Download or read book A Sketchbook of Stone Mountain written by Kathryn C. Patton and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stone Mountain written by Stone Mountain Historical Society and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stone Mountain, an enormous granite dome and regional landmark, has compelled human interest since prehistory. The village that developed in its shadow is equally unique. Established as New Gibraltar, it was renamed and transplanted to the new railroad by early settlers and entrepreneurs. It prospered as a mecca for tourists and hosted the University School for Boys and the state's first agricultural fair. Anchored by the depot, Main Street's hotels, restaurants, and stores vied for the dollars of tourists and locals, and residential streets began to surround the thriving downtown. A flourishing granite industry attracted skilled, European laborers to the Southern village that was connected to the mountain's quarries by "the Dinky." Stone Mountain Village expanded after the Civil War to include Shermantown, an African American neighborhood. Granite became the village's architectural signature. Majestic views of the mountain in local backyards are reminders of the strong identity that has been forged between mountain and village, one that reflects both small-town life and a place on the world stage.
Download or read book Atlanta s Stone Mountain written by Paul Stephen Hudson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-05 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The breathtaking geological wonder known as Stone Mountain has enchanted people since the age of the Paleo-Indians. Today, Stone Mountain Park annually attracts four million visitors from around the world. Hiking trails showcase rugged granite outcrops with hardy mountain plants, such as endearing yellow daisies. Majestic red-tailed hawks soar overhead. A storied past comes to life through an engaging park quarry exhibit, a historic railroad experience and an epic Confederate Memorial carving envisioned by Gutzon Borglum of Mount Rushmore fame. Writing during the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War, authors Paul Hudson and Lora Mirza of Georgia Perimeter College in Atlanta present with verve this illustrated multicultural history of a legendary landmark.
Download or read book Carved in Stone written by David B. Freeman and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Referred to by some as The Eighth Wonder of the World, Stone Mountain, located 16 miles from Atlanta, Georgia, is the largest exposed mass of granite in the world. Freeman, a freelance historian, narrates the development of the mountain from the days that it served as a Native American domain, through the carving of an historic Confederate monument, to its present status as a tourist attraction and recreational area. Enhanced with bandw photographs. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book An Armenian Sketchbook written by Vasily Grossman and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2013-02-19 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An NYRB Classics Original Few writers had to confront as many of the last century’s mass tragedies as Vasily Grossman, who wrote with terrifying clarity about the Shoah, the Battle of Stalingrad, and the Terror Famine in the Ukraine. An Armenian Sketchbook, however, shows us a very different Grossman, notable for his tenderness, warmth, and sense of fun. After the Soviet government confiscated—or, as Grossman always put it, “arrested”—Life and Fate, he took on the task of revising a literal Russian translation of a long Armenian novel. The novel was of little interest to him, but he needed money and was evidently glad of an excuse to travel to Armenia. An Armenian Sketchbook is his account of the two months he spent there. This is by far the most personal and intimate of Grossman’s works, endowed with an air of absolute spontaneity, as though he is simply chatting to the reader about his impressions of Armenia—its mountains, its ancient churches, its people—while also examining his own thoughts and moods. A wonderfully human account of travel to a faraway place, An Armenian Sketchbook also has the vivid appeal of a self-portrait.
Download or read book An Armenian Sketchbook written by Vasily Grossman and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few writers had to confront so many of the last century's mass tragedies as Vasily Grossman. He is likely to be remembered, above all, for the terrifying clarity with which he writes about the Shoah, the Battle of Stalingrad and the Terror Famine in the Ukraine. An Armenian Sketchbook, however, shows us a very different Grossman; it is notable for its warmth, its sense of fun and for the benign humility that is always to be found in his writing. After the 'arrest' - as Grossman always put it - of Life and Fate, Grossman took on the task of editing a literal Russian translation of a lengthy Armenian novel. The novel was of little interest to him, but he was glad of an excuse to travel to Armenia. This is his account of the two months he spent there. It is by far the most personal and intimate of Grossman's works, with an air of absolute spontaneity, as though Grossman is simply chatting to the reader about his impressions of Armenia - its mountains, its ancient churches and its people.
Download or read book Scenic Georgia Sketchbook A Landmarks and Wonders from the Back Roads written by Ronald R. Huffman and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than eighty historic buildings and roadside landmarks across Georgia have found sanctuary in this stark but powerful collection of sketch work. From obscure treasures like a Cobb County covered bridge to the instantly recognizable Forsyth Park in Savannah, landscape architect Ronald Huffman puts pencil to pad to safeguard moments of state history. Each piece is accompanied by anecdotes and related backstories that preserve the context of these icons before progress irrevocably alters the landscape. Explore the back roads of Georgia with a guide attuned to the unexpected splendors that mark the way.
Download or read book Sketchbook written by K. W. and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-04 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blank sketchbook with simple, 8.5" x 11" soft, glossy cover. Ideal for all kinds of activities: drawing, projects, painting, writing, calculating and doodling. You can use it anywhere and ever you want. The best for outdoor, office, school and home. Also, it is a perfect a gift choice. This blank sketchbook has plenty of space for you to DIY your brilliant life. Check it out and order now! One of the best customer service group will give you an enjoyable shopping experience. If some problems happen to the products just please contact and your issue quickly will be gone. If you like our books we kindly invite you to leave a star rating. Product Details: - High quality paper stock, - Premium cover design, - Perfect for all drawing, painting and writing mediums, - Large, convenient format 8.5" x 11" (ANSI A) pages, - Numbered pages.
Download or read book Athens Sketchbook written by Loran Smith and published by Indigo Custom Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Athens Sketchbook is a dynamic book about the history of Athens, Georgia told through local writers and shown through local artists' paintings. As a hardcover, heirloom quality book, it is a keepsake edition for anyone who lives, works, or visits the Athens community
Download or read book A South Korean Mountain Sketchbook written by Jacob Lotinga and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-03-11 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curious about South Korean culture and society? Transfixed by tales of snowy mountain escapades? Then you could do worse than while away an afternoon with these engaging sketches.This sketchbook features finely-crafted, illustrated accounts of six mesmerising peaks:- Mount Halla (the highest in South Korea, 'catching the Milky Way');- Mount Naejang (with 'treasure within', a cautionary tale for would-be hikers!);- Mount Taebaek (a prominent shamanist peak);- Mount Wolchul ('moon-rise mountain', with its chasm-spanning Cloud Bridge);- Mount Du-ryun ('wheel-head', rising from the Korean peninsula's southern tip);- Mount Mudeung (supposedly 'unrivalled').What better way to explore South Korean culture and society than by hiking, in this country dominated by mountains?Jacob Lotinga has previously authored China's Holy Hikes.
Download or read book Stone Mountain a Walk in the Park written by Julie V. Winslett and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of photography from within the park.
Download or read book The Man Who Carved Stone Mountain written by Donna F. Barron and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A country boy born in a small town named Porterdale just southeast of Atlanta became a man with a purpose. How does someone rise up from barely completing high school take on such a monumental task such as etching out three historical figures from the Civil War. I tell you how...a man that went above and beyond the vision that God gave him to work day and night and sometimes seven days a week until the job was finished.. My dad is a man who has been dedicated to everything he has come in contact with ...from helping his mother around the house as well enlisting into the Marine Corp to help provide financial support and then soon marrying my mom to start his own family. He knew that day on Jefferson Street when he was playing football and the ball struck my mom's ankle that she would one day be his wife and the mother of his children. Daddy loved the ocean so much that once a year in August he would take us on a family vacation to Daytona Beach and other trips he would go to Panama City to enjoy one of his favorite past times which was deep-sea fishing. He was so determined that he would never leave his boat until he was satified with his catch. A young man with many jobs starting out as a newspaper boy and moving onto a position as a welder never dreamed that one day he would be hired as the man to erect an outside 400-foot elevator that would ascend up the side of Stone Mountain. This man who fell in love with the mountain and became the Chief Carver of the Confederate Memorial is the same simple man that never took an art lesson in his life and believed that he had a purpose which soon became a historical monument that we all have come to love and enjoy."
Download or read book The Revival Styles in American Memorial Art written by Peggy McDowell and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this richly illustrated volume, art historian Peggy McDowell and folklorist Richard E. Meyer blend their respective disciplinary perspectives, along with their shared long-standing fascination with cemeteries and funerary material culture, to provide a thoroughgoing descriptive analysis of this dramatic chapter in the history of American memorial art.
Download or read book Cat Magic written by Whitley Strieber and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2019-11-04 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some people in Maywell, New Jersey, commute to New York. Some are working on a lab project that will change the world—if it is allowed to succeed. And some people are witches. Amanda Walker is not a witch—yet. She's an artist, looking for work—unaware that someone has a desperate need for her, a dark plan that may require Amanda to enter death itself. If she is allowed to live long enough to make the choice. Amanda's tale is far stranger than she knows. It is ancient beyond memory. In times of great change it must be relived, in all its fear and hope, its wisdom and its passion. One of those times is now.
Download or read book A Rocky Mountain Sketchbook written by Donna Jo Massie and published by Rocky Mountain Books Incorporated. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An illustrated guide and travelogue detailing watercolour painting and drawing techniques specific to stunning natural environments found along the North American Rocky Mountain Range from New Mexico to Alaska. Over the past 15 years, and since the publication of her first book, A Rocky Mountain Sketchbook, well-known art instructor Donna Jo Massie has been developing her creative experiences in outdoor landscapes by travelling and painting in famously stunning locations in American mountain parks, from a monastery in the Chama Wilderness in northern New Mexico to the Alaska Marine Ferry on the Inside Passage. Throughout this fun and practical book, the reader is presented with illustrated pages from Donna Jo's own sketchbooks, featuring step-by-step instructions; notes on watercolour palette selection and important techniques; pages devoted to clouds, rocks, trees, water and colour schemes; a map with locations where the sketches were painted; location information that includes websites should you feel in.
Download or read book History of Stone Mountain written by Leila Venable Mason Eldridge and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stone Mountain the Master Monument written by Mrs. Eleanor Raymond Sykes and published by . This book was released on 192? with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
