Planning a Trip

The Savannah Information Visitor Center, 301 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Savannah, GA 31401 (tel. 912/944-0455), is open Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5pm and Saturday and Sunday 9am to 5pm. The staff is friendly and efficient. The center offers an audiovisual presentation ($4.50 adults, $1.50 children), organized tours, and self-guided walking, driving, or bike tours with excellent maps, cassette tapes, and brochures.

Tourist information is also available from the Savannah Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, 101 E. Bay St., Savannah, GA 31402 (tel. 877/SAVANNAH [728-2662] or 912/644-6401; www.savannahvisit.com).

For everything you might want to know about The Book, check out www.savanahtours.us for tour information and www.randomhouse.com/features/midnight for information on the book.