The absorbing vintage photographs brought together in Vanishing Georgia recall life in the state from halfway through the nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth. Pictured here are both great events and commonplace occurrences: Atlanta in the wake of Sherman's march and a small town bedecked in flags on the Fourth of July; paddlewheelers loaded with barrels of turpentine and proud owners of new automobiles; a get-together with neighbors for a corn shucking and a crowd straining to hear the last words of a convicted man. Vanishing Georgia is an engaging entree into the state's vast and varied history, a treasure for both casual browsers and serious scholars.

Author: Sherry Konter
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 08/15/2002
Series: Brown Thrasher Books
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.64lbs
Size: 8.26h x 10.82w x 0.52d
ISBN: 9780820324951

About the Author
Charles East (Editor)
CHARLES EAST served as editor of the Flannery O' Connor Award for Short Fiction series. He is the author of two collections of short stories, Where the Music Was and Distant Friends and Intimate Strangers.