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Around 2006, I did some contract work for Atlanta Public Schools requiring a quick survey of each school's library in the district. A particular elementary school carried a seemingly unusual book for an elementary school: A large, hard-cover book covering the complete history of Atlanta up to well beyond the Olympics.
Fortunately/Unfortunately, I only got to read the book a few hours, but was so engrossed in what I was reading that I forgot to write down basic information about the book (also, as I was on the job, I shouldn't have been reading it in the first place). I've tried internet searches typing in details I remembered from the book. One of the most striking was the Slave commissioners and and the block/pen that use to sit where the 5 Points MARTA station now stands. Whenever I search for any details related to that book, I'll definitely find articles mentioning it, but they NEVER have citations. Sometimes I forget how rampant plagiarism is....
I am an Atlanta native and have never seen any sort of book on the city prior to or sense that encounter. Inching toward 10 years later, I've not been able to find any sort of book fitting this description ANYWHERE. I remember that the book was fairly substantial, being at the very least 15" long and wide and at least 2" Thick. The jacket had an ambiguous skyline of 19th Century Atlanta. I don't remember whether the pages were glossed, but there were several photo pages.
Do you have any suggestions?
Fortunately/Unfortunately, I only got to read the book a few hours, but was so engrossed in what I was reading that I forgot to write down basic information about the book (also, as I was on the job, I shouldn't have been reading it in the first place). I've tried internet searches typing in details I remembered from the book. One of the most striking was the Slave commissioners and and the block/pen that use to sit where the 5 Points MARTA station now stands. Whenever I search for any details related to that book, I'll definitely find articles mentioning it, but they NEVER have citations. Sometimes I forget how rampant plagiarism is....
I am an Atlanta native and have never seen any sort of book on the city prior to or sense that encounter. Inching toward 10 years later, I've not been able to find any sort of book fitting this description ANYWHERE. I remember that the book was fairly substantial, being at the very least 15" long and wide and at least 2" Thick. The jacket had an ambiguous skyline of 19th Century Atlanta. I don't remember whether the pages were glossed, but there were several photo pages.
Do you have any suggestions?
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