Summary Of Cold Sassy Tree

In Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns the historical context unravels before the eyes of the reader as time grows more modern. When reading the story one sees that many things have changed over time. One may witness that the use of automobiles are just coming about, along with the use of indoor plumbing. As the story goes along, the author explains the historical context of a small southern town in 1906.
The first evidence we have of historical context comes at the beginning of Cold Sassy Tree. “Besides that, I remember it was right after our July the fourth celebration-the first one held in Cold Sassy, Georgia, since the war between the states “(Burns, page 1).One could gather that Cold Sassy, Georgia. This was the first Independence Day that was held in the state of Cold Sassy. Georgia. The Civil War began on April 12, 1861 and ended on April 9, 1865. Although the town waited a while to celebrate Independence Day, they eventually got around to it. The town waited until July 4th, 1906 to celebrate the war being over.

The story tells us that Grandpa Blakeslee stated “ …I’m aimin’ to marry Miss Love Simpson” (Burns, page 5). He revealed this secret just three weeks after his wife had died. According to With that being said, a husband you are expected to mourn for decent amount of time. While Grandpa got married just three weeks after his wife had died. The rest of the family such as Mary Willis, Aunt Loma, Hoyt Tweedy and Will Tweedy, mourned as they were required to. As a young boy Will Tweedy was not allowed to go fishing or play games with the other boys in his town. He could not have the summer he wanted after Ms. Mattie Lou died