Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn: The Saga of Two Families and the Making of Atlanta
by Pomerantz, Gary M
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0684807173
- ISBN 13
- 9780684807171
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Scribner, 1996. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Scribner, 1996, first printing. Thick 8vo., 656pp., illustrated. "Gary M. Pomerantz explores Atlanta's transformation - from its founding as the railroad center Terminus in 1837 to the ashes left by Gen. William T. Sherman's Union troops in 1864 to its role as center of the civil rights movement during the 1960s to its selection as the site of the 1996 Summer Olympics." Small marker line on bottom edge of page block, else near fine in near fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.
Synopsis
"A fascinating tale of two cities told through the rise of two of Atlanta's most illustrious political families...highly significant in what it reveals about ambition, hard work, success, and race relations."David Levering Lewis.
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009069
- Title
- Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn: The Saga of Two Families and the Making of Atlanta
- Author
- Pomerantz, Gary M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0684807173
- ISBN 13
- 9780684807171
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1996
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History & Americana;
- Size
- 8vo
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The Wild Muse
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About The Wild Muse
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