Justice Joseph Rucker Lamar's Augusta Georgia; Lamar's Personal Photographs of Augusta Augmented by the Author's Vintage Postcards, Rare Documents, and Photographs

A new copy in a new dust jacket. 212pp. Octavo.Signed by the author on the ffep.Justice Joseph Rucker Lamar’s Augusta, Georgia is a pictorial biography of Lamar and his hometown. Its inspiration was Lamar’s late-nineteenth-century photographs of Augusta and environs. His eighty-two previously unpublished pictures present a snapshot of his family and his world. This publication gives readers an opportunity to see images of homes, churches, factories, hospitals, libraries, colleges and universities, government and social buildings, and businesses of turn-of-the-century Augusta. Furthermore, the author’s extensive research yields information details about the city, the personal lifestyles, and especially the legal and legislative work of Lamar. Justice Lamar devoted his life to service in his beloved Augusta and his nation. His framed portrait now hangs in the Supreme Court of the United States. This is an amazing book by a gifted author and one that is very easy to dive into and once there, getting lost in the pages. Signed by Author(s).…