Mr. Absalom Billingslea
ISBN: 978-13-316-8171-7
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Liczba stron: 438
Oprawa: Miękka
Wydanie: 2019 r.
Język: angielski
Dostępność: aktualnie niedostępny
Excerpt from Mr. Absalom Billingslea: And Other Georgia Folk<br><br>The author felt that it might be proper thus to preface about the people among whom he was reared, whom he has always loved and admired, and not less for some oddities of deportment and dialect with which by personal and professional intercourse he was made familiar. From this same people, of every condition of prosperity and intelligence, have sprung as many, he believes (residents not only in Georgia, but in Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas), as from those of any other region of like extent, who using the edu cational opportunities which their fathers were ena bled to procure for them, and inheriting their loyal ty to truth, justice, and all manful behests, have be come eminent in Church and State, and who in so cial circles, whether in their own regions or elsewhere, rank with the best.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.