{"product_id":"postbellum-sapelo-island-by-buddy-sullivan-9781098309688","title":"Postbellum Sapelo Island","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story of Sapelo Island, Georgia, is a compelling narrative that captivates many people, including serious historians, occasional visitors, and local residents. \u003ci\u003ePostbellum Sapelo Island\u003c\/i\u003e reviews one segment of Sapelo's history—in many respects its most intriguing period—spanning fifty years from 1865 to 1915. It is also a very personal story, told through the first-hand account of Archibald Carlisle McKinley, a Sapelo resident who lived on the island for most of that half-century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMcKinley's daily journal, kept from 1869 to 1877, along with subsequent accounts by him and members of his family, provides the immediacy of the moment. This personal perspective is difficult, if not impossible, to obtain through research in less personal sources.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe centrepiece of \u003ci\u003ePostbellum Sapelo Island\u003c\/i\u003e is McKinley's Reconstruction-era journal, which includes explanatory notes to identify persons, places, and events mentioned. The book also contains an introductory chapter on Reconstruction Sapelo, which is three-fold: an overview of the formerly enslaved people of Sapelo who returned after the Civil War as freed individuals, developing communities and self-reliance; a review of the Spaldings, McKinleys, and allied families who resided on the island post-war; and the story of McKinley himself, detailing how his journal was written and preserved by his descendants long after his death in 1917.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46849910931692,"sku":"9781098309688","price":64.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/644473482579.jpg?v=1759061190","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/postbellum-sapelo-island-by-buddy-sullivan-9781098309688","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}