Picturing the South: 1860 to the Present
Chronicle Books, June 1996. Oversize Softcover. Lightly used; Clean covers, mildly sun-faded; Spine un-creased; Soft-cover front flap price-clipped; Pages free of markings. More
Atlanta & The South
The Correspondence of Shelby Foote & Walker Percy
W W Norton & Co Inc, November 1996. Hardcover. In the late 1940s comic moralist Walker Percy and novelist Shelby Foote, friends since their teenage years, began a correspondence which would last until Percy's death in 1990. The letters trace their lives from their early careers, when they were struggling..... More
Atlanta Then and Now
Thunder Bay Press, May 2001. First Edition. Oversized Hardcover. Atlanta Then and Now is a captivating chronicle of history and change since the dawn of the camera age. It pairs historic photographs, many over a century old, with specially commissioned views of the same scene as it exists today showing..... More
Charleston: Alone Among the Cities (SC) (Images of America)
Arcadia Publishing, November 2000. Oversize Softcover. Few cities linger in the imagination as does Charleston. A place where legend meets history, Charleston commands a special seat in the Southern experience, from its commercial influence in colonial America, to its genteel traditions in the antebellum South, to its incendiary role in..... More
Farewell to the South
Little, Brown / Atlantic Monthly Press, August 1972. Cloth. Octavo. Grey cloth covered boards with somewhat fade rectangle framing likewise a bit faded gold lettering. Dust stains to textblock top edge. Sharpie mark across bottom textblock edge. Black cardstock end papers. Previous reader's name written in ink upon half title..... More
Atlanta Record Stores (PRE-ORDER)
The History Press, March 2023. Paper Back. This is a PRE-ORDER for Atlanta Record Stores. Yours will be available March 13th. More
South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
Ecco, January 2022. Hardcover. WINNER OF THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An elegant meditation on the complexities of the American South--and thus of America--by an esteemed daughter of the South and one of the great intellectuals of our time. An inspiration." --Isabel Wilkerson..... More
None of the Above: The Untold Story of the Atlanta Public Schools Cheating Scandal, Corporate Greed , and the Criminalization of Educators
Beacon Press, February 2020. Paper Back. An insider's account of the infamous Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal that scapegoated black employees for problems rooted in the education reform movement. In March of 2013, 35 educators in the Atlanta Public Schools were charged with racketeering and conspiracy--the same charges used to..... 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
Gleanings From a Doctor's Eye
J.C. Norris, January 1954. Hardcover. Second edition stated, Jan. 1954; Tight binding; Sturdy blue cloth boards are mildly worn and stained from where dust jacket had clung to boards, gilt at front and spine largely unaffected; Text free of markings; Dust jacket mildly edge-worn w/ some chipping present, jacket has..... More
City on the Verge
Basic Books, May 2017. Hardcover. What we can learn from Atlanta's struggle to reinvent itself in the 21st Century Atlanta is on the verge of tremendous rebirth-or inexorable decline. A kind of Petri dish for cities struggling to reinvent themselves, Atlanta has the highest income inequality in the country, gridlocked..... More
Staff Pick
Peachtree Street, U.S.A.;: An affectionate portrait of Atlanta
Doubleday, January 1963. Hardcover. Signed by author at 2nd title; Tight binding; Cloth boards mildly edgeworn w/ water damage present at rear spine; Pages free of markings; Dust jacket edge-worn w/ some chipping and mild tears at rear; Dust jacket now housed in protective mylar for further preservation. More
Red Hot City: Housing, Race, and Exclusion in Twenty-First-Century Atlanta
University of California Press, October 2022. Paper Back. An incisive examination of how growth-at-all-costs planning and policy have exacerbated inequality and racial division in Atlanta. Atlanta, the capital of the American South, is at the red-hot core of expansion, inequality, and political relevance. In recent decades, central Atlanta has experienced..... 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
Common Birds of Greater Atlanta
A Wormsloe Foundation Nature Book, April 2011. Soft Cover. Designed for beginning birders and nature enthusiasts alike, this easy-to-use guide presents sixty-one of the most common species of birds in the greater Atlanta area. The guide features large color photographs throughout for immediate identification and is conveniently organized by bird..... More
Loserville: How Professional Sports Remade Atlanta―and How Atlanta Remade Professional Sports
University of Nebraska Press, February 2022. Hardcover. A Sports Collectors Digest Best Baseball Book of 2022 A Public Books Public Pick of 2022 In July 1975 the editors of the Atlanta Constitution ran a two-part series entitled "Loserville, U.S.A." The provocatively titled series detailed the futility of Atlanta's four professional..... More
The Legend of the Black Mecca: Politics and Class in the Making of Modern Atlanta
The University of North Carolina Press, August 2019. Paper Back. For more than a century, the city of Atlanta has been associated with black achievement in education, business, politics, media, and music, earning it the nickname "the black Mecca." Atlanta's long tradition of black education dates back to Reconstruction, and..... More
Blighted: A Story of People, Politics, and an American Housing Miracle
NewSouth Books, December 2022. Hardcover. Blighted is a powerful narrative about the decades-long decay and remarkable two-year reinvention of Summerdale, an aging apartment community located in one of Atlanta's grittiest corridors. From burnt-out, mold-infested buildings to traumatized classrooms, Blighted unfolds in the voices of ruthless drug dealers, phantom tenants, fearless..... More
Hidden History of Old Atlanta
The History Press, February 2021. Paper Back. Old Atlanta may conjure images of southern belles and Civil War ruination, but the full story stretches back millennia, even before the first known residents arrived five thousand years ago. From centuries of Native American settlements that ended with the removal of the..... More
Memories of the Mansion: The Story of Georgia's Governor's Mansion
University of Georgia Press, September 2015. Oversized Hardcover. Designed by Atlanta architect A. Thomas Bradbury and opened in 1968, the mansion has been home to eight first families and houses a distinguished collection of American art and antiques. Often called "the people's house," the mansion is always on display, always..... More
The New Georgia Encyclopedia Companion to Georgia Literature
University of Georgia Press, April 2007. First Thus. Trade Paperback. First paperback edition. French folds. Octavo. [474 pages]. More
Graveyard of the Atlantic; Shipwrecks of the North Carolina Coast
The University of North Carolina Press, [Probably later printing]. Cloth. Octavo. Dustjacket is missing. Grey cloth with dark brown lettering and illustration on spine. End pages front and back show map of the Coast of North Carolina along with chart of Ship, Mast, and Rigging Types'. Light foxing. [276 pages]..... More
Inman Park (GA) (Images of America) (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing))
Arcadia Publishing, September 2008. Trade Paperback. Inman Park documents the rich and interesting history of this diverse suburb of Atlanta. The story of Inman Park, Atlanta's first planned suburb, is one closely tied with transportation ingenuity, trade, and the progressive determination of its citizens. Situated two miles east of downtown..... More
The Battle of Atlanta and the Georgia Campaign
Peachtree Pub Ltd, January 1981. Hardcover. Tight binding; Clean, sturdy gray cloth boards w/ gilt lettering at front and spine; Previous owner name present at front free-end page; Text free of markings; Dust jacket shows mild wear with one half inch tear at upper front of jacket. More
