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In the tradition of William Faulkner’s home (Rowan Oak – Oxford, MS), Carl Sandburg’s home (Connemara – Flat Rock, NC), and Joel Chandler Harris’s home (Wren’s Nest – Atlanta, GA), Andalusia offers a glimpse into the life and times of a great American writer. All over the country, the legacies of famous authors are remembered at historic houses, library collections, museums, and gravesites. With Andalusia, the Flannery O’Connor Collection and Memorial Room at Georgia College & State University, and Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville is fortunate to have all of these commemorative attractions in one community. USA Today in 2000 named Milledgeville one of America’s ten important literary destinations, quite an achievement for a small town in central Georgia. Flannery O’Connor is widely recognized as Georgia’s finest author and one of the most respected fiction writers in American literature. Andalusia has the potential to illuminate in fresh and imaginative ways the life and accomplishments of Flannery O’Connor for teachers, students, scholars, and loyal readers for many years to come.
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