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Brookhaven: (Images of America)

Brookhaven: (Images of America)


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Brookhaven has long benefited from its prime location. With two creeks running through it and the well-traveled thoroughfare that became Peachtree Road, Brookhaven was a familiar place to Native Americans, Civil War soldiers, and early settlers like the Goodwin family, whose home became a railroad stop. Adjacent to the city of Atlanta, Brookhaven grew into a community of gracious neighborhoods, parks, and lakes and became home to Oglethorpe University. In 2013, Brookhaven became a city, and it continues to benefit and grow as businesses and families are attracted by its proximity to Atlanta.

About the Author :
Valerie Mathis Biggerstaff, a well-known local historian and writer, was commissioned to compile this history of Brookhaven. Biggerstaff has relied upon local history centers, schools, churches, Oglethorpe University, and the scrapbooks and memories of residents. Rebecca Chase Williams, a member of Brookhaven's first city council and former mayor, initiated this project to pull together the city's history. Williams, a former ABC News correspondent, employed her journalism background to gather images and tell the story of Brookhaven. Together, Biggerstaff and Williams document the growth of this "haven" between the "brooks" that has become a thriving city.

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Arcadia Publishing, renowned for its "Images of America" books, recently published the Brookhaven history, which has been in the works for about two years. As mayor in 2015, Williams used $3,500 of her discretionary funds to commission local historian Valerie Mathis Biggerstaff to compile and research the city's history. Biggerstaff previously put together an "Images of America" book on the history of Dunwoody.On the cover of the book, Thornwell Jacobs, president of Oglethorpe University, shovels the first dirt during the ground-breaking ceremony of the construction of Lupton Hall in 1919.The Brookhaven book is 126 pages but does not read in a traditional narrative format. Instead, the book contains numerous historical photos with lengthy, explanatory captions, Williams told the mayor and council.Reporter Newspapers


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781467126717
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 127
  • Series Title: Images of America
  • Weight: 318 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1467126713
  • Publisher Date: 11 Sep 2017
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Width: 165 mm


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