Eugenia Price's South

by Wheeler, Mary Bray

• ISBN13: 9781577363569
• ISBN10: 1577363566
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-30
• Publisher: Turner Pub Co

Summary

Do you want to experience the charm of Georgia's St. Simons Island? Do you long to see the little chapel at Frederica? Would you like to stand amid the ruins of Dungeness on Cumberland Island? Now you can. Come explore the historical places and beautiful settings of Eugenia Price's beloved novels in ?Eugenia Price's South, ? a well-researched and fascinating companion to the author's Southeast coastal classics. Mary Bray Wheeler has combined extensive journeys through the South with in-depth knowledge of Price's literary world to spotlight the people and places that populate Price's novels. Illustrated with photographs and meticulously detailed maps, this travel companion guides readers to the actual locations that come alive in Price's St. Simon Trilogy, Savannah Quartet, Florida Trilogy, and Georgia Trilogy. Whether you are an avid traveler or an armchair enthusiast, you will find this delightful volume the perfect guide for your pilgrimage to the sites of ?Eugenia Price's South.?

Author Biography

Mary Bray Wheeler is the author of five books, including Hidden Glory and Chosen Exile. During her extensive publishing career, Wheeler served as researcher, writer, and editor, and retired as vice president of Providence Publishing Corporation in 2002. A longtime friend of Eugenia Price, Wheeler also assisted Price with historical research for her novels. Wheeler holds a degree in American Studies from Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, and lives in Nashville.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	p. vii
Foreword	p. ix
Preface: Discovering Eugenia Price's South	p. xiii
St. Simons Trilogy and Georgia Trilogy	p. 1
The Novels	p. 3
Lighthouse
New Moon Rising
The Beloved Invader
Bright Captivity
Where Shadows Go
Beauty from Ashes
People and Places	p. 7
Points of Interest	p. 49
Florida Trilogy	p. 63
The Novels	p. 65
Maria
Don Juan McQueen
Margaret's Story
People and Places	p. 71
Points of Interest	p. 101
Savannah Quartet	p. 113
The Novels	p. 115
Savannah
To See Your Face Again
Before the Darkness Falls
Stranger in Savannah
People and Places	p. 121
Points of Interest	p. 141
Afterword: From One Reader's Heart	p. 159
Cast of Characters	p. 175
St. Simons Trilogy	p. 176
Georgia Trilogy	p. 176
Florida Trilogy	p. 181
Savannah Quartet	p. 185
Select Bibliography	p. 191
Index	p. 195
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