Autumn 2010
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AUTUMN 2010 • VOLUME 9, NUMBER
2 • TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Kidnap!
Villain or Hero?
The attempted kidnapping
of the four-year-old son
of a prominent Rome,
Georgia, family is
foiled at the last
moment when one of the
ringleaders has a change
of heart. So was
he a hero or villain?
BY MICHAEL
MCDOUGLALD • FLOYD
COUNTY |
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The Shadow
Playground:
Childhood Memories
of Wormsloe
Plantation in the
1950s and '60s
A childhood spent on
a coastal Georgia
island meant
catching fireflies,
swatting sand gnats,
and admiring - not
always from a
distance - the
imposing grandeur of
Wormsloe Plantation.
BY MARCIA MAYO •
CHATHAM COUNTY |
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Hope in the
Dust: The Story of
Irwinville Farms
When the
federal government
implemented a relief
program in Irwin County
during the Great
Depression, the proud,
self-sufficient farmers
of the region initially
viewed the program with
misgivings.
BY BRIAN BROWN •
IRWIN COUNTY |
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Pasaquan:
There's Nothing Like It
After a lengthy soujourn
in New York City, a
native son returns to a
section of Georgia known
for pine trees, corn,
and catton; there he
creates an
unconventional,
phantasmorgic enclave
that nearly defies
description.
BY BORDEN BLACK •
MARION COUNTY |
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Swimming with
River Turtles
There's nothing like a
day spent in a south
Georgia river wrestling
a 100-pound alligator
snapping turtle
from its gloomy lair;
but that's routine
business for the
biologists studying our
state's freshwater
turtles.
BY DIRK STEVENSON •
SOUTH GEORGIA |
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Ninety-One
Stitches
A daughter's
memories of her
hard-working and
devoted father are
like threads defltly
woven to fashion a
splendid garment.
BY IRMA FLANAGAN. •
TOWNS COUNTY |
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Nostalgia in a
Little Metal Box
Georgia has a museum for
just about anything and
everything under the
sun,
but we'll bet you didn't
know there's one in
Columbus devoted to
antique metal lunch
boxes!
BY CAROL THOMPSON •
MUSCOGEE COUNTY |
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The Moonshine
King of Georgia
John Henry Hardin built
a moonshine empire in
the hills and hollows of
north Georgia, but it
all came crashing down
during one terrible
night of bloodshed.
BY MIKE ANDERSON •
BARTOW AND CHEROKEE
COUNTIES |
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The Day the
Sheriff Shot His Deputy
A violent brawl
and gunplay transpire
when a deputy accuses
the county sheriff of
stooping to underhanded
campaign tactics.
BY DEBORAH MALONE•
FLOYD COUNTY |
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The Pea Patch
Murders
A "penniless"
stranger from Florida
who settles in a South
Georgia farm community
soon accumulates a
surprising variety of
livestock and equipment
- and a dreadful secret.
BY ROBERT LATIMER HURST
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WARE COUNTY |
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Genuine Georgia
Backroads - Lakeland
Murals and Motorcade
With the
encouragement of a
native daughter, a South
Georgia town is
transformed by colorful,
historic murals - an
attraction that draws
visitors from near and
far.
BY LYNNE TAYLOR
• LANIER COUNTY |
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Memories of
Barnesville's Bush-Davis
House
An elegant
house in historic
Banresville has supplied
a lifetime of memories
for one family and is
now contributing
memories for another.
BY JACOLYN PERRONE
• LAMAR COUNTY |
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