Living on the Unicoi Road eBook Matt Gedney
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The popular tourist town of Helen is one of the most visited places in Georgia. Helen's colorful past is recounted in Living on the Unicoi Road and its companion book, The Story of Helen Georgia. From its beginning at a long-abandoned and all-but-forgotten pioneer cemetery, Unicoi Road sets off on a three-centuries-long odyssey through the Helen valley and across much of North Georgia. The region was the wild domain of panthers, Indians, traders, and soldiers for a hundred years until the Unicoi Road was begun in 1813. The next century belonged to the pioneers and gold miners whose story is told in Unicoi Road for the first time. Well illustrated with maps, old photographs and historical documents, Unicoi Road is a virtual front porch where one can sit and watch a long-lost tale of north Georgia’s mountaineers unfold. The story does not end there, though, for the author follows the threads of the past to find them still woven into the evolving tapestry of modern life in the beautiful northeast Georgia mountains.
Living on the Unicoi Road eBook Matt Gedney
I was struck by the deep characterizations of ordinary historical figures that migrated into and out of the area along the Unicoi Road. Gedney provides a unique and compelling view of the events and circumstances that led to the settlement and development of the areas along and around the old Unicoi Road. Stories in the book provide fresh insight to the significant events in the area, and identifies the people that propelled them into the headlines and histories. The depth and detail provided is supported by narrative and pictures that paint a remarkable picture. Matt Gedney obviously knows his subject and the people, and he successfully transfers his knowledge to the reader. Living on the Unicoi Road provides a good testament of the type of otherwise ordinary people that overcome hardship and unforeseen obstacles to accomplish extraordinary events.I can recommend this book to historians in its forthright factuality, and to the common reader that wishes to know what forces and character drive the pioneer sprit.
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Living on the Unicoi Road eBook Matt Gedney Reviews
If you are someone like me who has driven by dilapidated structures or stumbled through small cemeteries and been curious about the people who lived and died in the area, you will be intrigued by the histories Mr. Gedney describes. The photographs and maps he includes add to the stories and give you a fascinating view into the past. Some of the book focuses on the gold rush, but most of the stories contained are about the people who lived in the area and the different paths they chose.
I plan on visiting the Helen area and seeing for myself the different places the people lived... I will take the book along as a guide.
An excellent historical narrative about northeastern Georgia and the men and women that lived, worked and mined in Helen Valley and along the Unicoi Road. Very interesting and well researched. The voices of the men and women who traveled and settled along this major corridor are heard clearly in this closely written book; replete with maps, old photos and copies of written documents. If you are interested in the the native history of the Georgia and Carolina colonies, you will enjoy this book.
I was struck by the deep characterizations of ordinary historical figures that migrated into and out of the area along the Unicoi Road. Gedney provides a unique and compelling view of the events and circumstances that led to the settlement and development of the areas along and around the old Unicoi Road. Stories in the book provide fresh insight to the significant events in the area, and identifies the people that propelled them into the headlines and histories. The depth and detail provided is supported by narrative and pictures that paint a remarkable picture. Matt Gedney obviously knows his subject and the people, and he successfully transfers his knowledge to the reader. Living on the Unicoi Road provides a good testament of the type of otherwise ordinary people that overcome hardship and unforeseen obstacles to accomplish extraordinary events.
I can recommend this book to historians in its forthright factuality, and to the common reader that wishes to know what forces and character drive the pioneer sprit.
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