Anchored Yesterdays

A Log Book of Savannah's Voyage Across a Georgia Century

Elfrida De Renne Barrow, Laura Palmer Bell (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

144 Seiten

2001
University of Georgia Press (Verlag)
978-0-8203-2246-9 (ISBN)

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In this collection are memorable places, people, and events from Savannah's first 100 years. Beginning with the story of Savannah's founding as the first city in ""The Colony of Georgia in America"", the text covers accounts that reflect Savannah's importance as a seaport.

Assembled in this volume are descriptions of many memorable places, people and events from Savannah's first 100 years. Beginning with the story of Savannah's founding as the first city in ""The Colony of Georgia in America"" the authors lead the reader through ten ""watches"", detailing accounts that reflect Savannah's importance as a seaport. They also describe numerous landmark events in the city's history from the Battle of Bloody Marsh to the first nationally celebrated Thanksgiving Day. Offering year-by-year accounts that range from details of political assemblies and the development of Savannah's newspapers to news of smallpox epidemics and the cotton trade, this book is a record of Savannah's early history and culture.

Elfrida De Renne Barrow (Author) ELFRIDA DE RENNE BARROW (1884-1970) was an active member of the Georgia Historical Society and the Georgia Society of Colonial Dames. She was the author of articles published in the Georgia Historical Quarterly, coauthor of Georgia: A Pageant of Years, and an early contributor to Poetry magazine. Barrow is coauthor, with Laura Palmer Bell, of Anchored Yesterdays: The Log Book of Savannah's Voyage across a Georgia Century, in Ten Watches. Barrow was a founding member of the Poetry Society of Georgia and a lifelong supporter of Georgia history and the arts. Laura Palmer Bell (Author) LAURA PALMER BELL (d. 1968) is coauthor, with Elfrida De Renne Barrow, of Anchored Yesterdays: The Log Book of Savannah's Voyage across a Georgia Century, in Ten Watches. She was a founding member of the Poetry Society of Georgia and a lifelong supporter of Georgia history and the arts.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.10.2001
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Georgia
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Bildbände
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	0-8203-2246-6 / 0820322466
ISBN-13	978-0-8203-2246-9 / 9780820322469
Zustand	Neuware