Georgia Learn More Resources

Learn More – “Gone with the Wind” Premiere Ellen F. Brown and John Wiley Jr., Margaret Mitchell’s “Gone With the Wind”: A Bestseller’s Odyssey from Atlanta to Hollywood (Lanham, Md.: Taylor Trade Publishing, 2011). Judy Cameron and Paul J. Christman, “The Art of “Gone With the Wind”: The Making of a Legend (New York: Prentice […]

Learn More – Charley Trippi Claude Felton, ed., 2001 Georgia Football Media Guide (Athens: University of Georgia Athletic Association, 2001). Loran Smith, ed., Between the Hedges: 100 Years of Georgia Football (Atlanta: Longstreet Press, 1992). Charley Trippi Oral History: http://uga.edu/livinghistory/feature/trippi/ Georgia Football History: http://www.georgiadogs.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/geo-football-history.html Pro Football Hall of Fame: http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.aspx?PLAYER_ID=216

Learn More – Battle of Fredericksburg Gary W. (ed.) Gallagher (Author). The Fredericksburg Campaign: Decision on the Rappahannock The University of North Carolina Press (March 20, 1995) “Thomas R. R. Cobb (1823-1862).” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2487&hl=y “James Longstreet (1821-1904).” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3554&hl=y “Civil War in Georgia: Overview.” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3709&sug=y Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania […]

Learn More – Lillian Smith John Egerton, Speak Now Against the Day: The Generation Before the Civil Rights Movement in the South (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994). Margaret Rose Gladney, How Am I to Be Heard? Letters of Lillian Smith (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1993). Fred Hobson, Tell About the South: […]

Learn More – Brenda Lee Born Brenda Lee, with Robert Oermann and Julie Clay, Little Miss Dynamite: The Life and Times of Brenda Lee (New York: Hyperion, 2002). “Brenda Lee (b. 1944).” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1681&hl=y Brenda Lee, The Lady, The Legend: http://www.brendalee.com/ PBS Women Who Rock: http://www.pbs.org/itvs/welcometotheclub/rock.html Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame: http://rockhall.com/inductees/brenda-lee/ […]

Learn More – Eastern Airlines Aaron Bernstein, Grounded: Frank Lorenzo and the Destruction of Eastern Airlines (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990). R.E.G. Davies, Airlines of the United States since 1914 (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1982). T. A. Heppenheimer, Turbulent Skies: The History of Commercial Aviation (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1995). Robert […]

Learn More – Joel Chandler Harris Born R. Bruce Bickley Jr., Critical Essays on Joel Chandler Harris (Boston: G. K. Hall, 1981). R. Bruce Bickley Jr., Joel Chandler Harris: A Biography and Critical Study (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1987). Walter M. Brasch, Brer Rabbit, Uncle Remus, and the ‘Cornfield Journalist’: The Tale of Joel […]

Learn More – Eli Whitney Constance McLaughlin Green, Eli Whitney and the Birth of American Technology (Boston: Little, Brown, 1956). Jeannette Mirsky and Allan Nevins, The World of Eli Whitney (New York: Macmillan, 1952). “Eli Whitney in Georgia.” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3497&sug=y GeorgiaInfo: http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/eli-whitney.htm Eli Whitney Museum and Workshop: http://www.eliwhitney.org/

Learn More – Robert Woodruff Frederick Allen, Secret Formula: How Brilliant Marketing and Relentless Salesmanship Made Coca-Cola the Best-Known Product in the World(New York: HarperBusiness, 1994). Charles Elliott, ” Mr. Anonymous,” Robert W. Woodruff of Coca-Cola (Atlanta: Cherokee, 1982). E. J. Kahn Jr., Robert Winship Woodruff(Atlanta: The Coca-Cola Company, 1969). “Robert Woodruff (1889-1985).” New Georgia […]

Learn More – Little Richard Charles White, The Life and Times of Little Richard: The Quasar of Rock (New York: Harmony Books, 1984). Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame: http://rockhall.com/inductees/little-richard/ Official Little Richard My Space Page http://www.myspace.com/littlerichardtribute “Little Richard” Penniman (b. 1932).” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1705&sug=y