Georgia Scenes

Augustus Baldwin Longstreet

doi:10.5771/9781461632719

Summary

Longstreet’s good-natured narrators paint a lively picture of the Georgia frontier—hilariously contrasting rural and village life and the clash of the vernacular and genteel cultures. Southern Classics Series.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/1992
Copyright Year: 1992
ISBN-Print: 978-1-879941-06-9
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4616-3271-9
Publisher: J.S. Sanders Books, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 217
Product Type: Monograph

1. Table of Contents No access
2. Introduction No access
3. Preface to the First Edition No access
Georgia Theatrics No access Pages 9 - 11
The Dance No access Pages 12 - 22
The Horse-Swap No access Pages 23 - 31
The Character of a Native Georgian No access Pages 32 - 52
The Fight No access Pages 53 - 64
The Song No access Pages 65 - 72
The Turn Out No access Pages 73 - 81
The "Charming Creature" as a Wife No access Pages 82 - 109
The Gander Pulling No access Pages 110 - 118
The Ball No access Pages 119 - 129
The Mother and her Child No access Pages 130 - 132
The Debating Society No access Pages 133 - 144
The Militia Drill No access Pages 145 - 151
The Turf No access Pages 152 - 160
An Interesting Interview No access Pages 161 - 165
The Fox Hunt No access Pages 166 - 178
The Wax-Works No access Pages 179 - 185
A Sage Conversation No access Pages 186 - 196
The Shooting Match No access Pages 197 - 214
A Note on the Text No access Pages 215 - 217