Georgia Learn More Resources

Learn More – Delta Begins Passenger Service to Atlanta R.E.G. Davies, Delta, an Airline and Its Aircraft: The Illustrated History of a Major U.S. Airline and the People Who Made It (Miami, Fla.: Paladwr Press, 1990). T. A. Heppenheimer, Turbulent Skies: The History of Commercial Aviation (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1995). W. David […]

Learn More – Burning of Darien Buddy Sullivan, Early Days on the Georgia Tidewater: The Story of McIntosh County and Sapelo, 5th ed. (Darien, Ga.: McIntosh County Board of Commissioners, 1997). “Darien.” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-645&sug=y Written in Glory, Letters from the Soldiers and Officers of the 54th Massachusetts – In his letter written October […]

Learn More – Georgia on My Mind – Ray Charles Dies Ray Charles and David Ritz, Brother Ray: Ray Charles’ Own Story (New York: Dial Press, 1978). Michael Lydon, Ray Charles: Man and Music (New York: Riverhead, 1998). Ruth Turk, Ray Charles, Soul Man (Minneapolis: Lerner, 1996). Georgia Archives State Song: http://www.sos.ga.gov/archives/state_symbols/state_song.html Official Ray Charles […]

Learn More – Georgia Charter Issued to Trustees Kenneth Coleman, Colonial Georgia: A History (New York: Scribner, 1976). Amos Aschbach Ettinger, James Edward Oglethorpe: Imperial Idealist (Oxford, Eng.: Clarendon Press, 1936). James Ross McCain, Georgia as a Proprietary Province: The Execution of a Trust (Boston: R. G. Badger, 1917). Robert G. McPherson, ed., The Journal […]

Learn More – G-8 Summit in Georgia “G8 Summit in Georgia.” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3043&sug=y Sea Island Summit 2004: http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/home.html Sea Island Summit Documents: http://www.g7.utoronto.ca/summit/2004seaisland/index.html White House Archives: Sea Island Summit 2004

Learn More – Harry Crews Erik Bledsoe, ed., Getting Naked with Harry Crews: Interviews (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1999). Erik Bledsoe, ed., Perspectives on Harry Crews (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2001). David K. Jeffrey, ed., A Grit’s Triumph: Essays on the Works of Harry Crews (Port Washington, N.Y.: Associated Faculty Press, 1983). Southern […]

Learn More – Joseph M. Terrell James F. Cook, The Governors of Georgia, 1754-2004, 3d ed. (Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 2005). Alton DuMar Jones, “The Administration of Governor Joseph M. Terrell Viewed in the Light of the Progressive Movement,” Georgia Historical Quarterly 48 (September 1964): 271-90. “Joseph M. Terrell (1861-1912).” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2139&sug=y […]

Learn More – American Patriots Capture Augusta Edward J. Cashin, The King’s Ranger: Thomas Brown and the American Revolution on the Southern Frontier (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1989). Kenneth Coleman, The American Revolution in Georgia, 1763-1789 (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1958). Leslie Hall, Land and Allegiance in Revolutionary Georgia (Athens: University of Georgia […]

Learn More – King George III Born Christopher Hibbert , George III: A Personal History. Basic Books (March 14, 2000) Jeremy Black. George III: America’s Last King (The English Monarchs Series). Yale University Press (January 6, 2009) BBC History “George III (1738- 1820).” http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/george_iii_king.shtml The Official Website of the British Monarchy: http://www.royal.gov.uk/historyofthemonarchy/kingsandqueensoftheunitedkingdo m/thehanoverians/georgeiii.aspx Library of […]

Learn More – Orly Airplane Crash Ann Uhry Abrams, Explosion at Orly: The Disaster That Transformed Atlanta (Atlanta: Avion Press, 2002). “Orly Air Crash of 1962.” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1103&sug=y Woodruff Arts Center: http://www.woodruffcenter.org/