Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Georgia History (Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Histo) - Softcover

Mckay EdD President South Piedmont Community College NC (Retired), John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0762778814 ISBN 13: 9780762778812

Publisher: Globe Pequot, 2012

Synopsis

The lives of notorious bad guys, perpetrators of mischief, visionary--if misunderstood--thinkers, and other colorful antiheroes, jerks, and evil doers from history all get their due in the short essays featured in these enlightening, informative, books. Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Georgia History features 15 short biographies of nefarious characters, from wicked pirate Edward Teach to John Gatewood, a ruthless Confederate guerilla fighter during the Civil War.

About this title

From the Back Cover

A delightfully wicked look at the badly behaved characters who shaped the history of Georgia through
their deeds and misdeeds. Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Georgia History features fifteen short profiles of notorious bad guys, perpetrators of mischief, visionary if misunderstood thinkers, and other colorful antiheroes from the history of the Peach State. It reveals the dark side of some well-known and even revered characters from Georgia’s past—both part-time Jerks and others who were Jerks through and through. They include:
Thomas Brown, a gentleman planter who was brutalized by the Sons of Liberty and developed a reputation as a rogue and a merciless Loyalist guerilla fighter in the American Revolutionary War
US Senator Thomas Watson, who used his power as a political “king maker” in Georgia and his nationally distributed news publications to resurrect the Ku Klux Klan in the twentieth century
John S. Williams, one of America’s last known peonage masters, who resorted to mass murder in an unsuccessful attempt to hide the sordid truth

About the Author

John McKay is a near-native of Atlanta, growing up in the Brookhaven area near Buckhead and Lenox Square, and has rarely left the area since. He is a historian specializing in military subjects, especially the Western Theater of the American Civil War, and a high school history and government teacher. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army and Georgia Army National Guard, worked for many years as a paramedic and firefighter in and around Atlanta, and lives in the northern suburbs with his wife, Bonnie, a nurse, professionally trained chef, and recovering debutante.

Edition details

• Publisher: Globe Pequot
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0762778814
• ISBN 13: 9780762778812
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256