{"product_id":"joseph-vallence-bevan-georgias-first-official-historian-paperback","title":"Joseph Vallence Bevan: Georgia's First Official Historian - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eE. Merton Coulter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1964, this biography of Joseph Vallence Bevan tells the story of Georgia's first official historian. Born in Ireland, Bevan moved with his family to Georgia at a young age. He attended the University of Georgia and the College of South Carolina before continuing his education in England. There he met William Godwin, an influential political philosopher, journalist, and novelist, who wrote \u003ci\u003eLetter of Advice To a Young American: On the Course of Studies It Might Be Most Advantageous for Him To Pursue\u003c\/i\u003e for Bevan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBack in the U.S., Bevan edited the\u003ci\u003e Augusta Chronicle \u0026amp; Georgia Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e, studied law, served on the Georgia legislature, and became coeditor and owner of the \u003ci\u003eSavannah Georgian\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1824, by recommendation of Governor George M. Troup, the legislature appointed Bevan as the first official historian of Georgia. His main duties were to arrange the state archives, publish selections from the archives, and to write a history of the state. Bevan was unable to complete a history of Georgia before his death in 1830 at the young age of thirty-two. However, he paved the road for future historians making important acquisitions of transcripts from Great Britain which describe the colonial history of Georgia.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eE. MERTON COULTER came to the University of Georgia as an associate professor in 1919; he was named an emeritus professor of history in 1958 and continued to work on campus until his death in 1981. During his career, he wrote or edited more than thirty books and his contributions to periodicals were extensive. Coulter was coeditor of the ten-volume \u003ci\u003eHistory of the South\u003c\/i\u003e and author of two of the volumes in the series; he also served as editor of the \u003ci\u003eGeorgia Historical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e for fifty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 182\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53246525243699,"sku":"9780820335315","price":49.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/haejERHIgo9780820335315.webp?v=1776286885","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/joseph-vallence-bevan-georgias-first-official-historian-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}