Burnt Pot Island: A Marsh Hammock in Its Natural State

Burnt Pot Island: A Marsh Hammock in Its Natural State - Paperback

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Burnt Pot Island: A Marsh Hammock in Its Natural State

Burnt Pot Island: A Marsh Hammock in Its Natural State - Paperback

by Karen Dove Barr
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Sale price  $30.24 Regular price 

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by Karen Dove Barr (Author)

Catherine Williams earns her living shucking oysters in a filthy, mosquito-infested shed, like all Geechee women in Pin Point, Georgia, in 1904. Even though she graduates eighth grade and yearns to escape, none of the men whose children she bears can help her. Prohibition becomes law, and rum-running gangs invade the deserted sea islands, bribing the sheriff and the mayor of nearby Savannah, who promise unheard-of sums of money to the impoverished Geechees to do their dirty work, and who lure Catherine's son Willie into the business. When the owner of the oyster cannery makes an unwanted sexual advance toward Catherine's daughter Licia, Catherine is forced to hide Licia with her son on Skidaway Island, the epicenter of fine-liquor smuggling and manufacture of moonshine. She struggles to keep her job and home, both of which depend on pleasing her boss. The mayor entices Licia into sex and rum-running, building her a secret house on Burnt Pot Island, where even voodoo and Christian prayer aren't enough to keep her safe. Federal agents close in for a raid, forcing Catherine to choose between abandoning everything she has worked for and saving her children.

Author Biography

Karen Dove Barr is a native Georgian and an attorney, with a BA from Mercer and a JD from John Marshall Law School. She is the author of Wild Times on Skidaway Island and Running through Menopause. Her essays have appeared in Runners' World, Fitness Magazine, Dog Fancy, Coastal Senior, and Savannah Magazine. Burnt Pot Island is her first novel. Skidaway Island has been her home since 1989.

Number of Pages: 252
Dimensions: 0.53 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: November 03, 2021
ISBN9781666732870
Author Karen Dove Barr
PublisherResource Publications (CA)
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedNovember 2021
LanguageENG- English
Pages252
Weight1.0 lb
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Karen Dove Barr

Karen Dove Barr is a native Georgian and a Skidaway Island resident. She earned a BA from Mercer University and a JD from John Marshall Law School, then practiced law in Savannah for forty-eight years. Dove Barr is the author of Burnt Pot Island, about Skidaway's history during Prohibition. Because of her extensive research of General Sherman's Field Order No. 15, she was consulted for National Public Radio's documentary 40 Acres and a Lie.

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