Savannah Garden Of Good And Evil Statue

Sculpted in 1936 bird girl by sylvia shaw judson stood in obscurity for decades in savannah s bonaventure cemetery where it was named little wendy by the family that paid for it.

Savannah garden of good and evil statue.

The book was subsequently made into clint eastwood s. The bonaventure cemetery statue sat virtually unnoticed until 1993 when random house hired savannah photographer jack leigh to shoot an image for the cover of john berendt s new book midnight in the garden of good and evil 1994. Savannah s famous statue from midnight in the garden of good and evil one of the icons of savannah is its bird girl a 50 inch sculpture in bronze the statue depicts a young girl standing wistfully with two bowls in her hands. Midnight in the garden of good and evil is a non fiction novel by john berendt.

That ended in 1994 when a photo of the statue appeared on the cover of the bestselling midnight in the garden of good and evil and acquired its new bird girl name. For more than 50 years the statue nicknamed little wendy quietly presided over a family burial plot in a historic savannah cemetery. Subtitled a savannah story with an initial printing of 25 000 copies the book became a new york times best seller for 216 weeks following its debut and remains the longest standing new york times best seller. Judson was the sculptor of the famous savannah bird girl statue that was photographed for the cover of the best selling non fiction novel midnight in the garden of good evil by john berendt and featured in the movie by the same title.

At berendt s suggestion leigh searched the bonaventure cemetery for a suitable subject.