Place-names of Georgia: Essays of John H.Goff - Hardcover

Goff, John H.

9780820303420: Place-names of Georgia: Essays of John H.Goff

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0820303429 ISBN 13: 9780820303420

Publisher: University of Georgia Press, 1984

Explanations of the origins of names for towns, roads, streams, and mountains provide information and anecdotes about Georgia's local history.

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Review:

"Anyone who reads [these essays on Georgia placenames] will not only be entertained and informed about a large number of individual names, but will also get an excellent general idea of how placenames originate and are modified in the course of their largely oral transmission." -- Calvin S. Brown "American Speech"

"Anyone who reads [these essays on Georgia placenames] will not only be entertained and informed about a large number of individual names, but will also get an excellent general idea of how placenames originate and are modified in the course of their largely oral transmission."--"American Speech"

Anyone who reads [these essays on Georgia placenames] will not only be entertained and informed about a large number of individual names, but will also get an excellent general idea of how placenames originate and are modified in the course of their largely oral transmission.--"American Speech"

About the Author:

John H. Goff, an economist specializing in transportation, spent most of his adult life in and around Georgia, serving among other duties, as an economist for the Tennessee Valley Authority and as a professor at Auburn University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Emory University. The late Francis Lee Utley was professor of English at Ohio State University, where he taught for thirty-nine years. A man of myriad interests, Professor Utley wrote with equal ease in literature, linguistics, and folklore. His publications span the centuries from Noah's ark to William Faulkner. An archivist in the Georgia Surveyor General Department and an associate of the late Mr. Goff, Marion Hemperley has published a number of articles in the "Georgia Historical Quarterly," "South Carolina Historical Magazine," and "Alabama Historical Quarterly."

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