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What Nature Suffers to Groe
Life, Labor, and Landscape on the Georgia Coast, 1680-1920
Häftad, 2002
544 kr
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"What Nature Suffers to Groe" explores the mutually transforming relationship between environment and human culture on the Georgia coastal plain between 1680 and 1920. Each of the successive communities on the coast—the philanthropic and imperialistic experiment of the Georgia Trustees, the …
Georgia Quilts
Piecing Together a History
Häftad, 2006
733 kr
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This abundantly illustrated volume arises out of the painstaking work of the Georgia Quilt Project, the most authoritative survey of quilts and quiltmakers ever undertaken in the state. Georgia Quilts showcases the diversity of quilting materials, methods, and patterns used in the state from the …
Captain Jones's Wormslow
A Historical, Archaeological, and Architectural Study of an Eighteenth-Century Plantation Site near Savannah, Georgia
Häftad, 2008
443 kr
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During the fall of 1968 and the summer of 1969, William Kelso conducted archaeological excavations at the site of eighteenth-century ruins at Wormslow, near Savannah, Georgia. Historical records indicated that the ruins were the remains of Fort Wimberly, most likely constructed by Noble Jones, an …
Lowcountry Hurricanes
Three Centuries of Storms at Sea and Ashore
Häftad, 2009
348 kr
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At once sobering and thrilling, this illustrated history recounts how, for the past three hundred years, hurricanes have altered lives and landscapes along the Georgia-South Carolina seaboard. A prime target for the fierce storms that develop in the Atlantic, the region is especially vulnerable …
Joseph Vallence Bevan
Georgia's First Official Historian
Häftad, 2010
440 kr
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Published in 1964, this biography of Joseph Vallence Bevan tells the story of Georgia’s first official historian. Born in Ireland, Bevan moved with his family to Georgia at a young age. He attended the University of Georgia and the College of South Carolina before continuing his education in …
Forty Years of Diversity
Essays on Colonial Georgia
Av Harvey H. Jackson III, Phinizy Spalding
Häftad, 2011
527 kr
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This collection of essays grew out of a symposium commemorating the 250th anniversary of the founding of Georgia.The contributors are authorities in their respective fields and their efforts represent not only the fruits of long careers but also the observations and insights of some of the most …
Jekyll Island's Early Years
From Prehistory through Reconstruction
Häftad, 2014
366 kr
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From the foremost authority on the famed Georgia barrier island, here is the first in-depth look at Jekyll Island’s early history. Much of what defines our view of the place dates from the Jekyll Island Club era. Founded in 1886, the Club was the private resort of America’s moneyed elite, including …
Captain Jones's Wormslow
A Historical, Archaeological, and Architectural Study of an Eighteenth-Century Plantation Site near Savannah, Georgia
Inbunden, 2017
1383 kr
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During the fall of 1968 and the summer of 1969, William Kelso conducted archaeological excavations at the site of eighteenth-century ruins at Wormslow, near Savannah, Georgia. Historical records indicated that the ruins were the remains of Fort Wimberly, most likely constructed by Noble Jones, an …
Journal of William Stephens, 1741—1743
Häftad, 2017
510 kr
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William Stephens was Secretary of the Province of Georgia from 1737 to 1750 and was President from 1741 for ten years. He was sent to America by the Trustees of Georgia, who resided in London, to keep them informed on conditions in the colony. Besides writing numerous letters to the Trustees, …
Journal of William Stephens, 1743—1745
Häftad, 2017
510 kr
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William Stephens was Secretary of the Province of Georgia from 1737 to 1750 and was President from 1741 for ten years. He was sent to America by the Trustees of Georgia, who resided in London, to keep them informed on conditions in the colony. Besides writing numerous letters to the Trustees, …
Journal of William Stephens, 1743—1745
Inbunden, 2017
1489 kr
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William Stephens was Secretary of the Province of Georgia from 1737 to 1750 and was President from 1741 for ten years. He was sent to America by the Trustees of Georgia, who resided in London, to keep them informed on conditions in the colony. Besides writing numerous letters to the Trustees, …
Following the Tabby Trail
Where Coastal History Is Captured in Unique Oyster-Shell Structures
Av Jingle Davis
Inbunden, 2022
458 kr
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Following the Tabby Trail provides a guided tour of some of the most significant tabby structures found along the southeastern coast and includes more than two hundred illustrations that highlight the human and architectural histories of forty-eight specific sites. Jingle Davis explains how tabby—a …
Curious Garden of Herbs
Cultivated and Wild; Culinary, Medicinal, Cordial, and Amusing; of the Eighteenth-Century Southern Frontier
Av Kay K. Moss, Suzanne S. Simmons
Inbunden, 2020
784 kr
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A Curious Garden of Herbs is a richly illustrated collection of herbal fact and lore that illuminates the "why" rather than the "how" of the historical kitchen garden. Rather than offering a how-to of gardening methods, Kay K. Moss and Suzanne S. Simmons trace herbs and their uses back to earlier …
Journal of Peter Gordon, 1732–1735
Häftad, 2021
636 kr
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The Journal of Peter Gordon, 1732–1735, provides a rare first-hand account of one of the original Georgia colonists. In his journal, Gordon, who served as chief bailiff of Savannah, Georgia, documents the challenges faced by the original settlers, criticism of the Trustees’ policies for the colony, …
Detailed Reports on the Salzburger Emigrants Who Settled in America...
Volume I: 1733-1734
Av Samuel Urlsperger, George Fenwick Jones
Inbunden, 2021
2134 kr
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The eighteen volumes of Detailed Reports on the Salzburger Emigrants Who Settled in America (reproduced in sixteen discrete books) contain the diaries and letters of Lutheran pastors who ministered to the Salzburgers, German-speaking Protestant refugees, in Georgia. Samuel Urlsperger collected and …
Detailed Reports on the Salzburger Emigrants Who Settled in America...
Volume IV: 1737
Av Samuel Urlsperger, George Fenwick Jones
Inbunden, 2021
2134 kr
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The eighteen volumes of Detailed Reports on the Salzburger Emigrants Who Settled in America (reproduced in sixteen discrete books) contain the diaries and letters of Lutheran pastors who ministered to the Salzburgers, German-speaking Protestant refugees, in Georgia. Samuel Urlsperger collected and …
Learning from Savannah
From Ideal City to Elastic Urbanism
Av David W. Gobel, Robin B. Williams
Inbunden, 2026
2134 kr
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Learning from Savannah bridges the mostly separate worlds of the history of Savannah’s famed urban plan and the history of the city’s architecture. The authors analyze the history of the urban plan, how it functions, and how it has shaped the city’s buildings in distinctive ways. Distilling over …
Learning from Savannah
From Ideal City to Elastic Urbanism
Av David W. Gobel, Robin B. Williams
Häftad, 2026
502 kr
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Learning from Savannah bridges the mostly separate worlds of the history of Savannah’s famed urban plan and the history of the city’s architecture. The authors analyze the history of the urban plan, how it functions, and how it has shaped the city’s buildings in distinctive ways. Distilling over …
Flora's Interpreters
Popular Botany in Nineteenth-Century America
Inbunden, 2026
738 kr
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Flora’s Interpreters explores how everyday Americans in the nineteenth century interacted with common plants and recorded these relationships in diaries, books, and material artifacts. Through extensive archival research, Merrill uncovers genres not typically considered by scholars of environmental …
Palms, Priests, and Pirates
The Epic History of Amelia Island, Florida
Inbunden, 2026
462 kr
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In Palms, Priests, and Pirates: The Epic History of Amelia Island, Florida, Stephen Doster offers the first comprehensive examination of the rich and captivating history of this unique barrier island off the northeast coast of Florida. Drawing on extensive research and a deep personal connection to …
Portrait of Historic Athens and Clarke County
Häftad, 2009
610 kr
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Athens, Georgia, seems the quintessential southern university town. With a geography chiseled over geologic time by its lifeblood, the slow-flowing Oconee River, Athens has developed a unique culture as the two-century-long home of the state's bustling center of learning and research, the …
From Mud to Jug
The Folk Potters and Pottery of Northeast Georgia
Häftad, 2010
610 kr
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John Michael Vlach called Brothers in Clay “not only the best study of American stoneware pottery now available but also a fine model for the presentation and analysis of hand-based technologies.” The anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss noted, “Mr. Burrison has brought to this undertaking a …
Johnny Mercer
Southern Songwriter for the World
Häftad, 2016
533 kr
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John Herndon “Johnny” Mercer (1909–76) remained in the forefront of American popular music from the 1930s through the 1960s, writing over a thousand songs, collaborating with all the great popular composers and jazz musicians of his day, working in Hollywood and on Broadway, and as cofounder of …