Atlanta's living Legacy - A History of Grady Memorial Hospital and Its People
Kimbark Publishing, January 2012. Oversized Hardcover. More
Atlanta & Georgia
Georgia Legends & Lore (American Legends)
The History Press, August 2022. Paper Back. Settle in for a juicy bushel of Peach State bafflement. More
Courage to Dissent: Atlanta and the Long History of the Civil Rights Movement
Oxford University Press, September 2012. Trade Paperback. In this Bancroft Prize-winning history of the Civil Rights movement in Atlanta from the end of World War II to 1980, Tomiko Brown-Nagin shows that long before black power emerged and gave black dissent from the mainstream civil rights agenda a name, African..... More
Wildsam Field Guides: Atlanta (American City Guide Series)
Wildsam Field Guides, June 2020. Paper Back. Wildsam Field Guides: Atlanta reveals theSouth's largest city through local stories, travel intel and modern lore, seeking out the real and rooted things, what's truly authentic and sharing the soul of a place, for travelers and locals alike. Explore this progressive Southern hub..... More
Wildsam Field Guides: Atlanta (American City Guide Series)
Wildsam Field Guides, June 2020. Paper Back. Wildsam Field Guides: Atlanta reveals theSouth's largest city through local stories, travel intel and modern lore, seeking out the real and rooted things, what's truly authentic and sharing the soul of a place, for travelers and locals alike. Explore this progressive Southern hub..... More
East Atlanta (Images of America)
Arcadia Publishing, March 2014. Trade Paperback. Located only two miles from downtown Atlanta, East Atlanta has its own distinct history and identity. Over the decades, this area has impacted the development of Atlanta and the nation. The Battle of Atlanta, fought on East Atlanta ground in 1864, changed the course..... More
Sprawl City: Race, Politics, and Planning in Atlanta
Island Press, August 2000. Trade Paperback. A serious but often overlooked impact of the random, unplanned growth commonly known as sprawl is its effect on economic and racial polarization. Sprawl-fueled growth pushes people further apart geographically, politically, economically, and socially. Atlanta, Georgia, one of the fastest-growing areas in the country..... More
Movers & Shakers in Georgia
Simon & Schuster, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. First/first. Grey cloth spien with black lettering & darker grey paper covered boards with title blind stamp. Heavily chipped & torn jacket with staining. NOT price-clipped: original price of $12.95 on flap. Complete number line. More
Burial for a King: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Funeral and the Week that Transformed Atlanta and Rocked the Nation
Scribner, January 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. In the aftermath of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, riots broke out in 110 cities across the country. For five days, Atlanta braced for chaos while preparing to host King's funeral. An unlikely alliance of former student radicals, the middle-aged patrician mayor, the no-nonsense..... More
Day by day with Celestine Sibley
Doubleday, January 1975. First Edition. Cloth. In dust jacket. Signed 'Best wishes Celestine Sibley' on f.f.e.p. Also previous owner's gift inscription inked same page. More
Savannah Guidebook
Cherokee Pub, October 2015. Trade Paperback. Savannah Guidebook, written with affection for their hometown by two sixth generation ladies, covers it all. From historic house museums, flowering gardens and Savannah's famous squares (little parks) to practical information such as restaurants, lodging, fun for children, this book is an essential tool..... More
Brookwood Hills (Images of America)
Arcadia Publishing, December 2013. Trade Paperback. When Benjamin Franklin Burdett and his son Arthur developed their streetcar suburb of Brookwood Hills in 1922, they chose land on the cusp of change, straddling the city and county line. The area, once populated by Native Americans, was the site of the opening..... More
Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement
Simon & Schuster, February 2015. Trade Paperback. The award-winning national bestseller, Walking with the Wind, is one of our most important records of the American civil rights movement. Told by John Lewis, who Cornel West calls a "national treasure," this is a gripping first-hand account of the. More
The Fledgling Province: Social and Cultural Life in Colonial Georgia, 1733-1776 (Published for the Institute of Early American History and Cultureat Williamsburg, Virginia by the University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill)
The University of North Carolina Press, October 1976. First Edition. Cloth. Through a painstaking gathering and synthesis of the surviving documents of Georgia social history before the Revolution, many of them fragmentary, Davis re-creates much of the texture and quality of life in that southernmost province. In addition to black..... More
George Woodruff: A Life of Quiet Achievement
Mercer University Press, December 1987. Oversized Hardcover. From the personal library of legendary tavern owner and county commissioner MANUEL MALOOF. This copy has a gift inscription from the provost of Mercer University. More
The Pursuit of the Atlanta Child Killer: Facts, Fibers, and Forensics
BookLogix, August 2022. Paper Back. More
The Pursuit of the Atlanta Child Killer: Facts, Fibers, and Forensics
BookLogix, August 2022. Paper Back. More
An Other Atlanta the Black Heritage a Bicentennial Tour
Atlanta Bicentennial Commission, January 1975. Stapled Pamphlet. Octavo. {4 & 1/2' x 8'}; cover is sepia colored cardstock with darker brown lettering front side and white on verso. Cover is mildly toned with rubbing and a few stray stains. Staples (two) are rusting and bleeding into tiny surrounding paper. 48..... More
History of Gwinnett Co GA, 1818-1943
Gwinnett Historical Society/BookCrafters, Inc., 1995. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo issued without dustjacket. Black cloth with gold lettering. Facsimile reprint, 1995. Clean, sound, tightly bound. Foxing/dust stains textblock top edge. Slight bow to boards. List of other Gwinnet Historical Society publications, printed on red stock, laid in. [502 pp.]. More
Savannah Duels and Duellists 1733-1877 (Annals of Savannah)
Review Publishing & Printng Company, February 1936. First Edition. Cloth. Red cloth covered boards with washed out spots of discoloration scattered over front & rear board. Dustjacket missing, if there ever was one. Sun-bleached spine with gold lettering. Signed (with lengthy inscription) on front free end page, by Thomas Gamble..... More
Atlanta and Environs Volumes I & II
University of Georgia, 1969. Hardcover. Two-volume set. Gilt-titled blue cloth. Inked name on front pastedown ednpapers of both volumes; pencilled notes on front free endpapers of both. Light foxing; else, very good. More
A Work of Hospitality: The Open Door Reader, 1982-2002
N/A, June 2002. Trade Paperback. More
Living on the Unicoi Road
Little Star Press, August 1996. Paper Back. More
Boys' High Forever: The History of an Extraordinary Atlanta Public High School
Atlanta Boys' High School Alum, January 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf wear and corner rubbing on the jacket. Mylar wrapped. More
Where We Want to Live: Reclaiming Infrastructure for a New Generation of Cities
Palgrave Macmillan Trade, January 2016. Hardcover. **Winner, Phillip D. Reed Award for Outstanding Writing on the Southern Environment** **A Planetizen Top Planning Book for 2017** After decades of sprawl, many American city and suburban residents struggle with issues related to traffic (and its accompanying challenges for our health and productivity)..... More
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