The Toombs Oak The Tree That Owned Itself And Other Chapters Of Georgia

Download or read book The Toombs Oak, the Tree That Owned Itself, and Other Chapters of Georgia written by Coulter and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These nine essays originally appeared in the Georgia Historical Quarterly and range in subject from a group of Arcadians expelled from Nova Scotia that settled in colonial Georgia to the origins of the University of Georgia. Other essays examine the Woolfolk murder case that attracted national attention; Henry M. Turner, a black legislator during the Reconstruction; and John Howard Payne, the author of "Home, Sweet Home."