The Home Place
by Mike Addington
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"The Home Place" is a novel based on two mysterious deaths a half-century ago in Hall County. The writer was living in the Gainesville area and was 7 years old when his family received a call in the middle of the night in December 1956. An uncle had been found dead outside of a submerged car in Lake Lanier, while another uncle was missing and also presumed drowned. The bodies of both men were located in a shallow inlet of the lake in Forsyth County.
All the characters and locations in "The Home Place" have been changed, although almost all of his family members involved have since passed on. His work does, however, include a disclaimer that says it's based on actual events. "The Home Place" features a rural family and its children, who grow up and become involved with a local criminal who forces them into difficult decisions.
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Secrets of Fishing Lake Lanier
by Bill Vanderford
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A professional fishing guide on Lake Lanier for over 35 years, Vanderford has the oldest registered freshwater fishing guide service in the State of Georgia. He is also a prolific writer and an award-winning photographer, and is often invited to talk and teach about fishing, his favorite subject, across the country.
“I have fished all over the Southeast with Bill Vanderford for a number of different species and he always catches fish,” notes Jimmy Jacobs, Editor, Georgia Sportsman Magazine. “When it comes to angling on Lake Lanier, his knowledge is unsurpassed.” |
Poems of Sidney Lanier
by Sidney Lanier
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Poems of Sidney Lanier whose name was given to Lake Lanier.
A poet, musician, Civil War prisoner of war, novelist and literary critic, Lanier remains a Georgia celebrity. The Macon native and Oglethorpe alum left an indelible mark on the state's history.
Considered "the chief of Southern poets" by literary anthologists, this 19th-century renaissance man crafted poems for which he earned a beloved spot in the hearts and minds of Georgians. The most famous, "Song of the Chattahoochee", takes readers "Out of the hills of Habersham ... Down the valleys of Hall" in a tribute in verse to the 436-mile river, which flows from south of the Appalachian Trail in Habersham County to its terminus in Florida at the Gulf of Mexico. |
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