When Mildred and John Teal moved to Sapelo Island, Georgia, in 1955, they stepped back in time to a virtually undeveloped landscape of salt marsh, maritime forest, freshwater ponds, sand dunes, and beaches. Over the course of a four-year stay their careful observations of the island's unique marine ecology and wonderfully varied flora and fauna became the basis for Portrait of an Island. The island's human history dates back more than four thousand years. The lure of Sapelo has drawn many to its shores, including tobacco millionaire R. J. Reynolds, who established the University of Georgia Marine Institute there in the 1950s. Surrounded by sixteen thousand acres of pristine marsh, Sapelo offers researchers and the public a rare opportunity for environmental studies. Now a state game refuge and national estuarine sanctuary, the island remains a special haven where humans and nature quietly and peacefully coexist. Portrait of an Island is essential reading for anyone who treasures tranquility.
| List of Maps | ||
| Acknowledgments to the Third Edition | ||
| Introduction | 1 | |
| 1 | A Revolution Repeatedly Rejected, 1774-1871 | 9 |
| 2 | Canada in the Shadow of Industrial America, 1871-1903 | 41 |
| 3 | Beginning a Bilateral Relationship, 1903-1919 | 70 |
| 4 | The New Era, 1919-1930 | 99 |
| 5 | Acquaintance to Alliance, 1930-1941 | 127 |
| 6 | World War to Cold War, 1941-1947 | 156 |
| 7 | Canada in the New American Empire, 1947-1960 | 184 |
| 8 | The Moose That Roared, 1960-1968 | 214 |
| 9 | The Ambivalent Ally, 1968-1984 | 244 |
| 10 | Republicans and Tories, 1984-1993 | 274 |
| 11 | A North American Trajectory? 1994-2001 | 297 |
| Epilogue: "Plus ca change ..." | 318 | |
| Notes | 327 | |
| Bibliographical Essay | 375 | |
| Index | 393 |
Overview
When Mildred and John Teal moved to Sapelo Island, Georgia, in 1955, they stepped back in time to a virtually undeveloped landscape of salt marsh, maritime forest, freshwater ponds, sand dunes, and beaches. Over the course of a four-year stay their careful observations of the island's unique marine ecology and wonderfully varied flora and fauna became the basis for Portrait of an Island. The island's human history dates back more than four thousand years. The lure of Sapelo has drawn many to its shores, including...