Author: Joseph Kitchens
Southern writer/historian focuses on Deep South and Georgia topics, especially of Native American Cherokees and Creeks, plantation life and cotton. Academically trained with a sense of humor and curiosity about how history impacts families and their everyday lives, even in the smallest places.10.11.2021
Joro? The Invasion Continues
I am no bug-ologist, but I continue to see very large spiders in my garden. I enjoy looking…
10.11.2021
Connections: Cherokees, Moravian Missionaries and Irish Immigrants in Georgia
One of many remarkable elements in the Cherokee story is the role of white Christian missionaries among them….
06.11.2021
Did Columbus Meet a Native American Before Sailing West?
The skeptical might be reminded that these conditions, once understood by scientists, was used to explain how Asian…
04.11.2021
November is Native American Month
Because I have many new readers, I hoped that you will find this earlier piece on the deerskin…
01.11.2021
Love the Beach? Hate the Drive?
At east once in every summer when I was growing up, we had to make the drive to…
28.10.2021
Redux: Atlanta Confidential/1960 (Part 2)
10.08.2019 / JOSEPH KITCHENS / DEEP SOUTH STORIES, WRITER’S JOURNAL (Note: This month I am republishing a few of my favorite posts…
27.10.2021
Redux: Atlanta Confidential/1960 Part 1
02.08.2019 / JOSEPH KITCHENS / HUMOR, WRITER’S JOURNAL My mother was terrified when I took a job as a Water Meter Reader…
21.10.2021
Favorite Posts: Why Genealogy is not Enough to Tell Your Family Story
“Finding Your Roots,” Dr. Louis Gates and Why Genealogy Is Not Enough 05.11.2019 / JOSEPH KITCHENS / DEEP SOUTH STORIES, WRITER’S JOURNAL…