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Review: The Historic Oakland Cemetery Of Atlanta: Speaking Stones, Ronda Sanders Jul 2008

Review: The Historic Oakland Cemetery Of Atlanta: Speaking Stones, Ronda Sanders

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the non-fiction book "The Historic Oakland Cemetery of Atlanta: Speaking Stones," by Cathy J. Kaemmerlen.


A Timeline Of Important Events In Georgia Public Library History, Elaine Hardy Jul 2008

A Timeline Of Important Events In Georgia Public Library History, Elaine Hardy

Georgia Library Quarterly

The article presents a chronology of significant events in the history of Georgia's public library service from 1809 to 2008. In 1809, a subscription library was opened by the Savannah Library Society. In 1900, Mayors S. B. Price and Bridges Smith of Macon established the Price Free Library for the poor. From 1933 to 1934, jobs in public and school libraries in Georgia were created by the Civil Works Administration. In 2000, libraries in Georgia started to purchase and install equipment and software through funding from the Gates Foundation. As of 2008, there are 61 library systems, 33 regional library …


Review: Circling Home, Kate Farley Jul 2008

Review: Circling Home, Kate Farley

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the non-fiction book "Circling Home," by John Lane.


Review: Stand Up For Alabama: Governor George Wallace, Peter Otto Apr 2008

Review: Stand Up For Alabama: Governor George Wallace, Peter Otto

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the non-fiction book "Stand Up for Alabama: Governor George Wallace," by Jeff Frederick.


Review: An Angry Drum Echoed: Mary Musgrove, Queen Of The Creeks, Vanessa Cowle Apr 2008

Review: An Angry Drum Echoed: Mary Musgrove, Queen Of The Creeks, Vanessa Cowle

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the young adult biographical novel "An Angry Drum Echoed: Mary Musgrove, Queen of the Creeks," by Pamela Bauer Mueller.


Review: Civil War Weather In Virginia, James Taylor Jan 2008

Review: Civil War Weather In Virginia, James Taylor

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the non-fiction book "Civil War Weather in Virginia," by Robert K. Krick.


Review: The New Encyclopedia Of Southern Culture, Volume 3: History, Vanessa Cowie Jan 2008

Review: The New Encyclopedia Of Southern Culture, Volume 3: History, Vanessa Cowie

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the non-fiction book "The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, Volume 3: History," edited by Charles Reagan Wilson.


Review: The Schoolhouse Door: Segregation’S Last Stand At The University Of Alabama, Ravonne Green Jan 2008

Review: The Schoolhouse Door: Segregation’S Last Stand At The University Of Alabama, Ravonne Green

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the non-fiction book "The Schoolhouse Door: Segregation’s Last Stand at the University of Alabama," by E. Culpepper Clark.


Review: Blood & Irony: Southern White Women’S Narratives Of The Civil War, 1861-1927, Maureen Puffer-Rothenberg Jan 2008

Review: Blood & Irony: Southern White Women’S Narratives Of The Civil War, 1861-1927, Maureen Puffer-Rothenberg

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the non-fiction book "Blood & Irony: Southern White Women’s Narratives of the Civil War, 1861-1927," by Sarah E. Gardner.


Review: Walker Percy Remembered: A Portrait In The Words Of Those Who Knew Him, Pat Borck Jan 2008

Review: Walker Percy Remembered: A Portrait In The Words Of Those Who Knew Him, Pat Borck

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the non-fiction book "Walker Percy Remembered: A Portrait in the Words of Those Who Knew Him," by David Horace Harwell.


Review: Court-Martial At Parris Island: The Ribbon Creek Incident, Geoffrey P. Timms Jan 2008

Review: Court-Martial At Parris Island: The Ribbon Creek Incident, Geoffrey P. Timms

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the non-fiction book "Court-Martial at Parris Island: The Ribbon Creek Incident," by John C. Stevens III.


Review: The Unexpected Exodus: How The Cold War Displaced One Southern Town, Diane Fulkerson Jan 2008

Review: The Unexpected Exodus: How The Cold War Displaced One Southern Town, Diane Fulkerson

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the non-fiction book "The Unexpected Exodus: How the Cold War Displaced One Southern Town," by Louise Cassels.