Hermograph’s Guide Books to Lafayette’s Tours of Georgia and Alabama
Lafayette’s 1825 Tour,
Today’s Historical Road Trips
In 1824, President James Monroe invited the last surviving General from the Revolutionary War, the French-born Marquis de Lafayette, to return the United States to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Revolution. Among the 24 states Lafayette visited in over 12 months were Alabama and Georgia. He spent thirteen days in Georgia and nine days traveling in Alabama from the Savannah to the Chattahoochee River through the Creek Indian Nation along the Federal Road – arguably the first Interstate highway – to Montgomery, then down the Alabama River via the new, fast transportation, the steamboat, to tropical, and formerly French, Mobile, and Gulf Coast forts at Mobile Point.
The Bicentennial of Lafayette’s Grand Tour is fast approaching! If after 200 years Lafayette came back and traveled the route again, what would he see? What would be different? What would be the same? And how would you follow the route today?
Hermograph Press provides two books to help you follow Lafayette’s Grand Tour through Alabama and Georgia.
REVIEWS
Dr. Lawrence Krumenaker has recently published two books about Lafayette’s travels, one covering Georgia, “From River to River,” and one for Alabama, “Nine Days Traveling.” In these very detailed books, the author writes about and documents the accurate locations where Lafayette actually visited in 1825, including buildings, land routes, and places in the Creek Nation. The books are amazingly detailed and if you really want to know what Lafayette visited or did not visit, these are the books. They are available from Hermograph Press, hermograph.com. — From the August 11, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution, by Kenneth Thomas Jr,, columnist
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‘Nine Days Traveling’…has meticulously traced every step Lafayette took and has written out a plan whereby we can follow the same route, but by car —Don Noble, Tuscaloosa News and Alabama Public Radio, 2021
| Nine Days Traveling (Alabama) The Bicentennial Edition is available!  | From River to River (Georgia)  |
| Author: Lawrence Krumenaker ISBN 978-1-930876-15-6 (c) 2024 Hermograph Press LLC, Opelika, AL Language: English Paperback, full color, perfect binding. Paperback, full color, perfect binding.Nine Days Traveling affords the modern reader a chance to see Alabama (and to a degree, the USA) through earlier eyes and then visit the same sites and compare them with today’s views. It also retraces the Federal Road from the Chattahoochee River to Montgomery. For a Sneak Peak, click here! To Purchase Nine Days Traveling Click Here! First Edition Nine Days Traveling Closeout Sale in Progress! Get the remainders at a discount, or with the Author’s Signature! | Author: Lawrence Krumenaker ISBN 978-1-930876-16-3 (c) 2024 Hermograph Press LLC, Opelika, AL Language: English Paperback, full color, perfect binding. From River to River affords the modern reader a chance to see Georgia (and to a degree, the USA) through earlier eyes and then visit the same sites and compare them with today’s views. Plus it retraces the routes of the Old River Road, the Milledgeville Stage Road, and the Federal Road in Georgia. Price: (US)$26.95 (+S/H and appropriate sales tax) Click here to see a Sneak Peak at From River to River Order From River to River! |
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