Georgia Odyssey

Georgia Odyssey is a panoramic survey of Georgia history, from British colony to international business mecca, from Jim Crow to Jimmy Carter, from Gone with the Wind to the 1990s. Originally published as part of The New Georgia Guide, this expanded version of Georgia Odyssey is an essential text for students and scholars. Historian James C. Cobb, a Georgia native, debunks familiar myths and reveals new insights in his interpretation of the state's complex past. Not all of the past is pleasant to recall, Cobb notes, but any attempt to understand the character and personality of contemporary Georgia must take into account its sometimes disturbing, sometimes appealing, but always rich and eventful historical odyssey.

Georgia Odyssey is a panoramic survey of Georgia history, from British colony to international business mecca, from Jim Crow to Jimmy Carter, from Gone with the Wind to the centennial Olympic Games.

Originally published as part of The New Georgia Guide, this expanded version of Georgia Odyssey is an essential text for students and scholars. Historian James C. Cobb, a Georgia native, debunks familiar myths and reveals new insights in his interpretation of the state's complex past. Not all of the past is pleasant to recall, Cobb notes, but any attempt to understand the character and personality of contemporary Georgia must take into account its sometimes disturbing, sometimes appealing, but always rich and eventful historical odyssey.

Not all of today's Georgians might express themselves quite as unequivocally as the South Georgia tobacco farmer who informed a visiting journalist in 1938 that "we Georgians are Georgian as hell" but, on the other hand, a great many others not only care deeply about the state's identity but consider it integral to their own. Georgia Odyssey is the ideal introduction to our past, present, and future.

"An excellent window through which to take, honest measure of the state". -- The Times Literary Supplement