Northeast Georgia:  a History   (Ga)  (Making of America) - Gordon Sawyer - Książki - Arcadia Publishing - 9780738523705 - 20 listopada 2001
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Northeast Georgia: a History (Ga) (Making of America)

Gordon Sawyer

Northeast Georgia: a History (Ga) (Making of America)

In the late eighteenth century, waves of intrepid settlers made their way down the Great Wagon Road into the virgin wilderness of Northeast Georgia to find new homes and opportunity for land and wealth. Against a dramatic mountainous backdrop, these pioneers carved out farms and small communities in perilous isolation and created an American experience vastly different from that of the plantation-style society established along Georgia's coast. Battling Creek and Cherokee warriors, government intervention, natural disasters, and a landscape not easily tamed, year after year, these men and women of Northeast Georgia stamped their self-reliance, their perseverance, and their industriousness upon generations to follow and upon the very geography they called home.

In Northeast Georgia: A History, readers travel across several centuries of change, from the early American Indian tribes that once made this territory their hunting grounds to the present day, a time of unprecedented growth and expansion in both industry and population. Truly a world unto itself, Northeast Georgia has served as a haven and destination for all classes over the past two centuries: the bold gold miners of 1829, the stalwart sustenance farmers, the social elite enjoying fresh mountain air at the many summer resorts, a multitude of businessmen seeking opportunity in railroading, cotton, lumber, and poultry farming, and bootleggers finding the landscape convenient for clandestine whiskey-making and distribution. These stories and more provide insight into understanding a people and place unique in Georgia.

Media Książki     Paperback Book   (Książka z miękką okładką i klejonym grzbietem)
Wydane 20 listopada 2001
ISBN13 9780738523705
Wydawcy Arcadia Publishing
Strony 160
Wymiary 169 × 11 × 244 mm   ·   403 g
Język English  

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