Bibliograph

Untamed, the wildest woman in America and the fight for Cumberland Island, Will Harlan

Type

Label

Untamed, the wildest woman in America and the fight for Cumberland Island, Will Harlan

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Untamed

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Will Harlan

Sub title

the wildest woman in America and the fight for Cumberland Island

Summary

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

Target audience

adult

Classification