Swamp Water and Wiregrass: Historical Sketches of Coastal Georgia

Macon Georgia: Mercer University Press, 1984. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Near Fine/Very Good +. VNF/VG+/1st ed./Signed. This collection of essays is about a place--the Georgia coast that lies south of the Ogeechee River and the adjoining pine barrens--and the people who have lived there. Crowded with interesting events and personalities, these vignettes portray the rhythms and tensions generated by change and tempered by dreams and schemes of the planters, ministers, scientists, soldiers, abolitionists, philanthropists, and plain folk--the major participants in this unending struggle for survival. The authors, George A. Rogers and Frank Saunders, are both professors at Georgia Southern College in Statesboro Georgia. This volume, is their first published effort on the history of their area. Book Condition is Near Fine; green cloth over boards with silver lettering to spine. 253pp. Thirteen Essays, b&w photos, bibliography and index. First Edition. Signed by George Rogers on the front free endpaper," With best wishes to our very dear Aunt Zelma" Georgia A. Rogers. Book is clean with a tight binding. Free of any markings. Pages are white with no foxing. Dust Jacket Condition is Very Good+; Matte jacket with minor wear at exterminties. One small nick rear top of jacket. rubbing on back of jacket and a small light stain at top of front panel. Covered with a removable mylar dust jacket. Getting scarce. Handsome solid first edition.