"This book uses maps, full color photographs, and easy-to-read text to introduce the state of Mississippi"--
Offers a history of the river, describes Twain's experiences as a riverboat pilot, and shares tall tales, character sketches, and observations about the Mississippi.
His visit spurred him to write a revelatory book about the work of one of our greatest but still least-understood American writers.
Hailed by none other than Larry McMurtry as “the best young writer to appear in the South since Flannery O’Connor,” Barry Hannah’s immense storytelling gifts are on striking display in this essential work. “Hannah takes fiction by ...
Like the Mississippi itself, Immortal River often leaves the main channel to explore the river's backwaters, floodplain, and drainage basin. The book's focus is the Upper Mississippi, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Cairo, Illinois.
So much of the history and culture of the United States has revolved around the mighty Mississippi River. This addition to "New York Times"-bestselling series includes a detachable fold-out map. Illustrations. Consumable.
Sorensen also served as special counsel to the president. ... “The Man with a Plan: Theodore Bilbo's Adaptation of National Progressivism in Mississippi” (Ph.D. diss., University of Southern Mississippi, 2006), and Larry Thomas Balsamo, ...
Mississippi Fiddle Tunes and Songs from the 1930s presents the history of the collecting work, with over three hundred of the tunes and songs and a beautiful selection of period photographs.
The author describes his quest to discover his parents' roots in rural Mississippi, exploring the proud--and shameful--culture that makes up his family's--and the state's--heritage. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.
The next day a cartoon by Clifford Berryman appeared in the Washington Post depicting Roosevelt's refusal and running the caption “Drawing the Line in Mississippi.” Its double meaning was not lost on anybody familiar with Roosevelt's ...
Although Life on the Mississippi was not commercially successful when first published in May 1883, it is the work that Twain later claimed was the favorite among his books.