These characters served as the models for Grandpa Blakeslee and Miss Love Simpson in Cold Sassy Tree. When she was a child, Burns’s father told her stories about his childhood in Georgia and specifically recounted the story of his grandfather, who, after his wife died, married a much younger woman. She attended school in the nearby town of Commerce, which served as the model for the fictional town of Cold Sassy. Olive Ann Burns was born in 1924 and grew up in Banks County, a rural area of Georgia. A novel set in the fictional town of Cold Sassy, Georgia, in 1906 published in 1984.Ī boy’s recently widowed grandfather marries and, as a result, sets off a scandal in the tiny town of Cold Sassy, Georgia.Įvents in History at the Time the Novel Takes PlaceĮvents in History at the Time the Novel Was Written
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