The Saltmarsh Press was established on St. Simons Island by Victor Howard, Ph.D., and his wife Margaret Birney upon Dr. Howard's retirement from Michigan State where, in addition to research and teaching, he was involved in the university press. Now, after more than a decade, they themselves have retired from publishing, but not The Press. The Saltmarsh Press remains active as an independent publisher of books of local and regional interest.
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By Roy M. McGregor
"....I then thrust my head out the cab window to enjoy the thrilling, captivating sound coming from the stack of an 1800 running with the throttle wide-open. The sound from the stack is an esoteric language between a steam engine and the engineer running her. When an engineer hears and understands the subtleties of this language, he can get the fastest speed and the greatest efficiency from an engine. Some engineers could hear it, some never did...."
---Roy M. McGregor
Hard cover (casebound). 113 pages, 5 1/2 by 8 1/2
Order # ISBN 978-0-615-57350-2
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Text and illustrations by Mallory Pearce.
Foreword by Janisse Ray.
A naturalist's field guide to the coastal habitats of Georgia, the Carolinas, and north Florida, illustrating the common plants and animals of the beaches, dunes, marshes, swamps and forests.
Paper, 240 pages, 5 1/2 by 8 1/2
Order # ISBN 978-0-615-41413-3
Price is $24.95 plus $3.50 s/h.
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"I drove into Brunswick for the first time in February 1996 and was immediately drawn to the tattered elegance of the downtown.... I continued on to the residential neighborhoods in the south end and saw beside and beneath the massive canopies of ancient Live Oaks grand Victorian homes beside Craftsman bungalows beside WWII era brick homes adjacent to classsic southern shotguns. In a slightly jumbled and oddly appealing way I was getting a 25 mph rolling snapshot of the history of a community.
"This came to a sudden end when I had to stop for a tree in the street. Not a tree laying in the street, but quietly growing in the street.... I was of course intrigued by a community that would unceremoniously let trees reside in the streets, as there were many others all around town. At that moment I knew I really liked Brunswick....I wanted to live in Brunswick...."
— Bryan Thompson, Mayor of Brunswick
Hard cover (casebound), 180 pp., 7" x 10"
Order # ISBN 978-0-615-32305-3
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Running the River: Poleboats, Steamboats & Timber Rafts on the Altamaha, Ocmulgee, Oconee & Ohoopee
By Carlton A. Morrison with introduction by Delma E. Presley
"a major contribution to Georgia history"...Edward J.Cashin, Director of the Center for the Study of Georgia History at Augusta State University.
Temporarily unavailable. Watch for expanded edition in hardcover.