Item #24519 The Countryman. J. A. Turner, Publisher.

The Countryman

Turnwold [Plantation], Putnam County, Ga., Monday, December 8, 1862 (Vol. III. No. 11) Putnam County, Ga. J. A. Turner, 1862.

First Edition. Newspaper. 12" x 9" newspaper. Pages 81-88. Pages uncut at top edge. Light toning to issue. Front page is a poem titled "The Old Plantation." Other contents include stories, misc. news, and several advertisments. Good. Item #24519

In March of 1862 Joel Chandler Harris, future folklorist, author of Uncle Remus and several other works, started as a a typesetter for the newspaper "The Countryman". Harris lived at Turnwold Plantation near Eaton Georgia throughout the War. The paper ceased in 1866. In 1876 Henry Grady of the Atlanta Constitution hired Harris as a journalist.

Price: $300.00

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