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Bridging deep south rivers : the life and legend of Horace King  Cover Image Book Book

Bridging deep south rivers : the life and legend of Horace King

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  • ISBN: 0820326267 (alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780820326269 (alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: print
    xv, 335 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2004.

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General Note:
"Published in cooperation with the Historic Chattahoochee Commission and the Troup County Historical Society."
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-320) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Pee Dee origins -- Ithiel town's bridge -- The missing years and other mysteries -- Boom town on the Chattahoochee -- To throw a bridge across the Chattahoochee -- Family ties -- "Honest" John Godwin and Horace -- Robert Jemison Jr. and Horace -- Freedom -- Horace's own bridge -- The reluctant confederate -- Economic reconstruction -- A nominal republican -- The kings in LaGrange -- The king legacy -- The legend of Horace King.
Subject: King, Horace 1807-1885
King, Horace 1807-1885 Influence
African Americans Biography
African American engineers Biography
Civil engineers United States Biography
Bridges Southern States Design and construction History 19th century
African American legislators Alabama Biography
Slaves South Carolina Biography

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