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Red Galluses
by Allen Lumpkin Henson
A Story of Georgia Politics
House of Edinboro Publishers
Boston Massachusetts
Copyright 1945
Dedicated In Appreciation to
Herman E. Talmadge
Lieutenant Commander, U.S.N.R.
FOREWORD
The most dramatic episodes in American history have been the major incidents in our politics. The initial structure of our government was conceived and planned in political caucuses, and the legislative assembly in Philadelphia which gave us our Constitution influenced world history to as great an extent as any military operation in history. We have resorted to war in only two instances in our national life to fix public policies, but we have employed political campaigns and political conventions and the hail and fire of debate in legislative assemblies in hundreds of instances to arrive at decisions quite as far-reaching. A legislative battle in the Senate of the United States revolving around the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles had greater effect upon our lives and fortunes than the decision reached by the years of terrible war which preceded it. While we in American have not overlooked that galaxy of military leaders whose names have made bright pages in our history, we have drawn more for our national heroes from that group of great Americans who have distinguished themselves in the forums and on the hustings where our democracy has been cradled and nurtured. Stonewall Jackson was grand in battle, but no more than was Ben Hill in debate. Lee was majestic astride Traveler as he directed the battles of Northern Virginia, but Alex Stephens, in his rolling chair and without fanfare of martial airs, was grandeur itself as he espoused a cause before the people. Thomas E. Watson, during the closing years of his life, wrote his most interesting memoirs around the political campaigns which stirred Georgia in his boyhood. Recalling a speech of Robert Toombs, made during a heated political campaign, he said: "You never saw anything like it! A torrent bursting through a mountain gorge; a windstorm with thunder and lightning; a volcano in eruption -- these are the things Toombs' speech reminded you of; and when you once heard Bob Toombs on the stump you could speak of it in the same tone as that used when one said 'I saw Jeb Steward lead a cavalry charge', or 'I saw Pickett charge at Gettysburg!' It was a thing you could never forget.'
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Reminiscences of Famous Georgians
by Lucian Lamar Knight
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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The Dead Town of Sunbury Georgia
Paul Mcilvaine
One of the relatively unknown places in Georgia is the Dead Town of Sunbury, in colonial days a rival of Savannah as a port and trading center. Settled by people whose descendants have become leaders in Georgia and the nation, it produced two signers of the Declaration of Independence, governors, senators, generals....Literally a dead town for many years, Sunbury has little remaining physically to show her greatness…
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The Dead Towns of Sunbury and Dorchester
Paul Mcilvaine
The story of two dead Puritan towns: Dorchester, South Carolina, founded in 1695 and Sunbury, Georgia in 1758.
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Yesterday in the Hills
Floyd C. Watkins and Charles Hubert Watkins
Yesterday in the Hills recalls life in North Georgia from the 1890s until World War II and records vanished and vanishing folkways of the region. Here is folklore at its best―seen from the inside and mediated though the heart. Yesterday in the Hills is built upon the bedrock of experience and memory, but its sharply drawn characters and beautifully proportioned narrative transcend reminiscence and realistically depict hill country life as it once was.
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Georgia The American Guide Series
Georgia: A Guide to its Towns and Countryside: American Guide Series. Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration, University of Georgia Press, 1946. 2nd Edition. Thick octavo, rust cloth covers, 559 pages, many illustrations including ten maps, chronology, photographs.
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Georgia and State Rights
by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips
This is a curated and comprehensive collection of the most important works covering matters related to national security, diplomacy, defense, war, strategy, and tactics. The collection spans centuries of thought and experience, and includes the latest analysis of international threats, both conventional and asymmetric. It also includes riveting first person accounts of historic battles and wars. Some of the books in this Series are reproductions of historical works preserved by some of the leading libraries in the world.
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Georgia as a Proprietary Province
Dr. J.I. McCain
Lamar Knight, Compiler of the Georgia State Records, I am indebted for his cordial aid in providing access to the manuscripts and other source materials in the Capitol. My father, Dr. J. I. Mccain, of Erskine College, has been good enough to read the entire manuscript and make helpful suggestions. Finally my wife has given constant encourage meant in every stage of the work, and she has rendered special service in the reading of the proof. The author. Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia.
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Heritage of Thomas County Georgia
Roy W. Trefftzs & Lillian Britt Heinsohn
This volume is published in the hope that it will stimulate interest among young and old of Thomas County, Georgia and cause them to seek a better understanding of their heritage and to put into proper perspective the role their forebears played to make such an abundant life of freedom possible in this area of the United States during this Sesquicentennial-Bicentennial year of 1976. Much credit must be given to various organizations and contributors, without whom this volume would not have been possible. It is published under the auspices of the Thomas County Bicentennial Sesquicentennial Commission of which William H. Flowers Jr., is chairman. We hope you will find this Thomas County Heritage enjoyable and useful. Although every effect has been made to include articles about all the contributors to this publication, some information was not available before the deadline for printing this Thomas County Heritage.
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Great Americana Georgia Speculation Unveiled
Abraham Bishop
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary.
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Hand-Book of the State of Georgia
Thomas P. Janes
The State is divided by nature into three great divisions Upper, Middle, and Lower Georgia - terms in this case equally applicable to latitude and altitude - the altitude rising with the latitude. The wealth Of Georgia in 1860 was relatively large - the aggregate being - nearly to each white inhabitant. In 1870, five years after the war, the aggregate was reduced to being $420 to each white, or $268 to each inhabitant. The State debt until recently was far less than the value of the public property Of the State, and probably does not now exceed it.
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Department of Agriculture of Georgia For The Year 1896 Vol. XXI
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Nesbitt
This book is very rare and in very poor condition.
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King of the Canebrakes
Jimmy Jones
A fascinating biography of W.L. “Young” Stribling, boxing’s late great heavyweight title contender of Macon, GA., and his colorful family.
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Memorials of Dixie-Land
Lucian Lamar Knight
Memorials of Dixie Land by Lucian Lamar Knight. Orations, Essays, Sketches & Poems on Topics Historical, Commemorative, Literary & Patriotic. Atlanta, Georgia. Byrd Printing. 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Edge-wear. Bookplate. Black and White Illustrations. 604 pages.
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Lonesome Road
George Harsh
The life story of George, who survived the Georgia prison system in the '30's, went on to join the R.A.F. during World War II, and took German prison camps in his stride. A middle-class young gunman on a ""perfect crime"" lark, Harsh was sentenced to life on the chain gang. He remembers not only the appalling cruelties and hardships but the men who died and those who escaped and were shot down. A prison camp investigation in which he cooperated, led to his transfer to a well-run prison where his self-taught medical work saved the life of a prisoner and won his release. A gunner in the R.A.F. (he joined in Canada), he was captured by the Germans and participated in the famous Stalag tunneling by handling ""security."" Mr. Harsh is given to a sentimental-to-cheerful detachment from these happenings, but he prompts a mild awe at the dangers undergone.
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Strange But True Georgia
Lynne L. Hall
Truth is stranger than fiction, and in the pages of Strange But True Georgia, you can take an armchair tour and see for yourself the wacky wonders of the state. So sit back, read, and shake your head in amazement. You're in Strange But True Georgia!
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Nostrums for Fashionable Entertainments Dining in Georgia, 1800 - 1850
Feay Shellman Coleman
Book on dining in Georgia.
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The Literary South
Louis D. Rubin, JR.
This anthology has been designed to provide a survey, grouped along historical lines, of the principle manifestations of the Southern literary imagination. It has two functions: one general, one particular. The book’s general function is to allow the reader interested in the South to become familiar with its writers and what they have been concerned with over the past several hundred years. It’s particular function is to serve as a textbook anthology for college and university courses in Southern literature.
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Savannah Duels and Duellists 1733 - 1877
Thomas Gamble
A book about dueling and duellists in Georgia.
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S.S. Savannah The Elegant Steam Ship
Frank O. Braynard
This is the story of a ship and her pioneer master, Moses Rogers, who had the idea of making the first transatlantic voyage in a steam-propelled vessel. His .laudable and meritorious experiment. marked one of the world's maritime epochs. The conception and building of the S. S. Savannah was guided by the engineering genius of Captain Rogers who, with Robert Fulton, was a leading exponent of steam in his day. The momentous voyage began in Savannah, Georgia, in 1819, and took the courageous crew to England, Sweden, and Russia. These were the elegant steam ship's times of triumph. Yet she also had moments of pathos, from the first doubts and fears of a public that dubbed her a .steam coffin. to that sad day when a Washington newspaper said her engine could be removed for only $200, leaving her .just as good. as any other ship. The previously untold story of the first steam-powered vessel to cross the Atlantic is written in a scholarly, well-documented fashion, yet with the color, imagination, and humor of the men who lived it.
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Georgia Voices A Documentary History to 1872
Spencer B. King, JR
Published in 1966, this documentary history examines the history of Georgia from the first appearance of Spanish explorers to the hardships of the Civil War and Reconstruction. Through the accounts of those who experienced the events firsthand, Spencer Bidwell King Jr. allows the reader to experience colonialism, Revolution, and statehood. Within these distinctive eras, King discusses society, education, religion, literature, and the economic and cultural pursuits of the people. He combines extensive quotes from primary sources with historical information to create a continuous narrative. By using the voices of Georgians, King reveals the staters"s unique character and individuality.
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Georgia Historical and Industrial 1900 - 1901 Illustrated
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B. Stevens
GEORGIA HISTORICAL AND INDUSTRIAL BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. ILLUSTRATED. O.B. STEVENS, COMMISSIONER, R.F. WRIGHT, ASST. COMMISSIONER. ATLANTA, GEORGIA GEO. W. HARRISON, STATE PRINTER (THE FRANKLIN PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CO.), 1901. GREEN CLOTH
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L.Q.C. Lamar Pragmatic Patriot
This hardback book was written by James B. Murrhy, illustrated, and published in 1973 by Louisiana State University Press, and is a 1st edition. It is approx. 6.25" X 9.25", has 294 pages of text, ISBN:0-8071-0217-2. Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, whose life and career were strongly influenced by the Civil War, was a transitional personality between the Old and New South. Member of a famous Georgia family, Lamar was a teacher, lawyer, Georgia state legislator, and Mississippi Congressman prior to the Civil War. During the was he served in the Confederate army and held a secondary diplomatic appointment, but it was not until after the war that he achieved a national reputation. He was elected to congress in 1872 and following his election he won fame when he spoke for sectional reconciliation and good will in eulogy of Charles Summer. In 1877 he was elected to the Senate and was recognized as the most prominent Southern senator of the time. In 1855 Grover Cleveland named him Secretary of the Interior, and 3 years later he was appointed to the Supreme Court.
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The Most delightful country of the universe : promotional literature of the Colony of Georgia, 1717-1734
Mountgomery, Sir R. A discourse concerning the design'd establishment of a new colony to the south of Carolina, in the most delightful country of the universe, 1717
A description of the Golden Islands, 1720
Purry, J. P. Memorial presented to His Grace My Lord the Duke of Newcastle upon the present condition of Carolina, and the means of its amelioration, 1724
Some account of the designs of the trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America, 1732
Select tracts relating to colonies, 1732
Oglethorpe, J. A new and accurate account of the Provinces of South Carolina and Georgia, 1732
Martyn, B. Reasons for establishing the Colony of Georgia, 1733
Rundle, T.A sermon preached at St. George's Church on Sunday, February 17, 1734, to recommend the charity for establishing the new Colony of Georgia, 1734
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The Savannah
Thomas L. Stokes
Stokes knows and loves the region through which the Savannah flows, and has projected his enthusiasm in this new addition to the fine Rivers of America series. Placid in it supper reaches in South Carolina, dark and mysterious in the gloom of cypress and giant cedar, winding through marsh-studded stretch in Georgia to the Atlantic, the Savannah spans a region rich in history and folklore, and Tom Stokes has made full use of both in this excellent ""biography"" of a river. - KIRKUS REVIEW
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One Soldier’s Story
Bob Dole
Before he became one of America's most respected statesmen, Bob Dole was an average citizen serving heroically for his country. The bravery he showed after suffering near-fatal injuries in the final days of World War II is the stuff of legend. Now, for the first time in his own words, Dole tells the moving story of his harrowing experience on and off the battlefield, and how it changed his life. Speaking here not as a politician but as a wounded G.I., Dole recounts his own odyssey of courage and sacrifice, and also honors the fighting spirit of the countless heroes with whom he served. Heartfelt and inspiring, One Soldier's Story is the World War II chronicle that America has been waiting for.
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Georgia A Short History E. Merton Coulter
Georgia, it seems, is the only state which has "never cast it's electoral vote for a Republican" Nor is this fact the only star in it's crown. Professor Coulter shows, in a sympathetic yet moderately critical study, what a really interesting part this "Empire State" has played in the history of the South and of the Union. Thoroughly familiar with the large literature relating to the state, the author has achieved a relatively short synthesis which is both scholarly and readable.
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Georgia Railroad & Banking Company 1833 - 1945
Augusta: Georgia Railroad Company. Printed by Walton Printing Company, 1957. Reprint. Soft cover. Soft cover. 110 pages. Illustrations. Red paper covers with gold title and company seal on front cover. Black linen spine.
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A History of Georgia
Kenneth Coleman, General Edition
This work details Georgia's development from past to present, including the early Cherokee land disputes, the state's secession from the Union, cotton's reign, Reconstruction, the Bourbon era, the effects of the New Deal, Martin Luther King, Jr., the fall of the county-unit system, and Jimmy Carter's election to the presidency. Also noted are the often-overlooked contributions of Indians, blacks, and women. Each imparting his own special knowledge and understanding of a particular period in the state's history, the authors bring into focus the personalities and events that made Georgia what it is today. For this new edition, available in paperback for the first time, A History of Georgia has been revised to bring the work up through the events of the 1980s. The bibliographies for each section and the appendixes have also been updated to include relevant scholarship from the last decade.
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Recollections of A Long and Satisfactory Life
William Harden
Savannah, 1934. The autobiography of Georgia writer William Harden.
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Collections of The Georgia Historical Society Vol. XIV
Charles H. Olmstead
The Memoirs of Charles H. Olmstead edited by Lilla Mills Hawes 1964
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The House of James Means
Mrs. John Ray Efrid
A project for the benefit of the American Cancer Society, Atlanta City Unit
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The Children of Pride
Robert Manson Myers
A True Story of Georgia and The Civil War.This intimate record of a Georgia plantation family brings to life a proud but flawed society from its halcyon antebellum days through the shattering climaxes of defeat and occupation. Nowhere has the impact of the Civil War upon the south been portrayed with more immediacy than in these 1200 letters by the family and friends of the Reverend Dr. Charles Colcock Jones of Liberty County, Georgia. Arranged by Robert Manson Myers into a chronological narrative of the crucial years between 1854 and 1868, they read like an epistolary novel. The routines of plantation life, as affectionately described in the letters, are punctuated by episodes of drama: triumphs - surviving a yellow fever epidemic and selling an old slave for more than he is worth; vexations - a cousin's degrading marriage and a Negro mother's murder of her newborn child; and genuine tragedies - an appalling train wreck and the infamy of Andersonville. These letters underscore a fascinating and troubling paradox in American history: they reveal men and women who were intelligent, warmhearted, perceptive, and god-fearing, yet dedicated to the principle of slavery. The writers were proud of the national Union, but when its interests conflicted with their cherished mode of existence, they unhesitatingly chose the latter and defended it bravely. Confronted with the anguish and nostalgia of the postwar letters, few readers will be immune to the poignancy of their defeat. The collapse of a civilization is a momentous thing. In THE CHILDREN OF PRIDE it pursues its inexorable course day by day, with the actors in the drama unaware of their destiny. Only the reader perceives the tragic ironies.
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Introduction to Georgia Writers
Bertha Sheppard Hart
Hardcover. Good.Divided into the following major subject areas: Writers of the War Between the States period, Humorists, Fiction Writers, Poetry Writers, Journalists and Editors, Scientists, etc. 322 pages.
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The Gospel Truth
Paul Lentz
A primer on life in the South during the Farm Crisis and the Great Depression as one boy searches among his brother's death and the murder of a neighbor for what is real and what is true. David Sasq is reared in the Gospel Truth Baptist Church in Ty Ty, Georgia, and tries to reconcile what he learns there with what he sees around himself: Klan murders, a racial divide, hypocrisy, and an entirely different message from his grandfather, preacher at "the biggest Baptist church in Athens, with his own radio program."
Autographed Copy
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