Saving Savannah The City and the Civil War [Paperback]

In this masterful portrait of life in Savannah before, during, and after the Civil War, prize-winning historian Jacqueline Jones transports readers to the balmy, raucous streets of that fabled Southern port city. Here is a subtle and rich social history that weaves together stories of the everyday lives of blacks and whites, rich and poor, men and women from all walks of life confronting the transformations that would alter their city forever. Deeply researched and vividly written,Saving Savannahis an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the Civil War years.“A meticulous re-creation of the Civil War in Georgia’s rice kingdom. . . . Jones traces this tragic story with thoroughness and sophistication.”
—The New York Times Book Review

“An intimate look at a city battered by the tides of history. . . . Few historians have been able to offer such a comprehensive account of how the men and women of a single city could survive such stormy waters.”
—The Atlanta Journal Constitution

“A history rich in social detail and written with deep insight. . . . [The] story of how Savannah and the South was lost to a century of repression and segregation.”
—The Boston Globe

“A compelling social and political history. . . . Jones introduces the voices of numerous slaves, citizens and soldiers as she explores a trove of original sources to create a people’s history of emancipation and the vast social changes it wrought. . . . The guiding insight of Jones’s work is an appreciation of how fully the various stories of the disinherited inform the American narrative.”
—Washington Post Book World

“An important book. . . . Jones tells this story with humanity and precision, giving us a finely wrought, multidimensional portrait of a vanished civilization.”
—Minneapolis Star Tribune