Confederate Athens

Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1967. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. NF/VG+/1st ed.; 1st prntng, Signed. This book describes the life of the 4000 Athenians who lived through the four years of the American Civil War. The people of Athens, Georgia, managed to survive those years of hardship and deprivation with courage, fortitude, and grace. Dr. Coleman has written a complete study of a town during a time of war. He has described fully the social, political, and ecomonic aspects of the town, but his primary concern is with the citizens themselves. This copy was presented to noted philanthropist Tom Watson Brown, great-grandson of Tom E. Watson, Georgia politician and champion of the Populist Party of Georgia. Mr. Brown owned Spartan Communications which he inherited from his father, Walter"Red" Brown, a well known Washington DC radio journalist. Tom Watson Brown donated generously to Mercer University, University of Georgia, and several other school in the University System of Georgia. His foundation, the Watson-Brown Foundation awarded many, many scholarships to students throughout Georgia. This copy of Confederate Athens was signed by Kenneth Coleman at the 1969 Atlanta Civil War Roundtable, and was part of his (mostly) Civil War library in his home in Marietta Georgia. Book Condition is Near Fine; gray cloth over boards with gold lettering to spine. 214pp. First Edition, first printing, signed. Notes, bibliography, chart of common items in Athens, 1860-1865, index and map of Confederate Athens with legend. Book is clean, with a solid tight binding, no markings to interior, no foxing or tanning. Light discoloration to page edges, mostly dust. Dust Jacket Condtion is Very Good+; matte red, white and grey jacket with price intact. Some very light rubbing, two small closed nicks and several spots of dirt along spine at back cover. Covered with a removable mylar dust jacket. A wonderful piece of Georgiana.