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Cat Island

2014-01-10 History
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Release : 2014-01-10
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Cat Island by : John Cuevas

Download or read book Cat Island written by John Cuevas. This book was released on 2014-01-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just off the coast of the Gulf Islands National Seashore lies Cat Island, an isolated, T-shaped sliver of sand with a remarkable past. A coveted hiding place for Jean Lafitte's pirate treasure in the late eighteenth century and illegal booze during Prohibition, Cat Island also witnessed the first shots of the Battle of New Orleans, an encampment for Seminoles during the Trail of Tears and the first lighthouses on the Mississippi coast. As a child, author John Cuevas learned that his family had owned and lived on the island for three generations beginning with his ancestor, Juan de Cuevas, referred to as "The King of Cat Island," who received it by way of a Spanish land grant. In this engaging work, Cuevas chronicles the historic events that occurred on the island's shores and offers a tribute to the legacy of one of the Gulf Coast's pioneer families.

Sweet Island Life

2017-06-23
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Release : 2017-06-23
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Book Synopsis Sweet Island Life by : Nevelon Gaitor

Download or read book Sweet Island Life written by Nevelon Gaitor. This book was released on 2017-06-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up on the island is like a child¿s first glimpse of the stars at midnight. The Bahamas in the early sixties, seventies and eighties was a village with excitement. You can tell by listening to the old folks about the good old days. We went crabbing in the bush, climbing the coconut tree, picked sapodilla and coco plumbs from the wild and made pepper sauce from the garden in the back yard.Life was simple, but the ability to persevere as a people strengthen the spirit of hope. Some of the most meaningful and memorable experiences of my childhood are connected in part to the stories you will read about. I hope you enjoy my vatae of life on Cat Island.

Cat Island - Diamonds and Rust

2021-10
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Release : 2021-10
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Book Synopsis Cat Island - Diamonds and Rust by : Alessandro Sarno

Download or read book Cat Island - Diamonds and Rust written by Alessandro Sarno. This book was released on 2021-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pictorial journey and exploration of Cat Island, one of the seven hundred islands and cays that make up The Commonwealth of The Bahamas

Discovering Cat Island

2018-03-16 Photography
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Release : 2018-03-16
Genre : Photography
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Book Rating : 102/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Discovering Cat Island by : John Cuevas

Download or read book Discovering Cat Island written by John Cuevas. This book was released on 2018-03-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cat Island, just off the Mississippi Gulf Coast shoreline, has been home to some of the most dramatic events and remarkable stories in the nation's history. While some of these stories are fact, others are colorful fables passed down through the ages with such conviction they have become true in the hearts and minds of many. Between fact and fiction is the undeniable reality: Cat Island is one of the most historically significant landmarks on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Featuring over 160 black-and-white photographs by Jason Taylor and a foreword by Mississippi's Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, John Cuevas's Discovering Cat Island guides readers through Cat Island with stories and histories of twenty-nine sites--both real and imagined--of the legendary barrier island. Originally owned by the Cuevas family as part of a Spanish land grant to Juan de Cuevas in 1781, Cat Island boasts a colorful history that includes events related to the notorious pirate Jean Lafitte and the outlaw James Copeland, both of whom were thought to have buried their stolen treasure somewhere on the island; the Battle of New Orleans; and the War of 1812. The island served as one of the staging areas for the Seminole forced to abandon their homes and take part in the Trail of Tears. In the twentieth century, the island was a convenient transfer point for gangsters and local bootleggers shipping booze during Prohibition before becoming a US military training camp site during World War II. In 1988, Cat Island became the location of the first oil drilling ever in the Mississippi Sound and in 2010 was one of the islands devastated by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Cat on the Island

2008 Juvenile Fiction
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Release : 2008
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Synopsis Cat on the Island by : Gary Crew

Download or read book Cat on the Island written by Gary Crew. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was raining outside, so I said: 'Gramps, tell me a story.'This is the true story of David and his father, who came to Stephens Island - a remote and pristine island off Cook Strait between the North and South Islands of New Zealand in 1894. There they built a lighthouse to protect ships entering the strait. Oblivious of the potential damage to the environment, they chopped down the trees and ferns where the local birds sheltered, thereby demolishing their habitat.But worse than that, they brought their pregnant cat with them. The tiny Stephens Island wrens, being flightless, had no natural defences against the predators and were wiped out in less than two years. The event is cited as the only instance where one species has been directly responsible for the extinction of another.Of course, once they realised what had happened, conservation authorities began the official eradication of the cats, but by then the damage had been done.The strikingly beautiful illustrations reinforce the tragedy of the obliteration of this tiny Eden, a timely metaphor for that other paradise known as Earth.

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