Sapelo's People - by William S McFeely (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>McFeely retells the history--and enters the current-day lives--of the people who inhabit Sapelo's Island off the coast of Georgia, descendants of slaves who once worked its plantations. It is a richly detailed work of historical reconstruction, a sensitive portrait of black Americans in this place and in our own time, and a moving meditation on race.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In this moving and original work, William S. McFeely, one of this country's most distinguished historians, retells the history--and enters into the current-day lives--of the people who inhabit Sapelo's Island off the coast of Georgia, descendants of slaves who once worked its huge cotton plantations. It is at once a richly detailed work of historical reconstruction, a sensitive portrait of the lives of black Americans in this particular place and in our own time, and a moving meditation on race by a writer who has made its painful dilemmas his life's work as a historian.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Raising historical writing to the level of art, McFeely tells with genuine respect an urgent and important story.--Benjamin Griffith "Atlanta Journal-Constitution"<br>
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