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Copyright © 2009 by Don O’Briant

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COVER IMAGES

FRONT COVER

Top row left to right: Jekyll Island Beach; Forsyth Park in Savannah; Atlanta skyline

Second row: Tree-lined road in Thomasville

Third row: Peaches; Antebellum mansion in Savannah; Uga, the University of Georgia mascot

Bottom row: Callaway Gardens

BACK COVER

Stone Mountain

CREDITS

PHOTOGRAPH OF UGA: ASHLEY CONNELL/UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION ALL OTHER COVER IMAGES COURTESY OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

BOOK DESIGN BY DEBRA LONG HAMPTON

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

O’Briant, Don, 1943 –

Newcomer’s guide to Georgia / by Don O’Briant.

p.     cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-89587-361-3 (alk. paper)

1. Georgia—Guidebooks. I. Title.

F284.3.O24 2009

975.8’044 —dc22

2008051033

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OPPOSITE TOP: Dogwood blossoms
OPPOSITE BOTTOM: Atlanta’s Centennial Park
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT