Georgia Scenes (Augustus Baldwin Longstreet)

Long considered one of the most important books about Georgia, Augustus Baldwin Longstreet’s Georgia Scenes is an immensely enjoyable chronicle of early southern humor. This edition is the most complete version of the Scenes available, including Longstreet’s original set of nineteen stories, nine previously uncollected stories, a selection of items published anonymously in Longstreet’s newspaper, and a discussion of lost manuscripts of Georgia Scenes. The introduction provides a fresh look at the legends and facts about Longstreet, a pivotal figure in the development of literary Georgia.