Such a small town with a long history and legendary nature will definitely be written repeatedly, and there is no doubt that it will be written repeatedly. For example, in "Treasure Island", Captain Fortling died of drunkenness in Savannah. Before his death, he handed over the treasure map to Billypins.

In "Gone with Gone", Margaret Mitchell placed Haosgar's hometown in Savannah, a "polite and polite coastal city" and "standing on the coast of Georgia in a transcendent manner, dignified, calm, educated, looking down on Atlanta, a small border town that penetrated 300 miles inland."

There are also the floating feathers in "Forrest Gump" and the street garden where Forrest Gump tells stories, which are shot from Savannah.

If you want to carefully view the city through the image, "Midnight Garden of Good and Evil" directed by Clint Eastwood is the most appropriate. It tells the story of Savannah, which was filmed in Savannah.

However, Yang Cheng had never read the words or images, but at this moment, he was immersed in this new book that still smelled of ink.

In 1994, New York writer John Berlant published his nonfiction work "The Garden of Good and Evil at Midnight".

Some people describe John Berrant as having a sleek temperament, broad taste, unique style, and exquisite narrative. Yang Cheng thought it was very accurate. He also wrote a book about Venice - "The City of Angels Falling", which is also a major recommendation from the bookstore.

But his representative work is "The Garden of Good and Evil in Midnight", and the version sold now is his later revised version. In the foreword of John Berrant, he said, "The Savannah people have a high tolerance for strange behavior, and they spoil and even encourage strange behavior.

Savannah is a closed and introverted town, where rumors are prevalent, and the main topic of people's chatting is naturally the behavior of others. Therefore, the more strange the behavior, the more vigorous it is.

So in Savannah people appreciate heresy, even just because they can bring topics to people. Those who act weirdly understand this, which encourages them and makes them even more weird."

Berrant said that the city has an almost pathological fascination with rumors, and he also tells a true story he heard from rumors through the framework structure and narrative of the novel.

The story takes place in Mother's Mansion in Savannah. Jim Williams, the owner of Mother's Mansion, was born in Gordon, Georgia. His father is a barber and his mother works as a secretary in a mining area. He is a child born in an ordinary family in a small place.

His Moser's Mansion is considered one of the most noble private residences in the United States, and he himself is often mistaken for unknown guests as a noble family.

Every time at this time, Jim Williams would tell others gracefully and generously that he was actually a nouveau riche and told others about his family background in detail, which made the listeners a little overwhelmed, but he himself enjoyed it.

Jim Williams made his fortune from the 1950 renovation and rescue plan for the monumental area in the center of Savannah City. He was originally engaged in the antique business, but he smelled business opportunities in this plan.

He bought some old houses, renovated them and then sold them. After buying and selling dozens of old houses, the media and all walks of life began to praise his contribution to the renovation of the ancient house in Savannah. As a result, social honors and huge wealth hit him in the head.

However, he did not stop his antique business, traveled between Europe and the United States, and transported boxes of oil paintings and high-quality antique furniture and home decorations.

Many noble ladies in the upper class did not care whether this person was a nouveau riche or not, and came to buy it, which made Jim Williams' momentum as bulging as his purse.

In the end, he actually bought Mother's Mansion.

Savannah has a considerable number of European-style houses, the most substantial of which is Moser's Mansion.

The house was built in 1860 and was built by General Shumother of the Confederacy. After the Civil War, General Mother was imprisoned for killing two deserters. After being imprisoned, he sold the unbuilt house and the new owner completed the house.

But the one who made this house famous was not General Moser, but his great-grandson Johnny Moser, a famous composer and his representative work "Moon River" sang all over the world.

Johnny Mother actually never lived in Mother's Mansion, but when he became famous, he often came here to check it out when he returned to Savannah.

The widow of the most storytelling and unlucky president of the Tong in American history, who later married Jacqueline, the ship king Onassis, once visited Moser's house. At that time, he offered $2 million to buy the giant house, but was rejected by Jim Williams politely but arrogantly.

The core story of "Midnight Garden of Good and Evil" takes place in Moser's Mansion.

Late at night on May 2, 1981, in the study of Mother's Mansion, Jim Williams had a fierce conflict with the male prostitute Danny Hanfos, whom he supported. Both sides had guns in their hands. In the end, Jim Williams shot and killed Danny Hanfos, who was only 21 years old.

Since then, four trials have been held and repeated trials have been held regarding whether the case is "self-defense" or "deliberate murder".

Eight years later, Jim Williams, who had spent a lot of money, was found guilty of his conduct as self-defense and closed the case with innocence.

It is precisely because of this story that John Berrant conducted an interview in Savannah for almost ten years. The Savannah upper class, centered on the Christmas party in Mother's house every year, never stopped all kinds of weirdos and rumors. These are all materials for John Berrant.

The ending of the character Jim Williams is more than a year after the closing of the case. One day in January 1990, 59-year-old Jim Williams suddenly fell to the ground and died.

The doctors could not find the specific cause of death, so they had to say that it was sudden death from heart disease. However, another statement was quite popular in the local area. It was said that Danny Hanfos's undead had never let Jim Williams go and finally killed him. The evidence was that the place where Jim Williams died was in his study, which was where Danny Hanfos would have fallen to death if he shot Jim Williams.

As a city that is popular and likes to spread rumors, this statement undoubtedly occupies a larger market. No one cares about what happened in the past. Just be happy, and entertainment is paramount.

In this atmosphere, Yang Cheng and the others came to Mother's Mansion. After the mansion was presented in books and movie descriptions, it became a history museum in 2004 and opened to the public.

You can go in and visit by buying a $12.50 ticket, but tourists can only look at the living room and living room downstairs, and cannot go upstairs to visit because Jim Williams' family still lives in this house.

Jim Williams was never married or had children. He lived with his mother back then, but he had an older sister, who had long passed away, and now he lives in the house with his sister and his nephews and nephews.
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