The Mad Atlas of Virginia King, by Tim Gilmore
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Virginia King wrote an 8,448 page book about her hometown of Jacksonville, Florida, with a title nearly as long. She said her brother was dead. He said he'd never heard of her. She called the wealthiest people in the city "my little friends." THE MAD ATLAS OF VIRGINIA KING, which explores the life and psychology of this strange writer, is illustrated by her own photography, with meaningful musings by Hurley Winkler, and hand-drawn maps by Kiley Secrest.
The Mad Atlas of Virginia King, by Tim Gilmore- Amazon Sales Rank: #2236162 in Books
- Published on: 2015-09-07
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 10.00" h x .64" w x 7.00" l, 1.09 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 282 pages
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. The Mad Atlas of Virginia King By ivani The Mad Atlas of Virginia King, a non-fiction novel by Jacksonville, Florida author Tim Gilmore, is as unique and mesmerizing as the protagonist Virginia King herself.Gilmore sets the book’s tone by opening with Walt Whitman’s 1855 preface to the original Leaves of Grass. Next, a few lyrics from “Roadhouse Blues” by The Doors: Ashen lady...Give up your vows...Save our city...Right now. And then, the Reverend Tom Are’s eulogy: “It seems to me that Virginia King served as something of a prophet in our town.”Turn the page and the unexpected foreword by Hurley Winkler includes quirky illustrations of Miss Virginia King wearing her pillbox hat, a scowling face, and her determined hunched-back walk around the town.Tim Gilmore spent countless hours at the Jacksonville Historical Society researching Virginia’s handwritten, “often inaccurate notes” about Jacksonville. These notes were found in binders covering 8,558 pages tucked away in dusty shelves. Virginia’s book titled, Interesting Facts about Leading People and Families of Duval County: Also, Where Progress Has Changed a Lot of Homes and Buildings, was originally published in 1968. However she continued to publish longer and longer editions up to 1977.Gilmore examined numerous, blurry and fading photos of buildings and residences taken by Virginia with her Brownie camera throughout the years. Many of these photos along with her handwritten, very specific notations on each picture, are found throughout The Mad Atlas of Virginia King.There are several hand-drawn maps and drawings of residences by Kiley Secrest illustrating where Virginia King lived from 1915 to 2001.When I started reading The Mad Atlas of Virginia King, it felt like a daunting task trying to follow the author’s factual documentation of Virginia’s different addresses and residential dates. Being new to Jacksonville, it was difficult to visualize the multiple locations listed. But soon Gilmore’s descriptions began to take form. Virginia was a little girl. She had seizures. She was and “odd child, and an old child too.”And suddenly, it’s the 1920’s and the little girl Virginia vanishes from the pages. Gilmore’s stream of consciousness rudely interrupts. He’s buying wine at a local package store. But the interruption doesn’t last and Gilmore returns back in time. It is now the 1960’s and I get a glimpse of Virginia’s apartment. It’s 1974 and Virginia moves again. However, the author’s jarring presence is back. It’s 1992. Gilmore is at a party at the very apartment Virginia once lived. Rats are fed to pythons. And then it’s 2015 again. There’s an old man with a filthy beard spewing profanities from a porch.Before I even realize it, I was hooked. I didn’t see it coming: Virginia, Jacksonville, Gilmore were all connected. They were one. There was a pattern. Although a very convoluted pattern, I enjoyed the ride. Page after page, photo after photo, Gilmore brought to life the eccentric Riverside character children laughed at, adults shunned, and very few people loved. Gilmore masterfully followed her obsessive footsteps as she wandered the city on foot year after year. Walking. Documenting. Photographing. And desperately longing to keep her past intact. If not for Tim Gilmore’s dedication, Virginia King’s legacy, like the beautiful, decrepit buildings she could not save, would be lost forever. But with each sentence, Gilmore rebuilt, reconstructed, and resurrected the unloved and unlovable Virginia King. By touching “the same page Virginia touched...these two people so unlikely to have met” became one. Although, “she’s gone...and only the city remains”, Virginia King—“a prophet that saved the city”—lives eternally.
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