COLLETTE VACATIONS

Georgia & South Carolina

READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

Enrich your travels with reading! Here's a hand-picked list prepared for your journey in conjunction with the book experts at Longitude.

Essential Reading

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The Charleston, Savannah & Coastal Islands Book, A Complete Guide

The Charleston, Savannah & Coastal Islands Book, A Complete Guide

by Cecily McMillan | Wade Spees

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

An excellent, locally produced travel guide mixing history, culture and anecdote with a shipload of up-to-date practical information. It does justice to this area's rich traditions and food. (USS13, $19.95)

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

by John Berendt

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 386 PAGES

Berendt magically turned his relatively brief stay in Savannah into a rollicking and sensitive portrait of the city, capturing a great variety of colorful characters and the spirit of the place. (USS09, $16.00)

Charleston Map

Charleston Map

by Navigator Maps

  • MAP

A clear, easy to use souvenir map of Charleston, featuring the city center and well marked places of interest. (USS312, $7.95)

Savannah Map

Savannah Map

by Navigator Maps

  • MAP

A clear, easy to use map of the city center, featuring well marked places of interest. (USS340, $7.95)

 

Atlanta Map


by Borch Maps

  • 2005
  • MAP

A laminated map of the city center of Atlanta. (USS329, $7.95)

Insider's Guide to Atlanta


by Bonnie McKay | John E. McKay

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 408 PAGES

A comprehensive, practical guide to the city and its attractions with detailed descriptions of museums, hotels, restaurants and shops. With a section on day trips outside the city. (USS236, $18.95)

The National Trust Guide to Savannah

The National Trust Guide to Savannah


by Roulhac Toledano

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 234 PAGES

A guide to the architectural culture and history of Old Savannah. With 200 archival photographs and maps, it includes chapters on historic preservation, famous visitors and a comprehensive tour of architectural styles. (USS26, $34.95)

A Short History of Charleston

A Short History of Charleston


by Robert Rosen

  • HISTORY
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

A third-generation Charlestonian, Rosen traces the history of Good King Charles's City from its founding to the present with flair. (USS12, $16.95)

Confederates in the Attic

Confederates in the Attic


by Tony Horwitz

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 406 PAGES

Subtitled "Dispatched from the Unfinished Civil War," this book reveals the strange world of the re-enactors, unreconstructed confederates and others whose ongoing interest and involvement in the War Between the States provide an intriguing cultural portrait of the southern and mid-Atlantic states. (USS35, $16.00)

Georgia's Land of the Golden Isles

Georgia's Land of the Golden Isles


by Burnette Vanstory | Eugenia Price

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1981
  • PAPER
  • 226 PAGES

First published in 1956, this is a rich portrait of the sea islands off of Georgia's coast. Each island gets its own chapter, detailing its history, with information on the native peoples, early settlements and slave plantations. (USS63, $19.95)

Savannah in the Old South


by Walter Fraser

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 423 PAGES

A comprehensive history of Savannah from its early days as an Indian trading center to the end of the Civil War. (USS366, $22.95)

The Civil War, An Illustrated History

The Civil War, An Illustrated History


by Geoffrey C. Ward | Ken Burns

  • HISTORY
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

An illustrated, comprehensive social history of the Civil War by the now-famous team of Ward and Burns. With 500 photographs and maps, extensive text and original essays by contributing experts. (USS27, $29.95)

The Jekyll Island Club: Southern Haven for America's Millionaires

The Jekyll Island Club: Southern Haven for America's Millionaires


by June Hall McCash | William Barton McCash

  • HISTORY
  • 1989
  • HARD COVER
  • 251 PAGES

A history of the legendary Jekyll Island Club, the group of powerful millionaires (including Vanderbilt, Rockefeller and Pulitzer) who vacationed on the small island off the coast of Georgia. (USS75, $39.95)

Architecture of the Old South

Architecture of the Old South


by Mills Lane | Van Jones Martin

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1993
  • HARD COVER
  • 335 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

An illustrated survey of the glorious architecture of the Old South. With an authoritative text by a Savannah native, and 250 sumptuous color photographs of antebellum architecture. (USS19, $75.00)

Mrs. Whaley and Her Charleston Garden


by Emily Whaley | William Baldwin

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

The thoughts and reflections of 85-year-old Mrs. Emily Whaley, a giant in the Charleston gardening community -- and owner of one of the most visited private gardens in America. (USS311, $15.99)

Lady Baltimore

Lady Baltimore


by Owen Wister

  • LITERATURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 406 PAGES

This novel is set in Charleston just after the Civil War, when the traditional values of the Old South were in great conflict with those of the victorious northerners. First published in 1906, it's a classic southern portrait. (USS22, $10.95)

Mama Day

Mama Day


by Gloria Naylor

  • LITERATURE
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 312 PAGES

A glorious novel populated by the vibrant inhabitants, especially the women, of Willow Springs -- a fictional barrier island off the Atlantic coast between Georgia and South Carolina. (USS23, $14.95)

The Jekyl Island Club, A Novel

The Jekyl Island Club, A Novel


by Brent Monahan

  • MYSTERY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

A murder mystery firmly set in the haughtily exclusive club on Georgia's Jekyl Island in 1899. Monahan's detective goes up against the likes of J.P. Morgan and other real-life members of the club in this page-turner which interweaves actual events. (USS59, $17.99)

The March

The March


by E. L. Doctorow

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 363 PAGES

In this powerful historical novel, Doctorow captures the drama and import of General William Tecumseh Sherman's devastating march through Georgia and the Carolinas during the final years of the Civil War. (USS373, $16.00)

National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Southeastern States

National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Southeastern States


by Peter Alden

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1999
  • FLEXI-BOUND
  • 446 PAGES

A compact photographic guide to the nature of the Southeast States from Mississippi and Georgia to North Carolina, featuring 1,500 photographs, concise descriptions and an overview of the natural history of the area. (USS31, $19.95)

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