Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt Essay -- Midn

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by ass Berendt Savannah is the city of Southeast Georgia serious the mouth of the Savannah River. James Ogelthorpe founded it in 1733, it is the oldest city in Georgia and has been a major port since the early 19th century (Soukhanov, p.1606). Savannah has been called that softly mannered city by the sea and indeed it is, with Spanish moss hanging from the huge oak trees and the shine of the moon reflecting off the pillars of Savannahs autocratic mansions. Ones imagination can conjure up a simple setting where the clop of hooves on the cobblestone streets echo in the mind and sweat from the candy of a delicious madiera leaves a ring on the tabletop.I think that Jim Williams said it best. You mustnt be taken in by the moonlight and magnolias. thithers more to Savannah than that. Things can get very murky (Berendt, p.11). The book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil was written by John Berendt, it is his non-fiction account of the time he spent in Savannah. Berendt was sent from his home in New York to write a magazine article about Mr. Jim Williams direful Christmas parties in Savannah. Unbeknownst to Berendt, he had just stumbled into the middle of a much better story the Hansford slaying and the subsequent legal battles of Williams. Berendt also met a innkeeper of eccentric, even preposterous Savannahians. Here, he realized, was the sort of local color that most novelists could only dream about (www.Savannahnow.co...