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by Tony Cope (Author)
SAVANNAH has the largest designated Historic Landmark District in America and it is based on the original plan for the Colony of Georgia designed by James Edward Oglethorpe in 1733. Within the District today are residences, hotels, churches, businesses and a university. Thousands of tourists visit the city every year and most, residents and tourists alike, walk the streets in the Historic District without any idea of for whom the streets are named. Who were these historic figures, what did they do to have a street named for them? Oglethorpe and Martin Luther King are two names most would recognize, they may think that they know for whom Lincoln Street is named, but who were Drayton, Whitaker, Bryan and Abercorn? What did Harris, Hull, Gaston and Gordon do to warrant such an honor? Were any of the streets named for women? "IT'S NOT THAT LINCOLN" answers those questions.
Author Biography
Tony Cope is a native of Savannah, Georgia, who retired after thirty years in public education, serving as a teacher, head baseball coach, administrator and creator and long-time director of the award winning environmental education facility, the Oatland Island Wildlife Center. He was a member of a long list of State and local boards, served three terms as president of the Savannah Symphony and was featured in the book, "Movers and Shakers of Georgia". He is the author of "On the Swing Shift: Building Liberty Ships in Savannah" published by the Naval Institute Press in 2009, "The House on Gaston: A Savannah Childhood" published in 2013, and "Stealing Stones" published in 2015, both by The Abercorn Press. In Ireland he has written the scripts for and performed in three highly acclaimed musical productions, Moon River; A Reflection, a tribute to Savannah's Johnny Mercer, "The Rat Pack and Friends" and "Tin Pan Alley: From Ragtime to Show Time". He is also the co-author of "A History of the Mashie-Niblicks Golfing Society" published in 2012. Tony now lives with his wife, Ellen, and five cats near Kinsale in County Cork, Ireland, dividing his time between writing, playing golf (badly) and building dry stone walls.
