Downtown Savannah’s Historic District(Photo courtesy of the author)

Savannah, Ga., is not the oldest city in America, but it sure wants you to think it is. The downtown has been painstakingly preserved and restored — by the government, the local art college, and individual property owners — to appear as though it never departed the colonial and Revolutionary eras. Take the littlest detail: the name of a corner bookstore.

[caption id="attachment_1996400" align="aligncenter" width="2057"] Sign of E. Shaver Booksellers in Savannah, Ga.[/caption]

The shop is at the corner of one of 22 historic squares that checker the downtown, once all of Savannah. Each square was planned by General James Oglethorpe, the ...

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