Title: Literary Savannah /
Authors: Allen, Patrick, 1965-
Publisher: Trinity University Press,
Year: 2011
Subjects: TRAVEL / United States / South / South Atlantic (DC, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV); American literature Georgia Savannah.; Savannah (Ga.) Literary collections.
Abstract: "The statues of Savannah's Monument Square are silent. The status of the solemn girl in Bonaventure Cemetery - made famous in John Berendt's now legendary book, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - cannot speak. Only Savannah's literary monuments can give voice to the rich and diverse history of one of America's greatest and most visited cities. Many have written about Savannah, but few have captured the true spirit of Southern grace most often associated with her history, as well as the mysteries and humor that await behind the walled gardens and gated homes. Whether born there or simply passing through, writers have been inspired by Savannah for centuries, and, in Literary Savannah, her stories are finally told"--
Contents: From An account of Carolina and Georgia / James Oglethorpe -- Origin legend of the Creek people / Chekilli -- From On love / John Wesley -- From The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or, Gustavus Vassa, the African / Olaudah Equiano -- Letter to Savannah's Hebrew congregation / George Washington -- From Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida / William Bartram -- The lament of the captive / Richard Henry Wilde -- From Pleasure and pain : reminiscences of Georgia in the 1840s / Emily Pillsbury Burke -- Letter to Kate Perry / William Makepeace Thackeray -- Sut blown up with soda / George Washington Harris -- From Fast and loose in Dixie / J. Madison Drake -- From Treasure Island / Robert Louis Stevenson -- From The memoirs of Gen. W.T. Sherman, written by himself / General William Tecumseh Sherman -- The cotton gin / Joel Chandler Harris -- From The American scene / Henry James -- From Thousand mile walk to the Gulf / John Muir -- Savannah twice visited / William Dean Howells -- Memories of my girlhood / Juliette Gordon Low -- Adrift in Georgia : Savannah / Sherwood Anderson -- Foreword to Harrriet Ross Colquitt's The Savannah cook book / Ogden Nash -- From The damned don't cry / Harry Hervey -- Strange moonlight / Conrad Aiken -- The king of the birds / Flannery O'Connor -- From A matter of vocabulary / James Alan McPherson -- From Beulah Land / Lonnie Coleman -- From A lion's share / Mark Steadman -- Untitled song lyric / Johnny Mercer -- From Halloween / Ben Greer -- Madeira and Moonshine / Alexander A. Lawrence -- The haunted library / Margaret Wayt DeBolt -- From Sleeping with soldiers / Rosemary Daniell -- From The distant lands / Julian Green -- From the dangerous lives of altar boys / Chris Fuhrman -- From Midnight in the garden of good and evil : a Savannah story / John Berendt -- Gambling, liquor, and vice / Tom Coffey -- The death of Tomochichi / Ja J. Jahannes -- Return to Savannah / Aberjhani.