Untamed : The Wildest Woman in America and the Fight for Cumberland Island

Cumberland Island, off the coast of Georgia, is the largest barrier island in the United States and one of the most biodiverse places in the world. Celebrated for its windswept dunes, sea turtles, and wild horses, the island is also famous for its human inhabitants. Steel magnate Thomas Carnegie owned much of Cumberland, and his widow Lucy turned it into a Gilded Age playground. Generations later, when Carnegie heirs tried to turn the island into a lavish resort or a national park with milli…