Oglethorpe's Dream: A Picture of Georgia by Diane Kirkland photos Hardback, 2001

Light rubbing to the DJ in a couple of places, otherwise VGC.\n\nOglethorpe's Dream unites the award-winning photography of Diane \nKirkland with the beautifully powerful writing of David Bottoms, \nGeorgia's poet laureate. The result is a stunning portrait of the lands,\n waters, culture, and people of Georgia. \nFrom the sea islands to the \ncities, from the wiregrass to the mountain forests, Kirkland gives us a \ngallery of spectacular images showcasing the state in its breadth, \nbeauty, and diversity. Marrying landscape to history, Bottoms gives \nvoice to a people filled with courage, pain, conviction, and, above all,\n hope. Together they capture the natural beauty of the diverse \nlandscape, the richness of the state's storied past, and the essence of \nits spirited people. \n\""Isn't that what you always hoped for,\"" Bottoms writes, \""to find a place . . . and yourself in that place?\"" Oglethorpe's Dream helps us all to see a place called Georgia, and there to find something .