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Willie Morris, David Rae MorrisAmazon.comBooks |
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The Most Southern Place on EarthJames C. CobbMississippi |
The Most Southern Place on Earth "Cotton obsessed, Negro obsessed," Rupert Vance called it in 1935. "Nowhere but in the Mississippi Delta," he said, "are antebellum conditions so nearly preserved." This crescent of bottomlands between Memphis and Vicksburg, lined by the Yazoo and Mississippi rivers, remains in some ways what it was in 1860: a land of rich soil, wealthy planters, and desperate poverty--the blackest and poorest counties in all the South. And yet it is a cultural treasure house as well--the home of Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Charley Pride, Walker Percy, Elizabeth Spencer, and Shelby Foote. Painting a fascinating portrait of the development and survival of the Mississippi Delta, a society and economy that is often seen as the most extreme in all the South, James C. Cobb offers a comprehensive history of the Delta, from its first white settlement in the 1820s to the present. Exploring the rich black culture of the Delta, Cobb explains how it survived and evolved in the midst of poverty and oppression, beginning with the first settlers in the overgrown, disease-ridden Delta before the Civil War to the bitte... |
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Mississippi SecretsDr. Gary D. and Ruth A. McDowellBooks |
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Coming of Age in MississippiAnne MoodyBooks |
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Mississippi Diane Siebert
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MississippiAnthony WaltonBooks |
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The Mississippi BubbleEmerson HoughBooks |
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Life on the MississippiMark TwainBooks |
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Must See Mississippi Mary Carol Miller
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Mississippi Cotton (A Southern Novel)Paul H. YarbroughBooks |
Mississippi Off the Beaten Path, 7th Mississippi Off the Beaten Path features the things travelers and locals want to see and experienceif only they knew about them. From the best in local dining to quirky cultural tidbits to hidden attractions, unique finds, and unusual locales, Mississippi Off the Beaten Path takes the reader down the road less traveled and reveals a side of Mississippi that other guidebooks just don't offer. |
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Mississippi Off the Beaten Path, 7thMarlo Carter KirkpatrickMississippi |
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M Is For Magnolia Michael Shoulders
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