- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Augustus Baldwin Longstreet (1790-1870)
- Creator:
- Rachels, David
- Date of Original:
- 2005-02-11
- Subject:
- Lawyers--Georgia
Legislators--Georgia
Clergy--Georgia
Judges--Georgia
College presidents--Mississippi--Oxford
Methodist Church--Clergy
Methodists--Georgia
Authors, American--Georgia
Longstreet, Augustus Baldwin, 1790-1870 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Augustus Baldwin Longstreet. In 1835 Augustus Baldwin Longstreet published Georgia's first important literary work, Georgia Scenes, Characters, Incidents, Etc. in the First Half Century of the Republic.Because of this book he is remembered most often as a literary figure. Longstreet, however, only dabbled in fiction writing, just as he dabbled in many other careers, including roles as a lawyer, judge, state senator, newspaper editor, minister, political propagandist, and college president.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/augustus-baldwin-longstreet-1790-1870/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Augustus Baldwin Longstreet (1790-1870)," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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