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Author : Thomas Redshaw
Release : 1971
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Book Synopsis Cat Island Camp by : Thomas Redshaw
Download or read book Cat Island Camp written by Thomas Redshaw. This book was released on 1971. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Cuevas
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.
Author : Joyce Stranger
Release : 1961
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Book Synopsis Wild Cat Island by : Joyce Stranger
Download or read book Wild Cat Island written by Joyce Stranger. This book was released on 1961. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Quincy Allen
Release : 1911
Genre : Islands
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Book Synopsis The Outdoor Chums on the Lake by : Quincy Allen
Download or read book The Outdoor Chums on the Lake written by Quincy Allen. This book was released on 1911. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Cuevas
Release : 2018-03-16
Genre : Photography
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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.
