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Remembering the Way it Was at Hilton Head, Bluffton and Daufuskie
Chapter 1: Front Cover
Chapter 2: Half Title
Chapter 3: Title Page
Chapter 4: Copyright
Chapter 5: Contents
Chapter 6: Preface
Chapter 7: Introduction
Chapter 8: Perspective on the birth years 1881–1898
Chapter 9: At age one hundred, lively as a dancer: Georgianna Barnwell, born in 1881
Chapter 10: The hunt was the thing: John Huggins, born in 1891
Chapter 11: Tycoon of the Lowcountry: Albert Kisler “Kiss” Beach, born in 1892
Chapter 12: “It was some hard work”: William Aiken, born in 1894
Chapter 13: “Miss Hubbard,” the teacher: Agnes Hubbard Allen, born in 1896
Chapter 14: Summoned to sea at an early age: John Martin, born in 1896
Chapter 15: Perspective on the birth years 1900–1909
Chapter 16: Love affair with an island: Hinson White, born in 1900
Chapter 17: These two pulled together: Thomas and Annie Fuller, born in 1900
Chapter 18: At home in the woods: Hugh O’Quinn, born in 1901
Chapter 19: Herring salad on Myrtle Island: Martin Stelljes, born in 1903; Anna Stelljes, born in 1909
Chapter 20: Southern cookin’ and free counsel: Katie McElveen, born in 1904
Chapter 21: From the matriarch: “I’ve done my tas[k]”: Queenie Gadson Jenkins, born in 1905
Chapter 22: A young man and a boat: Edmond Hudson, born in 1905
Chapter 23: Saturday night music and terrapin “smother”: Herbert Chaplin, born in 1907; Regina Perry Chaplin, born in 1906
Chapter 24: A century of music: Luke Peeples, born in 1906
Chapter 25: Educator with a chuckle: Henry Emmett McCracken, born in 1906
Chapter 26: A sport from New York: Henry Sergeant “Harry” Cram, born in 1907
Chapter 27: Back to Running Deer Plantation: Wilson Sanders, born in 1907
Chapter 28: Neighbors acted neighborly: Johnny White, born in 1909
Chapter 29: Perspective on the birth years 1910–1919
Chapter 30: Carolina sport in the good old days: Margaret Lawrence Armstrong, born in 1910
Chapter 31: These brothers had tales to tell: Gaillard Stoney Heyward, born in 1910; Daniel Hasell Heyward Jr., born in 1915
Chapter 32: Early twentieth-century education on Daufuskie: Frances Jones, born in 1910
Chapter 33: Daufuskie, nothin’ else like it: Lance Burn, born in 1911; Frank Burn, born in 1916
Chapter 34: Livin’ by the rhythm of the tide: Alma Platt Hudson, born in 1911
Chapter 35: Oyster factory and opera records: Naomi McCreary McCracken, born in 1911
Chapter 36: Superintendent of Bull Island Plantation: Delmar Beach, born in 1912
Chapter 37: Sweet corn, children and catechism: Paul Pinckney, born in 1912
Chapter 38: Back and forth, back and forth: Charlie Simmons Sr., born in 1913
Chapter 39: Legend in the seafood industry: Paul Maggioni, born in 1913
Chapter 40: Oysterman, lawman, storyteller: Lynn Livingston “Buck” Smith Jr., born in 1917
Chapter 41: Perspective on the birth years 1920–1941
Chapter 42: A windmill-powered radio: Annie Mae Mulligan Smith Jones, born in 1920
Chapter 43: Oysters, pride of the Lowcountry: S.V. “Chief” Toomer, born in 1920
Chapter 44: Gerry and Daufuskie’s emergencies: Gerry Wheelihan, born in 1920
Chapter 45: Pinckney Island Plantation, “heaven”: June Smith, born in 1920
Chapter 46: Want to know about oysters? Ask Kidd: Andrew Kidd Jr., born in 1927
Chapter 47: Butter-bean picker turned political leader: Henry Driessen, born in 1927
Chapter 48: Rose Hill Mansion, a playhouse: Daisy Pinckney Frazier, born in 1928
Chapter 49: In the oyster business at the age of nine: James Benjamin “Bennie” Hudson Jr., born in 1932
Chapter 50: Gullah became a source of pride: Herb Campbell, born in 1938, and Emory Campbell, born in 1941
Chapter 1: Front Cover
Chapter 2: Half Title
Chapter 3: Title Page
Chapter 4: Copyright
Chapter 5: Contents
Chapter 6: Preface
Chapter 7: Introduction
Chapter 8: Perspective on the birth years 1881–1898
Chapter 9: At age one hundred, lively as a dancer: Georgianna Barnwell, born in 1881
Chapter 10: The hunt was the thing: John Huggins, born in 1891
Chapter 11: Tycoon of the Lowcountry: Albert Kisler “Kiss” Beach, born in 1892
Chapter 12: “It was some hard work”: William Aiken, born in 1894
Chapter 13: “Miss Hubbard,” the teacher: Agnes Hubbard Allen, born in 1896
Chapter 14: Summoned to sea at an early age: John Martin, born in 1896
Chapter 15: Perspective on the birth years 1900–1909
Chapter 16: Love affair with an island: Hinson White, born in 1900
Chapter 17: These two pulled together: Thomas and Annie Fuller, born in 1900
Chapter 18: At home in the woods: Hugh O’Quinn, born in 1901
Chapter 19: Herring salad on Myrtle Island: Martin Stelljes, born in 1903; Anna Stelljes, born in 1909
Chapter 20: Southern cookin’ and free counsel: Katie McElveen, born in 1904
Chapter 21: From the matriarch: “I’ve done my tas[k]”: Queenie Gadson Jenkins, born in 1905
Chapter 22: A young man and a boat: Edmond Hudson, born in 1905
Chapter 23: Saturday night music and terrapin “smother”: Herbert Chaplin, born in 1907; Regina Perry Chaplin, born in 1906
Chapter 24: A century of music: Luke Peeples, born in 1906
Chapter 25: Educator with a chuckle: Henry Emmett McCracken, born in 1906
Chapter 26: A sport from New York: Henry Sergeant “Harry” Cram, born in 1907
Chapter 27: Back to Running Deer Plantation: Wilson Sanders, born in 1907
Chapter 28: Neighbors acted neighborly: Johnny White, born in 1909
Chapter 29: Perspective on the birth years 1910–1919
Chapter 30: Carolina sport in the good old days: Margaret Lawrence Armstrong, born in 1910
Chapter 31: These brothers had tales to tell: Gaillard Stoney Heyward, born in 1910; Daniel Hasell Heyward Jr., born in 1915
Chapter 32: Early twentieth-century education on Daufuskie: Frances Jones, born in 1910
Chapter 33: Daufuskie, nothin’ else like it: Lance Burn, born in 1911; Frank Burn, born in 1916
Chapter 34: Livin’ by the rhythm of the tide: Alma Platt Hudson, born in 1911
Chapter 35: Oyster factory and opera records: Naomi McCreary McCracken, born in 1911
Chapter 36: Superintendent of Bull Island Plantation: Delmar Beach, born in 1912
Chapter 37: Sweet corn, children and catechism: Paul Pinckney, born in 1912
Chapter 38: Back and forth, back and forth: Charlie Simmons Sr., born in 1913
Chapter 39: Legend in the seafood industry: Paul Maggioni, born in 1913
Chapter 40: Oysterman, lawman, storyteller: Lynn Livingston “Buck” Smith Jr., born in 1917
Chapter 41: Perspective on the birth years 1920–1941
Chapter 42: A windmill-powered radio: Annie Mae Mulligan Smith Jones, born in 1920
Chapter 43: Oysters, pride of the Lowcountry: S.V. “Chief” Toomer, born in 1920
Chapter 44: Gerry and Daufuskie’s emergencies: Gerry Wheelihan, born in 1920
Chapter 45: Pinckney Island Plantation, “heaven”: June Smith, born in 1920
Chapter 46: Want to know about oysters? Ask Kidd: Andrew Kidd Jr., born in 1927
Chapter 47: Butter-bean picker turned political leader: Henry Driessen, born in 1927
Chapter 48: Rose Hill Mansion, a playhouse: Daisy Pinckney Frazier, born in 1928
Chapter 49: In the oyster business at the age of nine: James Benjamin “Bennie” Hudson Jr., born in 1932
Chapter 50: Gullah became a source of pride: Herb Campbell, born in 1938, and Emory Campbell, born in 1941