title: The Atlanta Exposition (Images of America)
author:  Sharon Foster Jones 
description: Atlanta native Sharon Foster Jones, a former divorce lawyer, has found her true calling in researching and gathering local history. She coauthored Images of America: Inman Park, another Arcadia Publishing title. Most of the images in this book are from her personal collection.
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  # Your United States
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Arnold Bennett
  
  
  This page formatted 2004 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  I. THE FIRST NIGHT
  
  
  II. STREETS
  
  
  III. THE CAPITOL AND OTHER SITES
  
  
  IV. SOME ORGANIZATIONS
  
  
  V. TRANSIT AND HOTELS
  
  
  VI. SPORT AND THE THEATER
  
  
  VII. EDUCATION AND ART
  
  
  VIII. CITIZENS
  
  
  
  
  
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  [Illustration: THE GLORY OF FIFTH AVENUE INSPIRES EVEN THOSE ON
  
  
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  YOUR UNITED STATES
  
  
  IMPRESSIONS OF A FIRST VISIT
  
  
  
  
  
  BY ARNOLD BENNETT
  
  
  ILLUSTRATED BY FRANK CRAIG
  
  
  
  
  
  HARPER &BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON MCMXII
  
  
  
  
  
  COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY HARPER &BROTHERS
  
  
  PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  
  
  PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 1912
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  YOUR UNITED STATES
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### I. THE FIRST NIGHT
  
  
  
  
  
    
  I sat with a melting ice on my plate, and my gaze on a very distant
  
  
  swinging door