The Toombs Oak, the Tree That Owned Itself, and Other Chapters of Georgia

The Toombs Oak, the Tree That Owned Itself, and Other Chapters of Georgia
Author: Coulter
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2010-05-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0820335320

These nine essays originally appeared in the Georgia Historical Quarterly and range in subject from a group of Arcadians expelled from Nova Scotia that settled in colonial Georgia to the origins of the University of Georgia. Other essays examine the Woolfolk murder case that attracted national attention; Henry M. Turner, a black legislator during the Reconstruction; and John Howard Payne, the author of "Home, Sweet Home."

Robert Toombs

Robert Toombs
Author: Mark Scroggins
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2014-01-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0786487119

Robert Toombs of Georgia stands as one of the most fiery and influential politicians of the nineteenth century. Sarcastic, charming, egotistical, and gracious, he rose quickly from state office to congressman to senator in the decades before the Civil War. Though he sought sectional reconciliation throughout the 1840s and 1850s, he eventually became one of the South's most ardent secessionists. This thorough biography chronicles his days as a student and young lawyer in Georgia, his boisterous political career, his appointment as the Confederacy's first Secretary of State, his unsuccessful stint as a Confederate general, and his role as a proud, unreconstructed rebel after the war. An exploration of Toombs' career reveals the political forces and missteps that drove him--and people like him--to want to secede from the United States.

Georgia, a Guide to Its Towns and Countryside

Georgia, a Guide to Its Towns and Countryside
Author: Best Books on
Publisher: Best Books on
Total Pages: 669
Release: 1940
Genre:
ISBN: 1623760100

compiled and written by workers of the Writer®s program of the Work Projects Administration in the state of Georgia ; sponsored by the Georgia Board of Education.

Robert Toombs

Robert Toombs
Author: Pleasant A. Stovall
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2020-08-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3752423560

Reproduction of the original: Robert Toombs by Pleasant A. Stovall

Through the Arch

Through the Arch
Author: Larry B. Dendy
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2013-09-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0820345067

Through the Arch captures UGA's colorful past, dynamic present, and promising future in a novel way: by surveying its buildings, structures, and spaces. These physical features are the university's most visible--and some of its most valuable--resources. Yet they are largely overlooked, or treated only passingly, in histories and standard publications about UGA. Through text and photographs, this book places buildings and spaces in the context of UGA's development over more than 225 years. After opening with a brief historical overview of the university, the book profiles over 140 buildings, landmarks, and spaces, their history, appearance, and past and current usage, as well as their namesake, beginning with the oldest structures on North Campus and progressing to the newest facilities on South and East Campus and the emerging Northwest Quadrant. Many profiles are supplemented with sidebars relating traditions, lore, facts, or alumni recollections associated with buildings and spaces. More than just landmarks or static elements of infrastructure, buildings and spaces embody the university's values, cultural heritage, and educational purpose. These facilities--many more than a century old--are where students learn, explore, and grow and where faculty teach, research, and create. They harbor the university's history and traditions, protect its treasures, and hold memories for alumni. The repository for books, documents, artifacts, and tools that contain and convey much of the accumulated knowledge and wisdom of human existence, these structures are the legacy of generations. And they are tangible symbols of UGA's commitment to improve our world through education. Guide includes 113 color photos throughout 19 black-and-white historical photos Over 140 profiles of buildings, landmarks, and spaces Supplemental sidebars with traditions, lore, facts, and alumni anecdotes 6 maps