{"product_id":"sea-island-yankee-clyde-bresee-9781570030956","title":"Sea Island Yankee","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn adventurous boyhood, a remarkable Southern community, and one jewel of a memoir\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClyde Bresee was just five years old in 1921 when his family moved from a tiny Pennsylvania farm to the Lawton Plantation near Charleston, South Carolina. While his father labored for the next decade to revitalize the sprawling sea island plantation's dairy operation, Clyde reveled in a world utterly foreign to the community of his birth. On James Island he encountered a society of mannered gentility, a climate where winter passed in the twinkling of an eye, a place of wandering tidal streams and vast expanses of salt marshes, and a people--African-American people--whom he had never met. In \u003ci\u003eSea Island Yankee, \u003c\/i\u003e Bresee revisits the time and place that endowed his childhood with great happiness and that have held a powerful grip on his musings throughout adulthood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the observant eyes of youth and the distanced perspective on an outsider, Bresee re-creates his boyhood world of water, live oaks, and Spanish moss. He vividly describes the Confederated memorial observances at which he heard white-haired veterans recount Civil War battles, and he recalls seemingly endless opportunities for swimming, crabbing, boating, and exploring. Bresee also pays tribute to the African-Americans who shaped his sea island experience, from Jamsie, his multi-talented playmate, to Ned, the indispensable plantation employee who once saved the life of Clyde's brother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Clyde Bresee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1570030952\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781570030956\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.51h x 6.06w x 0.76d","brand":"Clyde Bresee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052913357055,"sku":"9781570030956","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c12e2b65-fd0a-4d81-b2c4-9391daf43e1a.jpg?v=1685021346","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sea-island-yankee-clyde-bresee-9781570030956","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}