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9780802122582 English 0802122582 Carol Ruckdeschel is the wildest woman in America. She eats road kill, wrestles alligators, rides horses bareback, and lives in a ramshackle cabin that she built herself in an island wilderness. She's had three husbands and many lovers, one of whom she shot and killed in self-defense. 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 is the country's largest and most biologically diverse barrier island-over forty square miles of pristine wilderness celebrated for its windswept dunes and feral horses. Steel magnate Thomas Carnegie owned much of Cumberland, and his widow Lucy made it a Gilded Age playground. But 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 triesto stop one of thewealthiest families in America? Untamed is the story of an American original standing her ground and fighting for what she believes in, no matter the cost., 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., Cumberland Island, off the coast of Georgia, is the largest barrier island in the United States and one of the most biodiverse places in the world. Celebrated for its windswept dunes, sea turtles, and wild horses, the island is also famous for its human inhabitants. Steel magnate Thomas Carnegie owned much of Cumberland, and his widow Lucy turned it into a Gilded Age playground. Generations later, when Carnegie heirs tried to turn the island into a lavish resort or a national park with millions of annual visitors, another island matriarch, and by far the most unusual, had her say. Carol Ruckdeschel is one of the wildest women in America. She eats road kill, wrestles alligators, and dissects giant sea turtles--more than any other scientist, ever. She lives in a ramshackle cabin she built herself and is a whiskey-drinking, bareback-riding, modern-day Thoreau, who also happens to have shot and killed a man in self-defense. With only a high school diploma, Carol knows more about sea turtles than most marine biologists, and she wasn't about to let Cumberland slip away. Untamed is the story of an American original standing her ground and fighting for what she believes in, no matter the cost., Cumberland Island, off the cost of Georgia, is the largest barrier island in the United States, over fifty square miles of pristine wilderness, and one of the most biodiverse places in the world. Celebrated for its windswept dunes, sea turtles, and wild horses, the island is also famous for its human inhabitants. Caty Green, widow of Revolutionary War hero Nathanael Greene, oversaw a large plantation there, and steel magnate Andrew Carnegie's widow Lucy reigned from a 59-room mansion,attracting the great and the good to this Gilded Age playground.When Lucy died, her will prevented the sale of Cumberland lands, but that didn't stop the heirs from trying to strip mine the island, and then, from turning it into a lavish resort or a national park with millions of annual visitors. That is, until one unusual new matriarch had her say.Carol Ruckdeschel is the wildest woman in America. She eats road kill, wrestles alligators and dissects giant sea turtles-more dissections than any other scientist, ever. She lives in a ramshackle cabin in the Cumberland wilderness that she built herself, eats mostly what she hunts, gathers, and grows, and is a whiskey-drinking, bareback-riding, modern-day Thoreau, who also happens to have shot and killed a man in self-defense. With only a high school diploma, Carol knows more about seaturtles than most marine biologists, and she wasn't about to let Cumberland slip away. This is the story of an American original standing her ground and fighting for what she believes in, no matter the cost.
9780802122582 English 0802122582 Carol Ruckdeschel is the wildest woman in America. She eats road kill, wrestles alligators, rides horses bareback, and lives in a ramshackle cabin that she built herself in an island wilderness. She's had three husbands and many lovers, one of whom she shot and killed in self-defense. 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 is the country's largest and most biologically diverse barrier island-over forty square miles of pristine wilderness celebrated for its windswept dunes and feral horses. Steel magnate Thomas Carnegie owned much of Cumberland, and his widow Lucy made it a Gilded Age playground. But 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 triesto stop one of thewealthiest families in America? Untamed is the story of an American original standing her ground and fighting for what she believes in, no matter the cost., 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., Cumberland Island, off the coast of Georgia, is the largest barrier island in the United States and one of the most biodiverse places in the world. Celebrated for its windswept dunes, sea turtles, and wild horses, the island is also famous for its human inhabitants. Steel magnate Thomas Carnegie owned much of Cumberland, and his widow Lucy turned it into a Gilded Age playground. Generations later, when Carnegie heirs tried to turn the island into a lavish resort or a national park with millions of annual visitors, another island matriarch, and by far the most unusual, had her say. Carol Ruckdeschel is one of the wildest women in America. She eats road kill, wrestles alligators, and dissects giant sea turtles--more than any other scientist, ever. She lives in a ramshackle cabin she built herself and is a whiskey-drinking, bareback-riding, modern-day Thoreau, who also happens to have shot and killed a man in self-defense. With only a high school diploma, Carol knows more about sea turtles than most marine biologists, and she wasn't about to let Cumberland slip away. Untamed is the story of an American original standing her ground and fighting for what she believes in, no matter the cost., Cumberland Island, off the cost of Georgia, is the largest barrier island in the United States, over fifty square miles of pristine wilderness, and one of the most biodiverse places in the world. Celebrated for its windswept dunes, sea turtles, and wild horses, the island is also famous for its human inhabitants. Caty Green, widow of Revolutionary War hero Nathanael Greene, oversaw a large plantation there, and steel magnate Andrew Carnegie's widow Lucy reigned from a 59-room mansion,attracting the great and the good to this Gilded Age playground.When Lucy died, her will prevented the sale of Cumberland lands, but that didn't stop the heirs from trying to strip mine the island, and then, from turning it into a lavish resort or a national park with millions of annual visitors. That is, until one unusual new matriarch had her say.Carol Ruckdeschel is the wildest woman in America. She eats road kill, wrestles alligators and dissects giant sea turtles-more dissections than any other scientist, ever. She lives in a ramshackle cabin in the Cumberland wilderness that she built herself, eats mostly what she hunts, gathers, and grows, and is a whiskey-drinking, bareback-riding, modern-day Thoreau, who also happens to have shot and killed a man in self-defense. With only a high school diploma, Carol knows more about seaturtles than most marine biologists, and she wasn't about to let Cumberland slip away. This is the story of an American original standing her ground and fighting for what she believes in, no matter the cost.