Our Savannah

Many colorful threads make up the fabric of the more than one hundred neighborhoods in and around beautiful Savannah, Georgia. And hardly anyone can weave stories about those areas more poignantly than longtime journalist and native Savannahian Polly Powers Stramm. A University of Georgia graduate, Polly has been writing about the city's residents for three decades and has selected a handful of her favorite newspaper columns for this book. Also included are never-before-published interviews with local residents, who recount memorable childhood experiences in areas such as Ardsley Park, Twickenham, Fellwood Homes, Gordonston and dozens of other neighborhoods. This unforgettable journey through Savannah takes readers to mom and pop stores of days gone by, old movie theatres on Broughton Street, the beaches on Tybee Island and nearly every stop in between. This truly is heartwarming local history at its best.

Native Savannahian Polly Powers Stramm is the author of several books, including Sentimental Savannah: Reflections on a Southern City's Past (The History Press 2006). She has written her "Polly's People" column for the Savannah Morning News since 1987. A graduate of the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications, Polly has written for regional publications, as well as for USA Today. She has also contributed to articles in Time, Newsweek, and People magazines. Polly and her husband, Steve, enjoy traveling and spending time at their home on Tybee Island.