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New Stories from the South 1998: The Year's Best

By: N/A

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Algonquin Books: September 1998

Seller ID: 135345

ISBN: 1565122194

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

THE ONLY ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY SHOWCASING THE BEST SHORT FICTION WRITTEN IN AND ABOUT THE SOUTH. With a preface by Padgett Powell. The thirteenth edition of NEW STORIES FROM THE SOUTH proves that literature from and about the South continues to evolve. Whether it's a surreal meditation by a man on night watch in contact with everything from space aliens to a charming Southern belle, or how life looks to two stock boys in a grocery store, or the stories hidden within the covert language of an art book, or the intricate jealousies that both cement and divide two couples, this newest collection of nin...
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All Shook Up: Mississippi Roots of American Popular Music

By: N/A

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Mississippi Department of Archives & History: January 1996

Seller ID: 136976

ISBN: 0938896652

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Conversations with Will D. Campbell (Literary Conversations Series)

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: University Press of Mississippi: March 2018

Seller ID: 136854

ISBN: 1496818148

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Conversations with Will D. Campbell is the first collection of interviews with the southern preacher, activist, and author best known for his involvement with the civil rights movement. Ranging from a 1971 discussion about religion and ending with a previously unpublished interview conducted in 2009, these twelve interviews give insight to Campbell's unique religious beliefs and highlight pivotal moments of his career.

Will D. Campbell (1924-2013) was born poor in rural Mississippi and became an ordained minister when he was barely seventeen years old. After ser...
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The Journal of Mississippi History, Volume LIX, No 2 Summer 1997

By: N/A

Price: $5.00

Publisher: The Mississippi Department of Archives and History: 1997

Seller ID: 112888

ISBN: 281ALK1003182

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Faulkner, fifty years after The marble faun

By: N/A

Price: $5.00

Publisher: University of Alabama Press: January 1976

Seller ID: 138007

ISBN: 0817376097

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Former library book; front endpaper has been torn out. Binding is tight and dust jacket is covered with mylar cover. Some markings on text in book, but does not obscure any text.
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Brunini Grantham Grower & Hewes and Predecessor Firms - A History (Story of one of Mississippi's oldest and most prominent law firms)

By: N/A

Price: $30.00

Publisher: G. Hewes: January 2002

Seller ID: 138366

ISBN: B003GDUZDA

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Greater Jackson MS Welcome Home

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Image Publishing: January 2004

Seller ID: 139232

ISBN: 0974703702

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Pride of the Fleet: The USS Mississippi (1841-1997)

By: N/A

Price: $5.00

Publisher: MS Department of Archives and History:

Seller ID: 136975

ISBN: 281ALK1003860

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The Stylus, Volume 61, 2011 (Millsaps Journal of Creativity)

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: 2011

Seller ID: 138347

ISBN: 281ALK1003867

Binding: Trade Paperback

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The Governor's Mansion: A Pictorial History

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Mississippi Executive Manion Commission: January 1975

Seller ID: 145308

ISBN: B003PY2VWS

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Prehistory of the Central Mississippi Valley

By: N/A

Price: $7.00

Publisher: University Alabama Press: May 1996

Seller ID: 146476

ISBN: 0817308075

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The Central Mississippi Valley, defined as the region along the Mississippi River from where the Ohio River joins in the north to its confluence with the Arkansas River in the south, lies between the two most important archaeological areas of the Southeast: American Bottom/Cahokia and the Lower Yazoo Basin. The valley has been influenced by these major centers and has a complex history of its own. Contributions from experts throughout the region present current, if sometimes conflicting, views of the regional cultural sequences supported by data from recent surveys and excavations, as well ...
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The Journal of Mississippi History, Volume LXXII No. 3, Fall 2010

By: N/A

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Mississippi Historical Society: 2010

Seller ID: 146860

ISBN: 281ALK1003952

Binding: Trade Paperback

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Cajun Stories My Granpa Tole Me

By: N/A

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Pelican: March 1999

Seller ID: 148892

ISBN: 1565544161

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Filled with stories inspired by the cajun atmosphere, this volume captures the humorous elements of life and successfully blends them with interesting and animated characters. Tommy Joe Breaux fondly recalls the stories his granpa told him and wanted a way to share them with others. By writing down these tales, he is saving part of his heritage as well as allowing readers to enjoy some cajun humor.

Returning characters include Elmo and Marie, Poo Poo and Stinky, and greedy Doc Duplichan in this compliation of funny stories. Divided into twelve chapters, each group highlights a differe...
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Mississippi: An Illustrated History

By: Akin, Edward N.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Windsor Pubns: October 1987

Seller ID: 127659

ISBN: 0897812255

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Inscription on end paper from giver of book; signed by the author on the title page, inscription reads: 'For Gladys Bingham - Mississippi always onward!' Edwin N. Aiken, Christmas 1987
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Mississippi: An Illustrated History

By: Akin, Edward N.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Windsor Pubns: October 1987

Seller ID: 146850

ISBN: 0897812255

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Music in the History of Tougaloo College

By: Bailey, Ben E.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Tougaloo College: 1986

Seller ID: 146858

ISBN: 281ALK1003953

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Lee Bailey's Southern Food And Plantation Houses

By: Bailey, Lee

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Clarkson Potter: March 1990

Seller ID: 139233

ISBN: 051757280X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America

By: Barry, John M.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: April 1998

Seller ID: 140343

ISBN: 0684840022

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

An American epic of science, politics, race, honor, high society, and the Mississippi River, Rising Tide tells the riveting and nearly forgotten story of the greatest natural disaster this country has ever known -- the Mississippi flood of 1927. The river inundated the homes of nearly one million people, helped elect Huey Long governor and made Herbert Hoover president, drove hundreds of thousands of blacks north, and transformed American society and politics forever.
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year, winner of the Southern Book Critics Circle Award and the Lilli...
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Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America

By: Barry, John M.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: April 1998

Seller ID: 145502

ISBN: 0684840022

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

An American epic of science, politics, race, honor, high society, and the Mississippi River, Rising Tide tells the riveting and nearly forgotten story of the greatest natural disaster this country has ever known -- the Mississippi flood of 1927. The river inundated the homes of nearly one million people, helped elect Huey Long governor and made Herbert Hoover president, drove hundreds of thousands of blacks north, and transformed American society and politics forever.
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year, winner of the Southern Book Critics Circle Award and the Lilli...
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Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America

By: Barry, John M.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: April 1998

Seller ID: 148562

ISBN: 0684840022

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

An American epic of science, politics, race, honor, high society, and the Mississippi River, Rising Tide tells the riveting and nearly forgotten story of the greatest natural disaster this country has ever known -- the Mississippi flood of 1927. The river inundated the homes of nearly one million people, helped elect Huey Long governor and made Herbert Hoover president, drove hundreds of thousands of blacks north, and transformed American society and politics forever.
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year, winner of the Southern Book Critics Circle Award and the Lilli...
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Somebody Told Me: The Newspaper Stories of Rick Bragg

By: Bragg, Rick

Price: $15.00

Publisher: University Alabama Press: April 2000

Seller ID: 146754

ISBN: 0817310274

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Signed on front endpaper by author.
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Jackson: A Special Kind of Place

By: Brinson, Carroll

Price: $10.00

Publisher: City of Jackson: January 1977

Seller ID: 143333

ISBN: B0006CTXAU

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

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The Majesty of Natchez (Majesty Architecture)

By: Brooke, Steven

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Pelican: February 1999

Seller ID: 146757

ISBN: 1565541588

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Natchez, Mississippi, attracts thousands of visitors annually. One look through these pages and it is easy to see why. Beautiful exterior shots, rare interior photographs, and moving descriptions capture the essence of one of the largest and best-preserved collections of antebellum architecture in the country. Natchez truly is a living museum.

King's Tavern, circa 1789, is believed to be the oldest building in Natchez and still operates as a tavern and restaurant. The stately Greek Revival Stanton Hall occupies an entire city block and is considered one of America's finest house mus...
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Southern Stuff: Down-Home Talk and Bodacious Lore from Deep in the Heart of Dixie

By: Brooks, Mildred Jordan

Price: $4.50

Publisher: Avon Books: February 1992

Seller ID: 134393

ISBN: 0380764911

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

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Carryin' On: And Other Strange Things Southerners Do

By: Brunner, R. Scott

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Villard: May 2001

Seller ID: 148888

ISBN: 0375502564

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Pat Conroy said that R. Scott Brunner's Due South " delivers the goods and delivers them Southern fried"; Rick Bragg said that Brunner " writes like people down here talk, with beauty." Carryin' On more than delivers on the promise of its predecessor, with more of the disarming and hilarious insights that made Due South an instant classic. Here are the essays like " Common Is as Common Does" (what kind of behavior is just plain tacky, and what isn' t), " Tastes Like Summer" (a beautiful meditation on bean poles), " Real Southern Places" (a wry look at Steve Wynn's attempt to create a southern ...
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The Goat Castle Murder: A True Natchez Story That Shocked the World

By: Callon, Sim C.,Smith, Carolyn Vance

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Plantation Publishing Co.: January 1985

Seller ID: 148806

ISBN: B00070RHZE

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

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The Inaugural Papers of Governor William F. Winter

By: Capers, Charlotte

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Miss. Dept. of Archives & Hiistory: January 1980

Seller ID: 147072

ISBN: B0036RMCWS

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

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Greg Cartmell Mississippi Light

By: Cartmell, Greg

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Whitesands Publishing, LLC: January 2004

Seller ID: 126599

ISBN: 097483551x

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

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Clinton (MS) (Images of America)

By: Chisholm, Chad

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing: January 2007

Seller ID: 138490

ISBN: 0738543543

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Clinton, Mississippi, is the home of Mississippi College, the state s oldest existing institution of higher learning. Clinton produced statesmen such as Walter Leake, writers and artists such as Barry Hannah and Wyatt Waters, and modern celebrities such as Lance Bass and Mandy Ashford. Today Clinton serves as a bedroom community for Jackson. Clinton began as the Mount Dexter trading post on the Old Natchez Trace. The town was founded as Mount Salus in 1823 by Walter Leake, one of Mississippi s first U.S. senators and the third governor. Six years later, Clinton fell one vote short of becoming ...
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Mississippi Memories: The Early Years 1860-1939

By: Clarion-Ledger, The

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Pediment Publishing: January 2000

Seller ID: 129320

ISBN: 1891395416

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

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