| Details | | Publication Date: | 1997-05-01 | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.5 in | | Weight: | 16.8 oz |
Publisher's Note
The intersection of Peachtree Street and Sweet Auburn mirrors the often separate but mutually dependent relations between whites and blacks in Atlanta. Through hundreds of interviews and five years of painstaking research, Gary Pomerantz, a reporter for the "Atlanta Journal-Constitution", shows how two families, one white, one black, rose to social, economical and political prominence in the capitol of the new South. photos.
This story of Atlanta as told through two of its most prominent families--one black, one white--presents a broad canvas of American heroes, history, and institutions, from the Civil War to the 1996 summer Olympics. This is the saga of the Allens and the Dobbses, who rose to power on opposite sides of the South's racial divide to produce the two of the most noteworthy mayors in Atlanta, and Southern, history: Ivan Allen and Maynard Jackson.
Industry Reviews
"...Gary Pomerantz's solid, serviceable history shows that the lives of black and white Atlantans seldom connected on any but the most superficial level before the Civil Rights movement breached the iron curtain of segregation. [He]...traces the city's post-Civil War evolution through the stories of one black and one white family in a text that is always informative...Pomerantz lays out his themes carefully, weaving together the stories of the Dobbs-Jackson and Allen clans, as well as the history of Atlanta, in a readable, well-organized narrative."
Washington Post Book World - Wendy Smith (06/09/1996)
"You do not need to care particularly about Atlanta to find this book engrossing...'Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn' brings a balance of skepticism and empathy to every one of its human subjects and, more important still, to the city they have built....Gary W. Pomerantz's reasoned and scintillating book could not be more welcome."
New York Times Book Review - Paul Goldberger (07/21/1996)
"...a finely drawn, epic history of Atlanta and of two families, one white, one black, who helped shape its development....An engrossing genealogical window on a remarkable city."
Bossy
| See an error? Submit a change request |
All rights reserved.
