Carol Ruckdeschel is the wildest woman in America. She wrestles alligators; eats roadkill; rides horses bareback; and lives in a ramshackle cabin that she built by hand in an island wilderness. A combination of Henry David Thoreau and Jane Goodall; Carol is a self-taught scientist who has become a tireless defender of sea turtles on Cumberland Island; a national park off the coast of Georgia.Cumberland; the country’s largest and most biologically diverse barrier island; is celebrated for its windswept dunes and feral horses. Steel magnate Thomas Carnegie once owned much of the island; and in recent years; Carnegie heirs and the National Park Service have clashed with Carol over the island’s future. What happens when a dirt-poor naturalist with only a high school diploma becomes an outspoken advocate on a celebrated but divisive island? Untamed is the story of an American original standing her ground and fighting for what she believes in; no matter the cost.
#1198870 in Books Johns Hopkins University Press 2005-08-09 2005-08-09Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x .59 x 6.00l; .68 #File Name: 0801882745222 pages
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