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Author Index
                         
Lain Hughes
CNN
Cable News Network (CNN) was the world's first twenty-four-hour cable television news channel when it...
Sandra S. Hughes
Ha Jin (b. 1956)
Ha Jin is a widely acclaimed author of novels, short stories, and poetry. He launched his writing career...
Matthew C. Hulbert
Sonny Perdue (b. 1946)
Sonny Perdue served two terms as the governor of Georgia, from 2003 to 2011. He was the first Republican...
Keith Hulett
Frank Manley (1930-2009)
The author of poems, plays, novels, and short stories, Frank Manley wrote mostly about southern characters...
George Handley (1752-1793)
Described by historian William Bacon Stevens as "a soldier of prowess and a civil officer of merit,"...
George W. Towns (1801-1854)
George W. Towns, a lawyer, legislator, and U.S. congressman, served as Georgia's governor from 1847 to...
Georgia Writers Hall of Fame
As part of the University of Georgia's Year 2000 millennial celebration, the University Libraries established...
James M. Smith (1823-1890)
James M. Smith, a lawyer, Confederate colonel, and Confederate congressman, served as Georgia's governor...
Jean Toomer (1894-1967)
Jean Toomer is best known as the author of the 1923 novel, an influential work about African American...
Joseph M. Terrell (1861-1912)
Joseph M. Terrell served two consecutive terms as governor of Georgia during the Progressive Era and...
Larry Rubin (b. 1930)
Larry Jerome Rubin has published hundreds of poems in literary magazines and four volumes of selected...
Ocmulgee River
The Ocmulgee River is the westernmost major tributary of the Altamaha River system. The Ocmulgee begins...
Peter Early (1773-1817)
Peter Early served as governor of Georgia at the height of the Creek War of 1813-14. His administration's...
Vereen Bell (1911-1944)
Vereen Bell wrote fiction and magazine articles set in the southern outdoors, and he achieved popular...
William Bootle (1902-2005)
William Bootle, a U.S. District Court judge from 1954 to 1981, presided over several federal court challenges...
William Y. Atkinson (1854-1899)
A noted proponent of education and credited with helping to establish the first state women's college,...
James L. Hunt
Legal Profession
The legal profession has always ranked among the most important forces in Georgia's politics and economy....
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