Georgia Place-Names From Jot-em-Down to Doctortown

Cathy J. Kaemmerlen

Cathy Kaemmerlen is a professional actress, storyteller, playwright, author and historical interpreter, known for her variety of one-woman shows and characters. Through her own production company, Tattlingtales Productions, she created and currently performs, along with other actors she employs, more than thirty in-school curricular-designed programs with a social studies and language arts emphasis. A recent honor was performing her one-woman show about Rosalynn Carter for the former first lady and President Carter, the last performance being at the Rylander Theatre in Americus, Georgia. A Hambidge fellow for more than twenty years (where she writes many of her shows and books), she has now five published books, including three through The History Press/Arcadia Publishing. She lives in Kennesaw, Georgia, with her husband, Robert Gaare, and two cats, and she is the mother of three wonderful children and has three granddaughters, who are her greatest delight. Check her out at www.tattlingtales.com. For more stories about her travels while researching this book, you can check out her blog at www.tattlingtales.com/blog.