Stephen Wallace Taylor

Macon Stephen Wallace Taylor

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 127). Table of Contents: Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Ancient Grandeur: Macon's First Monuments -- 2. Cotton, Slavery, and Civil War: The Birth of Macon -- 3. Rise, Fall, and Rise: Business and Industry in Macon's Golden Age -- 4. Makin' It in Macon: Labor and Leisure in the Early 1900s -- 5. Rock, Soul, and Rights: The Sounds of Discontent -- 6. City of Churches, City of Changes: Modern Macon -- Bibliography. Contributor Bio:  Taylor, Stephen Wallace Stephen Wallace Taylor and Matthew Jennings, history professors at Middle Georgia State College, have selected striking and poignant images from several repositories to tell Macon's story. The narratives, images, and captions attempt to express the soul of the city. Macon is looking forward, no doubt. But as it does so, the city must come to grips with the challenges of the past, even as it revels in former glories. This illustrated history conveys that beautiful struggle and shows the real Macon. Contributor Bio:  Jennings, Matthew Matthew Jennings, a history professor at Middle Georgia State College's Macon campus, has selected noteworthy images, mainly from the archival collection at Ocmulgee. Photographs, artifacts, documents, and oral history tell stories about Ocmulgee that can inspire as well as infuriate. Above all, though, Ocmulgee reminds people of the power of the past and their connection to it.