High Water on the Bar: An Operational Prespective of a Tidewater Timber Port, With the Memoir of Thomas Hilton and the Minutes of the Darien Pilot Commissioners 1874-1930 by Buddy Sullivan ISBN 13: 9780615323879

Darien: Darien Development Company, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Octavo. 116 pages. Illustrated. Brown binding with gilt title on front cover. Illustrated dust jacket. Map illustrated front end papers. Signed by author on the title page.

City of Darien, Georgia: Darien Development Authority, 2009. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. VF/VF/1st ed., Signed. Buddy Sullivans lastest book, fresh from the printer and signed yesterday afternoon. The author places Darien Georgia and its experience with timber in historical context through a review of the town's maritime history and the development (and subsequent decline) of a timber industry that at one time was the most prosperous on the U.S. east coast. He relates some of the personalities and events associated with local timber. These were the prominent timber sellers and sawmill owners, as well as African American mill workers and stevedores, and the local watermen, particularly the bar pilots, all of whom played such an important role in the postbellum history of Darien. Book Condition is Very Fine; brown paper over boards, with gold lettering to front and spine. 116pp. First Edition, first printing. B&W photos, endnotes for each section, index. Absolutely new. No wear of… Read More