John Mckay

It Happened in Atlanta (eBook, PDF)

Remarkable Events That Shaped History

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers an inside look at over 30 interesting and unusual episodes that shaped the history of Atlanta.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780762768264
• Artikelnr.: 47465132

Autorenporträt

John McKay spent 15 years as a firefighter and paramedic before turning his interests into teaching and writing history. His main inspirations were his great-grandfathers on both sides of his family, Confederate veterans almost killed or badly wounded during the war. For the past fifteen years, he has been a freelance writer and photographer for commercial magazines, newspapers, and academic and literary publications. He lives in Alpharetta, Georgia.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The "Pitch-Tree" 2. Terminus Becomes Marthasville
1843 3. Battle of East Atlanta
July 22
1864 4. Sherman Burns Atlanta
November 11
1864 5. Founding of Atlanta University
1865 6. Morris Rich Opens His Store
18677. Invention of Coca-Cola
1886 8. Cotton States Exposition
1895 9. Race riots & Auburn Ave.
September 22
1906 10. First Flight in Atlanta
1910 11. The Met Arrives in Atlanta
1910 12. Lynching of Leo Frank
1913 13. The Klan Reborn
1915 14. Cumberland vs. Ga. Tech
1916 15. WSB's first broadcast 16. Frank Gordy open The Varsity
1928 17. Premiere of GWTW
Dec 15
1939 18. The Band of Brothers march through Atlanta
1943 19. The Deadliest Hotel Fire
1946 20. The Temple Bombing
1958 21. Lenox Square opens
1959 22. MLK Funeral
1968 23. The 1973 Ice Storm 24. Atlanta Child Murders
late 1970s 25. The Limelight Disco Opens
1980 26. Hosea Williams Marches in Forsyth County
1987 27. Mohammed Ali lights the Olympic torch
1996 28. Aerial rescue at Atlanta Mill Fire
1999 29. Demon in the Freezer
September 11
2001 30. The First Atlanta Tornado
2008