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My aunt Dorothy Hart compiled the research and wrote this book and gave copies to family members. It is well researched and contains all the information she obtained about the direct descendants of James Madison Hart, b. 7/3/1846 in Carroll County, Georgia. He served in the War Between the States, first enrolled in Atlanta on 9/9/1862 in Company 6, 25th Battalion Georgia Infantry as Provost Guard. In April 1863 he was sent to Company F, 5th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry. He served as a Private and fought in battles around Atlanta. In April 1864 he enlisted in Company E, 1st Georgia Cavalry in Oxford, AL. He was paroled at Greensboro, NC, May 1, 1865. He married Martha Vella Wright December 24, 1874. James Madison Hart (known as "Doll") was the grandson of Samuel Hart, Sr., b. 1755 in NC and who served as Lt. 9th NC Regiment. This book contains information about Doll's descendants and also his ancestors as well as she could research them. She traveled to many cemeteries to find graves, visited libraries to perform research, and finally self published this book. I appreciate her labor and commend her efforts to preserve the history and heritage of our family.

This is an excellent source for anyone researching the surname McGaha or McGaughey. Also included are early Townsend and Dyer lines. These began in Pensylvania, Delaware, Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia and details the migration to Oklahoma.

As an alumni of the University of Georgia with a BA in English, if there is one thing I know how to do, its how to read. And I have to say that I enjoyed reading this work of genius better than just about anything I have picked up in my entire life. Mark Schlabach is the modern day Shakespeare of sports writing. He combines Edgar Allen Poe's sense of mystery with Mark Twain's unique perspective, and then ties it all together with John Steinbeck's multiple levels of depth and message. In today's world of over-the-top reality entertainment, Mr. Schlabach's keen eye brings us back to the greatest reality entertainment ever invented - football.
I also have a long history of reading magazines where the focus is the photography. This endeavor has always been less academic and more individual (so to speak). Regardless, as someone who appreciates photography, this book has great pictures.
Finally, my favorite chapter was the one that focused on Tubby. Tubby clearly represents a combination Old Yeller's and Hairy the Dawg's best attributes. When he takes the field during the Kentucky game to inspire the Dawg Nation, I almost cried. Mark Schlabach is a great writer, the AJC is a great newspaper, Tubby is a great dog, and Tattletales is a great establishment.

A mythos of invincibility was the source of the diehard experience of a significant proportion of Confederate military forces refusing to give up even though they suffered serious reversals and did not have the resources to ever overcome these. Decisive defeat at Gettysburg and Sherman's march through the South culminating in the capture of Atlanta were two such reversals coming after a couple of years of warfare during which the South had never managed to gain the upper hand despite some successes in early parts of the War.

"Elements that supported Confederate notions of invincibility--religion, stereotypes, combat, rumors, camaraderie, and more--formed the fabric of the diehard experience." Phillips--assistant professor of history at Mississippi State U.--treats these different facets of this mythos of invincibility with cultural study of the Southern states, reading of historical circumstances, military analysis, and also letters, battle reports, and newspaper stories both feeding into the myth and subtly questioning it. Demonization of Northern troops played with a belief in the superiority of the Southern soldier. Rumors trumped facts, as when reports circulated that New Orleans had been retaken. Slanted or incomplete newspaper articles were seized upon as gospel. Confederate soldiers deified their generals; and many generals and field officers developed strategies for prolonging combat as long as possible when a rational, objective assessment of circumstances would lead to the conclusion that defeat was inevitable.

Phillips' book is engaging and illuminating for bringing together diverse material in support of his topic; and in so doing, bringing out new perspectives on always interesting subjects such as cultural differences between North and South and the course of the Civil War.

My name is Georgia Hedrick. This is one of my great all time books. I was given back my publishing rights by the Publisher one year and one-half ago.

HOW DARE YOU PUBLISH IT WITHOUT MY CONSENT OR WITHOUT ANY ROYALTIES GIVEN???

I notice you have your own ISBN number to it. You cannot do this. There shall be a legal investigation over this situation. Georgia Hedrick, author, and illustrator.

I live in Connecticut, with a family of two elementary aged twins. We take a lot of day-trips, and as we are learning about our Connecticut History in the fourth grade, we've decided that there are still so many places to visit nearby. With our current gasoline "crisis"---if you live in Connecticut, or even close by in NY or RI or MA, coastal CT is still worth visiting. You don't have to be rich & famous, as some would have you to believe. Read this book and step back only about 30 years in time to a quieter life in a small town along the south east coast in CT, and you'll peek into a world that is sadly, slowly--disappearing.

With his meticulous research and easy going writing style, you will see into the very heart of the village--as it grew from those old dry Puritan societies of religious and farming men, to the lively tapestry of ethnic groups that it still is, today. The town of Stonington shifted its center from upland at the Road Church, in old "Wequetequock" to a place on the water called "Long Point" and so began its life as a major seaport.

I have lived in Connecticut most of my life and one of my very favorite places to wander through--is Stonington Borough. Sadly, the fishing fleet is depleted, but you can still hear the old ghosts of seacaptains and the Portuguese families who made this small village one of the best reasons to take a day-trip to explore it.

Wear GOOD walking shoes, and take your camera. Come in Autumn when the tourists are mostly gone. Water Street is where all the shops are, and you can find a pleasant place for coffee in quite a few establishments. The street is very narrow and becomes "one-way," so the best thing to do is find a spot to park at its beginning and walk down, and back up. The Lighthouse is a museum now, and well worth a visit too. If you are a painter, don't forget your easel or sketchbook. There are so many wonderful spots to visit, read the book for the fun of it and you may agree that Stonington is worth a visit. Even if "you can't get there from here" as the Yankee saying goes, the book is a fun and intimate read about life in a small, coastal New England village. How I wish it could remain frozen in time!

Peter Crow's finely crafted, deftly written narrative recounts, in thier own words, the lives of people in Dante and St. Paul, two small southwest Virginia communities caught in the backwash of history and struggling to maintain an economic and cultural foothold in the post-industrial world. A must-read for anyone interested in modern Appalachia.

Having read Paola Gemme's book while being a student in her American Literature to 1900 class, while it constituted a lot of reading, was certainly time well spent, indeed. Dr. Gemme speaks with a highly scholastic, qualified voice that is authoritative but playfully so and never pedantic. Her book sets about to debunk perceptions of the Italian Risorgimento as viewed through the lens of the American world view of the latter half of the 19th century. She brings to bear upon this issue the thorough inquiry of a historian, the eloquence of a professor of literature, and the insight of an Italian (as in Dr. Gemme resides part-time in Genoa--the home of Colombus--, where she was born, raised, and educated). It is truly a gifted work, the creation of a genuinely gifted scholar. In addition, I might add--as a student--that Dr. Gemme is a tremendous individual, irrespective of her scholastic and literary achievements. 10/10!

Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote: "Every institution is the lengthened shadow of one man." Whenever I visit the University of Georgia campus-six times a year for the home football games-and enter the mammoth stadium (fifth largest on-campus stadium in the nation), I translate Emerson's statement this way: "The highly successful athletic program at Georgia is the lengthened shadow of Vince Dooley."

Really, the analogy could extend further, because the development of the athletic program paralleled the expansion of the University in enrollment, campus improvements, academic directions, and prestige, as well as the emergence of Athens, Georgia into the Classic City it claims to be. Vince Dooley's influence and direct involvement made these advances possible, too.

Because he advocates team accomplishments more than individual heroism, Dooley-Georgia's Head Football Coach for twenty-five years, who retained his Director of Athletics title until June 30, 2004-might refute this claim. Still, those who have followed Georgia's progress during his four decades of leadership will agree that these achievements would not have happened without him.

Co-author Loran Smith once captained UGA's track team, then became the longtime Executive Secretary of the Georgia Bulldog Club. In many ways, Smith serves as the Bulldogs' scribe, because Dooley's Dawgs is one of several books he has produced to chronicle "The Bulldog Nation." On game days, he's the radio host for the Bulldogs' Tailgate Show, and fans hear his post-game interviews. Additionally, his newspaper and magazine articles appeal to sports fans nationwide.

I recommend Dooley's Dawgs as the finest sports book I have ever read. Bombarded as we are by news reports about college athletic scandals, you will be uplifted by the story of how discipline, fairness, integrity, respect for academics, and hard work turned Georgia football from an also-ran into national champions-and produced principled young men who became lifelong leaders.

To Dooley and Smith's credit, the book does not gloss over the tough times. You'll read about criticisms of Dooley's conservative offense ("Georgia kicked off, then let the air out of the ball," an Athens sports writer charged), the frustration of mediocre seasons, and the highly controversial non-extension of Dooley's contract in 2003. I applaud the book's candor.

Even readers who are unfamiliar with Georgia's tradition will enjoy Dooley's Dawgs. I give this book my highest recommendation.

Pick this book up if you are a Dawg fan. I goes thru what Dooley was thinking from game one thru the national championship, to the last game against Mich St. It tells of the recruting of Walker and other UGA greats. Great pics as well, every UGA fan must have one