Southern Literary Trail

Interested in learning more about Southern authors? The Southern Literary Trail features 18 sites in 3 states that honor 24 authors.

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Mississippi • Alabama • Georgia

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Southern literature with a visit to a site on the nation’s only tri-state literary trail. The Southern Lirerary Trail connects the places that inspired renowned 20th century writers to their works.

(left) The Monroe County Courthouse, in Monroeville, Ala., houses the courtroom made famous by Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird.

Mississippi

Tennessee Williams, Clarksdale & Columbus

Eudora Welty, Columbus & JacksonWalker Percy, GreenvilleShelby Foote, Greenville

Richard Wright, Jackson & NatchezMargaret Walker Alexander, Jackson

William Faulkner, Oxford

Alabama

Lillian Hellman, DemopolisEugene Walter, MobileWilliam March, Mobile

Albert Murray, Mobile & TuskegeeTruman Capote, Monroeville

Harper Lee, MonroevilleZelda Sayre & F. Scott Fitzgerald,

MontgomeryRalph Ellison, Tuskegee

William Bradford Huie, Hartselle

Georgia

Margaret Mitchell, Atlanta Joel Chandler Harris, Atlanta

Lillian Smith, ClaytonCarson McCullers, Columbus

Flannery O’Connor, Milledgeville & Savannah

Alice Walker, MilledgevilleErskine Caldwell, Moreland

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Extensive research in educational theory and

cognitive psychology proves that visual learning is among the most successful methods for teaching students. Many of the sites on the Southern Literary Trail offer discounted group and student rates for personal tours that allow visitors to step into the places that inspired some of the most famous Southern literature. Allow your students to personally

experience the history of literature that has influenced the region and its culture. A trip to one of the sites on the Southern Literary Trail will allow your students to connect with the authors and gain a greater appreciation for their works and for literature as a whole. For more information on the sites and what they have to offer, visit the Southern Literary Trail Web site at www.southernliterarytrail.org.

Margaret Mitchell (house, above) wrote “Gone With the Wind” (above, right)during the time she lived at this house in Atlanta, Ga., between 1925 and 1932. The Margaret Mitchell house offers 60- to 90-minute docent-led tours, which feature letters written by Mitchell, a “Gone With the Wind” movie museum.

Change the way your students relate to

Southern literature with a visit to a site on the nation’s only tri-state literary trail. The Southern Lirerary Trail connects the places that inspired renowned 20th century writers to their works.

(left) The Monroe County Courthouse, in Monroeville, Ala., houses the courtroom made famous by Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird.

Mississippi • Alabama • Georgia

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MississippiTennessee Williams • Eudora WeltyWalker Percy • Shelby Foote • Richard Wright Margaret Walker Alexander • William Faulkner

AlabamaLillian Hellman • Eugene Walter William March • Albert Murray Truman Capote • Harper Lee Zelda Sayre • F. Scott Fitzgerald Ralph Ellison • William Bradford Huie

GeorgiaMargaret Mitchell • Joel Chandler HarrisLillian Smith • Carson McCullers Flannery O’Connor • Alice Walker Erskine Caldwell

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