Literary Georgia
Georgia’s renowned peach trees, fried pickles, porch-side storytellers, and mineral-rich red soil make it a standout vacation destination. Add to that its lasting literary heritage and your trip will create memories unlike anywhere else.
While Atlanta offers many literary landmarks, such as the the King Center and the Carter Center, historic Savannah is the home of a popular literary festival and where our literary trail begins, ending in Plains. While in Savannah, visit the Savannah Historical Museum to learn about the distinct multi-cultural background of the city since its founding. We also recommend a stop at the historic Pirates’ House for lunch or dinner, a family-friendly restaurant with a Southern-style buffet and gift shop that is linked to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic, Treasure Island. Most of all, don’t miss the Juliette Gordon Low house and the childhood home of Flannery O’Connor.
For those interested in more rural finds, we recommend the Alice Walker and Jimmy Carter literary landmarks.
Click any link below for author and place information.
A. Juliette Gordon Low, Savannah
B. Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home, Savannah
C. Flannery O’Connor Andalusia Farm, Milledgeville
D. Alice Walker, Eatonton
E. Margaret Mitchell, Atlanta
F. Martin Luther King, Jr., Atlanta
G. Joel Chandler Harris, Atlanta
H. Jimmy Carter, Atlanta
I and J. Carson McCullers Childhood Home and Erskine Caldwell Museum, Columbus and Moreland
K. Jimmy Carter, Plains
Georgia has brought about authors of some of the most read books of the 19th and 20th centuries. After you get an overall idea of the literary landscape in Georgia through the Georgia Literary Map of the Georgia Center for the Book, check our pages for the Georgia Author Adventures Trail:
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