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Synopsis
Life in Today's world is set at a frenzied pace. Everything has to be done faster and better than before and there is little time to sit back and enjoy the frivolous things in life. However, there are some places that still put value on simple pleasures such as enjoying a sunset or having a pleasant conversation with a neighbor. In a remote area of South Carolina known as St. Helena Island there is a community that had lasted for over one humdred and fifty years and is just as popular today as it was when it first began.
Pierre McGowan describes the friendly confines of St. Helena in The Gullah Mailman. Beginning with a detailed description of the island's history and physical topography, McGowan then launches into the biographical account of his father Sam McGowan's life. Sam left a promising social life in Charleston to become a mail carrier at this isolated community predominately inhabited by five thousand Gullah-speaking African-Americans. Over the years, Sam would become a trusted and respected friend to all the island's residents and their stories become his story in the impressive memoir.
Like his father pierre has also spent most of his life in St.Helena. His love for the community is evident in the special care he takes when describing the landscapes and the individual stories of the people that held such an invaluable place in his father's heart. The Gullah Mailman is a refreshing look at a life almost forgotten in today's hectic society and a reminder of the importance of community and family.
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About the Author
Pierre McGowan has led a storybook life. After graduating from The Citadel he worked for the Navy as a civil engineer for over thirty years. He has been an active participant in the First Presbyterian Church of Boufort,South Carolina and has been married to his wife,Faye, for over fifty years. He now enjoys life on St.Helena and doing anything that involves the water.
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In 1924, Sam McGowan tossed aside the social life he was leading in Charlston,South Carolina, and took the post as the only rural mail carrier at Frogmore on St.Helena Island. Charlston's social activities, mandated by his birthright, proved to be a bit dull for an adventurous man like Sam. Instead, he took his new French bride and moved to a locale inhabited by five thousand Gullah-speaking African Americans who were only one or two generations away from slavery. The majority of these island natives had never left the confines of St.Helena. For the next thirty-one years, he was entrusted with their secrets, joys and sorrows. To Sam, Charleston was a distant memory.
The Gullah Mailman is a charming biography of a very humorous man who loved his family, his work, and the island off the coast of South Carolina he called home.
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