The Santee Delta: Waters and Voices
Bob Raynor 2023
Every day people drive across the Santee Delta, unaware of the bountiful natural resources and complex history surrounding them. Bob Raynor paints a portrait of the fertile grounds that fostered the development of tidal rice culture with an enslaved labor force to carry out brutal and often fatal work. Raynor utilizes his personal investigations on the water and on foot to highlight the Delta’s crucial role in the environmental and economic development of South Carolina. The Santee Delta: Waters and Voices takes an in-depth exploration of this area through a narrative, including the storytelling of historical events and Raynor’s experiences in this fascinating Lowcountry world.
Tracing the Cape Romain Archipelago
Bob Raynor 2009
Between Myrtle Beach and Charleston lies the Cape Romain archipelago, which links with adjoining barrier islands to form a section of pristine, protected coast designated as a UNESCO Biosphere Rerserve. Local sailing enthusiast Bob Raynor, author of Exploring Bull Island, spent years weaving through the archipelago in his silent sailboat, Kingfisher. … His captivating, firsthand descriptions of the area, which is under threat from coastal development, offer a priceless glimpse into one of South Carolina’s most important natural treasures. (From the back cover). To read the Prologue to the book click on the document below.
Prologue
Exploring Bull Island
Bob Raynor 2005
Situated along the South Carolina coast between Georgetown and Charleston, Bull Island is not just any barrier island, but has been described as the “crown jewel” of the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge. Though known for its matchless natural beauty, the human history of this isolated coastal isle has for the most part gone unexplored.
Exploring Bull Island: Sailing and Walking Around a South Carolina Sea Island is at once a personal and informative narrative, as well as a guide to the natural wonders of this storied and often mysterious barrier island. Embarking on a quest … Armed with a keen eye for his surroundings, a natural curiosity to discover the unknown, and his boat – the Kingfisher – Raynor guides the reader through the natural and historical passages of Bull Island. As the reader will discover, Exploring Bull Island is less a journey of time and distance, but rather an excursion through the pristine natural beauty and history of this truly unique island. (From the back cover).
- Online: Evening Post Books – The Santee Delta: Waters and Voices.
- Awendaw: Sewee Visitor and Environmental Education Center.
- Awendaw: Sewee Outpost.
- McClellanville: Village Museum.
- Mount Pleasant:
- Barnes and Nobles (Towne Centre)
- Downtown Charleston
- Buxton Books (King Street).
- Online: Amazon. Amazon – Bob Raynor books.
- Tracing the Cape Romain Archipelago is available as an e-book: Amazon (Kindle), Barnes & Noble (Nook), and Apple’s iBookstore (iPad).
