Gordon Sawyer

Northeast Georgia (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Travel across several centuries of change in Northeast Georgia from the early American Indian tribes to the present day's unprecedented growth and expansion.In the late 18th 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 will go inside the American Indian tribes that once made this place their hunting grounds to the present day when both industry and population grew. 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2001
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781439630501
• Artikelnr.: 37909430

Autorenporträt

Gordon Sawyer worked for the oil industry giant ExxonMobil for forty years before retiring in 2003. He and his wife Sue had already developed a passion for family history research. So, when they moved to the historic town of Arundel, perhaps it was no surprise that his interest in history grew. He became a Trustee of the Arundel Museum Society before moving to Strensham in Worcestershire where he decided to research the history of this quiet rural parish. He published his findings in his first book, The Ancient Manor of Strensham in 2020. Gordon and Sue moved to Malvern in 2022, there becoming a neighbour and friend of Lady Fielding.