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Praise for Mary Telfair: The Life and Legacy of a Nineteenth-Century Woman by Charles J. Johnson, Jr.
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"In recent years nineteenth-century historians have drawn out from the
depths of obscurity
the unremembered and ordinary common folk, both black and white.
Now we are dis-covering that unsung members of the upper class,
North and South,
also deserve a careful hearing.
Disclosing a fluent, page-turning style, arresting insight, and high
intelligence,
Charles J. Johnson, Jr., relates the story of Mary Telfair,
the idiosyncratic but culturally alert philanthropist of Savannah.
Georgians will be especially interested to read this de-finitive work.
Its many qualities brightly illuminate Mary Telfair's strengths and weaknesses.
Legal historians will be intrigued with the Supreme Court case that settled
her
long contested will,
and serious readers of biography will find the whole account compelling."
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