Georgia Learn More Resources

Learn More – John Smoltz Gary Caruso, The Braves Encyclopedia (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1995). Bob Hope, We Could’ve Finished Last without You: An Irreverent Look at the Atlanta Braves, the Losingest Team in Baseball for the Past 25 Years (Atlanta: Longstreet Press, 1991). Bob Klapish and Pete Van Wieren, The Braves: An Illustrated History […]

Learn More – Battle of Atlanta Barry L. Brown and Gordon R. Elwell, Crossroads of Conflict: A Guide to Civil War Sites in Georgia (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2010). Albert Castel, Decision in the West: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864 (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1992). Stephen Davis et al., Blue & Gray Magazine’s […]

Learn More – Francis Bartow William C. Davis, “A Government of Our Own”: The Making of the Confederacy (New York: Free Press, 1994). Proceedings of the Congress on the Announcement of the Death of Colonel Francis S. Bartow (Richmond, Va.: Enquirer Book and Job Press, 1861). “Francis S. Bartow (1816-1861).” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3566&sug=y Francis […]

Learn More – Atlanta Olympics Atlanta 1996: Official Publication of the U.S. Olympic Committee (Salt Lake City, Utah: Commemorative Publications, 1996). Harvey K. Newman, Southern Hospitality: Tourism and the Growth of Atlanta (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1999). C. Richard Yarbrough, And They Call Them Games: An Inside View of the 1996 Olympics (Macon, Ga.: […]

Learn More – Paul Coverdell Earl Black and Merle Black, The Rise of Southern Republicans (Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2002). “Paul Coverdell (1939-2000).” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1089&sug=y Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000813 Paul D. Coverdell Papers at the Georgia College Library: http://www.gcsu.edu/library/paul_coverdell.htm Paul Coverdell Center for Biomedical and […]

Learn More – Olive Ann Burns Olive Ann Burns, “Boy Howdy, Ma’am, You Have Sent Us a Fine Book,” English Journal 78 (December 1989): 16-20. Marsha A. Stithem, “Olive Ann Burns and Cold Sassy Tree in the High School Classroom,” English Journal 83 (December 1994): 81-84. “Olive Ann Burns (1924-1990).” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1230&sug=y Olive […]

Learn More – Carl Vinson Frank Eleazer, “He Controls 55 Cents of Your Tax Dollar,” Nation’s Business 43 (December 1955): 32-33, 64-71. Rowland Evans Jr., “The Sixth Sense of Carl Vinson,” Reporter 26 (April 12, 1962): 25-30. Louis R. Stockstill, “Uncle Carl Vinson: Backstage Boss of the Pentagon,” Army, Navy, Air Force Journal 98 (February […]

Learn More – George Towns Anthony Gene Carey, Parties, Slavery, and the Union in Antebellum Georgia (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1997). James F. Cook, The Governors of Georgia, 1754-2004, 3d ed. (Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 2005). Stephen F. Miller, “George W. Towns,” in The Bench and Bar of Georgia: Memoirs and Sketches, vol. […]

Learn More – Jimmy Carter Presidential Nomination NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Special for Students, The Presidential Nominating System Lesson: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/history/primaries_12-19.html Peter G. Bourne, Jimmy Carter: A Comprehensive Biography from Plains to Post-Presidency (New York: Scribner, 1997). Frye Gaillard, Prophet from Plains: Jimmy Carter and His Legacy (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2007). Kenneth E. Morris, […]

Learn More – John Fremont Chaffin, Tom. Pathfinder: John Charles Fremont and the Course of the American Empire. New York: Hill and Wang, 2002. Egan Ferol. Fremont: Explorer for a Restless Nation. Garden City, NY: Doubeday & Co., 1977. Gienapp, William E. Origins of the Republican Party. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. Images and […]