A thorough look at a region popular with many types of visitor, commercial Atlanta, colonial Charleston, the college town of Athens and the Smoky Mountains. A special section beats with the area's traditional, folk, soul, country, bluegrass and rock music and investigates budget and off the beaten track sights.
Get away to the heart of the New South, and find remnants of the Old South. Be charmed by the modern belles of Atlanta and Charlotte. Trade tall tales on the porches of Savannah and Charleston. Raft the 'Hooch' in Northern Georgia or slip into solitude in the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Carolinas' barrier islands.
* special music section detailing the area's contributions to everything from bluegrass to rap
* tried-and-true barbecue joints, seafood shacks and country kitchens
* lodging for ail budgets, from rustic cabins to antebellum mansions
* 40 maps, including one of the Appalachian Trail and another of the Great Smoky Mountains