Subscribe to the Opinion That Japanese Lanterns, Televisions, and Electric Guitars are Not Essential Camping Equipment, Then the Best in Tent Camping: Georgia Should Be Your Constant Outdoor Companion. From Mountainous Amicalola Falls State Park, Starting Point for Appalachian Trail Thru-Hikers, to the Windswept Dunes of Cumberland Island, Georgia Camping Has Never Been Better. The Best in Tent Camping: Georgia is a Guidebook for Tent Campers Who Like Scenic and Serene Campsites. It’s the Perfect Resource if You Blanch at the Thought of Pitching Your Tent on a Concrete Slab, Trying to Sleep Through the Blare of Another Camper’s Boombox, or Waking up to Find Your Tent Surrounded By a Convoy of RVs. The Best in Tent Camping: Georgia Will Guide You to the Quietest, Most Beautiful, Most Secure, and Best Managed Campgrounds in the Peach State. Painstakingly Selected from Hundreds of Camping Options, Each Profiled Campground is Rated for Beauty, Noise, Privacy, Security, Spaciousness, and Cleanliness. Each Campground Profile Gives Unbiased and Thorough Evaluations, Taking the Guesswork out of Finding the Perfect Site. Essential Details on Facilities, Reservations, Fees, and Restrictions, As Well As an Accurate, Easy-to-Read Campground Map Make Planning Your Trip a Snap. Also Included are Suggestions for Nearby Outdoor Recreation and Sightseeing, Pinpointing Attractions that Often Go Unnoticed.
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Cumberland Island National Seashore: A History of Conservation Conflict
 Lary M. Dilsaver
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"In Cumberland Island National Seashore: A History of Conservation Conflict, Lary M. Dilsaver uses the island as an example of the difficulty of converting privately owned lands into public space. The fate of the island has galvanized national environmental groups, the descendants of powerful families, historic preservation organizations, and African-American heritage societies. The local populace wanted to enjoy the beaches and the fishing but also to attract as many visitors as possible from the nearby I-95." "First a history of the establishment, management, and conservation issues of the site, Cumberland Island National Seashore also serves as a revealing look at the ongoing national battle between ecosystem preservation, historic conservation, and lingering private use in the park system. By focusing on the history of one national park, Dilsaver shows vividly the difficulties of preserving land and wildlife while providing recreational opportunities for the public." The core of Dilsaver’s story is interest-group lobbying and conflict, involving wealthy and powerful opponents, and the Park Service’s sometimes fruitless attempts to run a middle course following agency tradition and a web of legal constraints. Engagingly written and supplemented with historical illustrations and maps, Cumberland Island National Seashore offers a glimpse behind the process of establishing a national park area. It will interest scholars and students of historical geography, environmental history, and conservation and preservation, professionals in park and recreation management, and perhaps above all, those who have come away from an enjoyable visit to the seashore and wondered about its complete, albeit rocky, history.
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Fun with the Family in Georgia: Hundreds of Ideas for Day Trips with the Kids
 Carol Thalimer
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Here’s the inside information on all the family-friendly fun to be had in the Peach State. Fun with the Family in Georgia leads the way to amusement parks, hiking trails, zoos and aquariums, children’s museums, festivals, parks, and much more. Written by parents, for parents, this opinionated, personal, and easy-to-use guide has the best things to see and do to keep the kids busy and happy for an hour, a day, or a weekend -- a guaranteed antidote to vacation boredom!
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"A wide-ranging guide to how to keep the wee ones busy and happy while on a trip to the capital of the Deep South."--Patriot News
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Fun with the Family in Georgia: Hundreds of Ideas for Day Trips with the Kids
 Carol Thalimer
 From the Publisher:
Here’s the inside information on all the family-friendly fun to be had in the Peach State. Fun with the Family in Georgia leads the way to amusement parks, hiking trails, zoos and aquariums, children’s museums, festivals, parks, and much more. Written by parents, for parents, this opinionated, personal, and easy-to-use guide has the best things to see and do to keep the kids busy and happy for an hour, a day, or a weekend -- a guaranteed antidote to vacation boredom!
From The Critics:
"A wide-ranging guide to how to keep the wee ones busy and happy while on a trip to the capital of the Deep South."--Patriot News
Our Price: $12.95
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