From the rear cover
In 1915 the United Daughters of the Confederacy leased the land and commissioned Gutzon Borglum, later the sculptor of Mount Rushmore, to carve the Lost Cause memorial on the mountain where the second Ku Klux Klan was resurrected by William J. Simmons. Proceeding intermittently over six decades, the project was given added impetus in the wake of the South's massive resistance to racial integration. Capitalizing on this impulse, the state of Georgia funded the completion of the project in 1958 for use as a tourist attraction. Opening as a theme park in 1970, Stone Mountain now draws some five million visitors a year, exceeded only by the Disney theme parks in Orlando, Florida. David Freeman's Carved in Stone narrates the development of Stone Mountain from natural wonder to historic site to recreational park. This elegantly written story recounts the fits and starts of the Stone Mountain project, tracing the mountain's changing meaning over time. Readers of Georgia history and enthusiasts of Confederate iconography will find Freeman's work a fascinating story.
Details
- Title Carved in Stone
- Author David Freeman
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 260
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mercer University Press, Macon
- Date 1997-06-01
- ISBN 9780865545472 / 0865545472
- Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 9.3 x 6.21 x 1.04 in (23.62 x 15.77 x 2.64 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Deep South
- Cultural Region: Southeast U.S.
- Cultural Region: South
- Geographic Orientation: Georgia
- Topical: Civil War
- Library of Congress subjects Stone Mountain Memorial (Ga.) - History, Stone Mountain Memorial State Park (Ga.) -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97-14201
- Dewey Decimal Code 975.822
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