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Dahlonega Haunts

Ghostly Adventures in a Georgia Mountain Town

By: Amy Blackmarr

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Dahlonega Haunts

Ghostly Adventures in a Georgia Mountain Town

By: Amy Blackmarr

Award-winning author investigates paranormal phenomena in a Georgia gold-mining town.

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0977317307

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9780977317301

Above the Fall Line

The Trail from White Pine Cabin

By: Amy Blackmarr

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The Trail from White Pine Cabin

By: Amy Blackmarr

Amy Blackmarr returns to her native Georgia as a "refugee," fleeing a bleak Kansas winter, the trauma of graduate school, and a "loss of identity, confidence, boyfriend and best dog and pride." Now White Pine Cabin, a hut barely big enough to turn around in, becomes the setting for Blackmarr's searing self-examination as she tells the stories that have led her so far inward and works out a trail back toward a happier connection with herself, the land, her God, and the people in her world. With an irony that keeps her prose from sinking into sentiment, Blackmarr writes of the dishonesty in a lost relationship, flunking her graduate exams, the inborn racism she was surprised to discover, and the loss of her beloved dog Max. But her enduring love for the land brings needed beauty and balance, and her sense of humor won't let us get away without hearing about the ghost by the creek, the bear that comes for her pork roast, the mice that eat a rat snake, and the landfill that swallows her car. Finally, when Blackmarr allows herself to move outside her solitude she always discovers the world's unexpected generosity, and it is this gift that helps heal her and make her aware of the art we create in the interwoven kindnesses we pay each other."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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Mercer University Press

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086554901X

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9780865549012

Above the Fall Line

The Trail from White Pine Cabin

By: Amy Blackmarr

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The Trail from White Pine Cabin

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Mercer University Press

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House of Steps

Finding the Path Home

By: Amy Blackmarr

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House of Steps

Finding the Path Home

By: Amy Blackmarr

When the award of a graduate fellowship brings Amy Blackmarr to Kansas from her grandfather's old pond-side fishing shack in rural South Georgia--"where the scents of pine straw on damp mornings and peanuts drying in October fields were deep and warm and familiar"--she rents a hippie house in the country that quickly becomes the setting for a tangled string of quirky events. With characteristic humor, irony, and an unfailing sense of wonder, Blackmarr gets lost in the woods, battles wasps but falls in love with a roach, frets over the "corruption" of her mother, calls the sheriff on her neighbors, laments her perfectionism, collects bugs in a bowl, and takes in yet another stray dog. The chaotic, often contemplative, always revealing journey into her own nature is reflected in the vibrant natural settings Blackmarr inhabits; yet her discoveries provide readers warm and lyrical proof that they don't have to escape into the woods to understand themselves, or their world, more deeply. Originally published in 1999, this edition of "House of Steps includes a new unpublished essay.

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182

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IET

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0865549125

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9780865549128

Going to Ground

Simple Life on a Georgia Pond

By: Amy Blackmarr

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Going to Ground

Simple Life on a Georgia Pond

By: Amy Blackmarr

Unfulfilled by city life, Amy Blackmarr sold her thriving Kansas business and returned to the pine woods of South Georgia to follow a dream. For five years, she lived in her grandfather's "old scarecrow of a fishing cabin" beside the pond. Now with warmth, humor, and a strong, clear voice, she brings her rustic world alive in stories about her dogs, life without hot water, visits from an alligator, and the life and death of her grandmother. Blackmarr also writes candidly of the demons she must conquer in her own nature to become the person she longs to be while continually proving there is wonder to be found in every moment. In the tradition of Thoreau's "Walden and Annie Dillard's "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Going to Ground is a tribute to the transcendent beauty of nature and the joys, fears, lessons, and serenity of the solitary life. Originally published in 1997, Mercer University Press proudly introduces this new edition.

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IET

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0865549052

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9780865549050

Dahlonega Haunts

Ghostly Adventures in a Georgia Mountain Town

By: Amy Blackmarr

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Ghostly Adventures in a Georgia Mountain Town

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Award-winning author investigates paranormal phenomena in a Georgia gold-mining town.

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0977317307

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Dahlonega Haunts

Dahlonega Haunts

Above the Fall Line

Above the Fall Line

Above the Fall Line

Above the Fall Line

House of Steps

House of Steps

Going to Ground

Going to Ground

Dahlonega Haunts

Dahlonega Haunts

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