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Follow Will as he learns about his hero's new life, escapes death, ridiculous lies, and obnoxious stories

Honorable Mention

  • Nothing much...just chosen for the 'Book of the Month' Club

References

Purcell, Kim. "New Georgia Encylopedia." New Georgia Encylopedia. (2005): n. page. Print. <http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1230>.

"Georgia Historical Society." Georgia Historical Society. (2011): n. page. Print. <http://www.todayingeorgiahistory.org/content/olive-ann-burns>.

Biography

  • Born in 1924 in Commerce, Georgia
  • Attended Mercer University and North Carolina University and received a journalism degree
  • Staff writer at

Antlanta Journal Magazine

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  • Married, had two kids, then worked as a free lance writer

Olive Ann Burns

  • Takes place in the small town of Cold Sassy, Georgia in 1906
  • Involves characters such as Will Tweedy, Hoyt Tweedy, Mary Willis, Mattie Lou, E. Rucker Blakeslee, and Miss Love Simpson

Tess Bonham

Having

OF

LI-I-IFE

the

TIME

HER

English 11

first super-bowl

Churchill gives 'Iron Curtain' Speech

PG-13 movie rating created

Published

1st broadcasted presidential debate

Worked for

Published

Leaving Cold Sassy

Al Capone Sent to Prison

Graduated, received

journalism degree

Antlanta Journal

Magazine

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First Son

posthumously

1992

1960

1931

1946

1984

1967

worked

October 30, 2012

1990

1975

1972

1957

1939

1956

1924

Died July 4th

Married

WWII begins

1st daughter

Diagnosed with

Cancer

Mom died

Born July 17

Soviet Union launches Space Age

1945

Impact on American Literature

1989

Remote control invented

  • Inspired writers and readers that you are capable of whatever you plan to do, nothing can stop you

Berlin Wall falls

WWII ends

First olympic Winter games

1963

JFK killed

Biography continued...

  • "Being a journalist, I never expected to get around to fiction"
  • She chose to write about a grandfather
  • In 1971, she started her first book,
  • It took her eight and a half years to write it

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