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Crawford W. Long (1815-1878), a physician from Danielsville, Georgia, was the true pioneer of anesthetics. In 1950, Frank Kells Boland published The First Anesthetic, tracing the history of Long's first discoveries and uses of anesthesia and calling for wider recognition of his achievements.

Includes lyrical lessons on the life cycle of geese, the mystery of their migratory patterns, and their adaptability. This title shows how species-management programs reestablished the birds outside their previous range at the same time as golf courses, office parks, and suburban ponds began dotting the countryside.

The eleven stories in Wendy Brenner's debut story collection concern people who are alone or feel themselves to be alone: survivors negotiating between logic and faith who look for mysterious messages and connections in everyday life, those sudden transformations and small miracles that occur in mundane, even absurd settings.

Barbara Sutton's quirky debut collection tracks the emotional journeys of characters struggling to find harmonious relationships with the people they are expected to love and be loved by.

The People I Know is a collection of nine stories, told by characters who hover at the edge of life. Zafris's protagonists do not so much hurdle their barriers as contemplate them with varying degrees of humor, regret, and fanciful expectation.

From the formation of the Georgia colony in 1732 to the end of the Great Depression, the Okefenokee Swamp was a site of conflict between divergent local communities. This title offers a fresh view of the Okefenokee, its inhabitants, and its rich and telling record of thwarted ambitions, unintended consequences, and unresolved questions.

Looks at works by such writers as Thomas Dixon, Erskine Caldwell, Zora Neale Hurston, William Faulkner, and Ralph Ellison to show how representations of time in southern narrative first accommodated but finally elucidated the relationship between these two political philosophies.

This study demonstrates how state courts enabled the mass propulsion of Native Americans from their southern homelands in the 1830s. The author argues that our understanding of this period is too often moulded around the towering personalities of the Indian removal debate.

Pharsalia, a plantation located in piedmont Virginia at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, is one of the best-documented sites of its kind. This case study follows the fortunes of Pharsalia's owners, telling how Virginia's traditional extensive agriculture contributed to the soil's erosion and exhaustion.

Contains poems with titles such as ""Illustrating the Theory of Interference"" and ""Illustrating the Construction of Railroads"". This book also features nineteenth-century engravings depicting phenomena from geology to astronomy to mechanics.

Created in 1843 by the daughter of a clergyman, ""The Mansion of Happiness"" was one of the first children's board games published in America. Examining the history of toys and the broader implications of invention and self-identity, this book presents personal and cultural myths about mortality and memory.

Marion Manley was Maimi's first female architect and she successfully maintained an independent architectural practice in south Florida over much of the 20th century. This book explores the relationship of Manley's work to her life and to the historical moment of which she was a part, including the overall development of the city of Miami.

One of seven children brought up by a single mother, Sonja Livingston was raised in areas of western New York that remain relatively hidden from the rest of America. Eschewing sentimentality, this memoir offers a meditation on what it means to hunger and shows that poverty can strengthen the spirit just as surely as it can grind it down.

Examines how postcolonial landscapes and environmental issues are represented in fiction. It explores the changes brought by colonialism and globalization as depicted in an array of international works of fiction in four thematically arranged chapters.

Explores the historical forces that have shaped women's lives in Mississippi. This book acknowledges the state's diverse cultural and physical landscapes as they discuss how issues of race, gender, and class affected women's lives in various private and public spheres.

A collection of essays that shows how borders affect the groups living along them and the nature of the land and people abutting on and divided by boundaries.