Henry W. Grady

One Of Georgia's Greatest Writers

by Memo Aguilar Dec/2/13

Quotes by this journalists and about him

"what a radiant and charming and accomplished man he was! " :exclaimed Josephus Daniels after meeting Henry Grady

"Never was a nobler duty confided to human hands than the uplifting and rebuilding of the prostrate and bleeding south." : Henry Grady 1886

Atlanta Grady called "a brave and beautiful city"

Henry felt it was time to celebrate "the indissoluble union of American states and the imperishable brotherhood of the american people

newspapers and magazine

Henry Grady interpreter of the new south rising and the peoples trying to forget the war's wrath and the pain it has lied on the city like a blanket of soot he tries to gather their strength to build the new south : paraphrased of the new york times near 1889 or near his death

Early Career

Henry W. Grady

closing

Henry W. Grady was a great journalist probably the best of his time cause he had a strong sense of what he was writing and people connected but in the end he died a young man at 39

Grady first wrote for the Rome courier before its bankruptcy in 1871 he and a few men had ownership of the Atlanta Daily Herald Grady's style got Evan P. Howell attention one major stockholders of the Atlanta Constitution. Howell offer Grady one fourth of the ownership for the price of $20,000 along with the managing editor position Grady gratefully accepted the offers

bibliography

Grem, Darren. "Henry W. Grady

(1850-1889)." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 11 October 2013. Web. 25 November 2013.

On May 24 1850 Henry Woodfin Grady was born in Athens to Williams S. Grady a very successful merchant and Ms. Anne Gartrell Grady later marrying a lovely woman by the name of Julia King of Athens as well

Talent

"Henry Woodfin Grady." Encyclopedia of world

biography. 2004.Encyclopedia.com. 30 Nov.2013 <http://encyclopedia.com>.

His style

his style aggressive no-nonsense writing grab many peoples attention to continue he was a very talented journalist

The New South Writings and Speeches of

Henry Grady. Savannah:The Beehive Press [1971]

Athens

Young Henry showed his talent as a writer and debater. he then when he graduated from the University Of Georgia. he studied literature and history at the University Of Virginia. Then he came back to Georgia in 1869 to pursue journalism.

Henry Grady's home

Interesting Things About Henry Grady

- his father was killed in the civil war

- settled in Rome GA

-married in to a cotton goods manufacturing family

-139 county was named after him

-In 1941 a high school was named after him

The Man Himself

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