Georgialina A Southland as We Knew It / Tom Poland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Poland, Thomas M., 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poland, Thomas M., 1949---Anecdotes.

Poland, Thomas M.

Chattooga River (N.C.-Ga. and S.C.).

Southern States--Social conditions.

Southern States.

Southern States--Rural conditions.

South Carolina--Social conditions.

South Carolina.

South Carolina--Rural conditions.

Chattooga County (Ga.)--Social conditions.

Chattooga County (Ga.).

Chattooga County (Ga.)--Rural conditions.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2015

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Veteran journalist and southern storyteller Tom Poland has been writing about the disappearing rural South for nearly four decades. With a companionable appreciation for nostalgia, preservation, humor, and wonder, Georgialina: A Southland as We Knew It brings to life once more the fading and often-forgotten unfiltered character of the South as Poland takes readers down back roads to old homeplaces, covered bridges, and country stores. He recalls hunting for snipes and for lost Confederate gold; the joys of beach music, the shag, and cruising Ocean Drive; and the fading traditions of sweeping yards with homemade brooms, funeral processions, calling catfish, and other customs of southern heritage and history. Peppered with candid memoir, Georgialina also introduces readers to a host of quirky and memorable characters who have populated the southland of Poland's meanderings. As commercialization, homogenization, and relocation have slowly altered distinctive regions of the country, making all places increasingly similar, southern traditions have proven to be more resilient than most. But Poland notes that many elements that once defined day-to-day life in the South are now completely foreign to contemporary generations. Set primarily in Poland's native Georgia and adopted home of South Carolina, his tales of bygone times resonate across a recognizably southern landscape and faithfully recall the regional history and lore that have defined the South for generations as a place uniquely its own for natives, newcomers, and visitors.

Contents:

A sense of place, a sense of loss

Forgotten by time

Old ways

A land transformed

Legends, voodoo, and mayhem

Sentimental journey

Recollection

The enduring, endearing South

Afterword : the old home place.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781611175950

161117595X

OCLC:

922581523