{"product_id":"antebellum-athens-and-clarke-county-ernest-c-hynds-9780820334462","title":"Antebellum Athens and Clarke County, Georgia","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1974, \u003ci\u003eAntebellum Athens and Clarke County, Georgia\u003c\/i\u003e is a chronicle of sixty years of change in Clarke County and the city of Athens. In 1801, Clarke County, newly created from Jackson County, was virtually all Georgia farmland, and Athens was a portion of land set aside for the establishment of a state university. In those first years of the century, the university began with thirty or forty students. They received instruction from Josiah Meigs--president and faculty of the university--in a twenty-by-twenty-foot log cabin. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy 1846, the population of the county was over four thousand, and the area prospered. Cotton mills dotted the banks of the Oconee River, the Georgia Railroad connected Athens with Augusta, numerous schools and churches had been established, and newspapers, banks, and small businesses were all part of the Athens scene. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntebellum Athens and Clarke County, Georgia\u003c\/i\u003e is rich with detail. This historical narrative recalls not only the growth of industry, government, and education within Clarke County, but also contains many anecdotes of the early people who lived there. The chronology of dates and events and the comprehensive listing of public officials, professional men, planters, and businessmen found in the appendixes of Antebellum Athens and Clarke County, Georgia add to the value of this work of local history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ernest C. Hynds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820334464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820334462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Ernest C. Hynds","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054515122431,"sku":"9780820334462","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_87d60765-1498-494a-b776-ebf648abbbe2.jpg?v=1685030394","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/antebellum-athens-and-clarke-county-ernest-c-hynds-9780820334462","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}