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The true love story behind one of Georgia's most famous antebellum mansions. In the 1850's Anne Tracy, a smart and well-educated young woman from the stifled but elegant world of Macon, Georgia, made a polite marriage with an older, wealthy merchant, William Butler Johnston. The unlikely pairing blossomed into a romantic and devoted marriage. The Johnstons' wide travels through 1850's Europe inspired them to return to Macon and build an incredible Italianate mansion. Anne's privileged life was s[more...]