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Welcome to NGE Features. Each Feature is a collection of articles highlighting a particular topic. Features can enhance our understanding of the state by showing us new connections among the stories of Georgia history, life, and culture.

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Fictional Treatments of Sherman in Georgia

The presence of Union general William T. Sherman in Georgia during the (1861-65) has inspired numerous novels. These fictional accounts, some obscure and some quite prominent, have centered on characters caught up in either the , during the spring and summer of 1864, or the subsequent , in the late fall of that year.   [more]


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Poetry in Georgia
April is National Poetry Month, a time to celebrate and appreciate the art of poetry. Georgia's poets,...

Biotechnology in Georgia
Biotechnology, the science of adapting biological systems or organisms for specific purposes, has altered...


Life in the Okefenokee Swamp: Past and Present
Over the years the Okefenokee Swamp's distinctive ecosystem has become the subject of legends, tall tales,...

Historic Preservation in Georgia
Historic preservation officially began in Georgia in the aftermath of World War II, when growing prosperity...


The Carter Center: Twenty-fifth Anniversary
On June 30, 2007, the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum in Atlanta opened an exhibit commemorating the...

Black Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement
Many major figures in the struggle for civil rights in the South were from Georgia or lived in Georgia...


Top Ten Films about Georgia
Georgia's long, volatile history, its varied geography, and its vast pool of talent have made it a significant...

Views of Georgia by Non-Georgia Authors
Some of the most insightful and widely read depictions of Georgia were written by men and women who were...


Twelve Great Works of Georgia Fiction
Georgia can boast of a number of writers—poets, novelists, essayists—whose work has...

Women of Distinction in Georgia
Women have made revolutionary strides in a variety of arenas since the beginning of Georgia's history....


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