The Countryman: Turnwold [Plantation], Putnam County, Ga., Monday, November 17, 1862 (Vol. III. No. 8.)
by Turner, J. A. (Publisher)
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About This Item
Putnam County, Ga: J. A. Turner, 1862. First Edition. Newspaper. Good. 12" x 9" newspaper. Pages 57-64. Pages uncut at top edge. Very light toning to the issue. Front page lead article is titled "Educated Negroes." Other contents include stories, misc. news, and several advertisments. In March of 1862 Joel Chandler Harris, future folklorist, author of Uncle Remus and several other works, started as a a typesetter for the newspaper "The Countryman". Harris lived at Turnwold Plantation near Eaton Georgia throughout the War. The paper ceased in 1866. In 1876 Henry Grady of the Atlanta Constitution hired Harris as a journalist.
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- Bookseller
- Americana Books ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24517
- Title
- The Countryman
- Author
- Turner, J. A. (Publisher)
- Format/Binding
- Newspaper
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J. A. Turner
- Place of Publication
- Putnam County, Ga
- Date Published
- 1862
- Keywords
- Confederacy, Civil War, Confederate imprint
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