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- HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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- TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional)
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts
- HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
- PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials)
- TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional)
Hidden History of the Mississippi Delta
9781467152211
Regular price $23.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Hidden History of Jackson
9781467138970
Regular price $21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%The history of Jackson is filled with gripping tales of horrors and heroism. Join Ryan Starrett and Josh Foreman as they reveal the hidden past of the City with Soul.
A recording company founded in the mid-1960s with the expectation of competing with New Orleans and Memphis was a national success, outlasting its better-funded rivals. Known as the "Devil's Backbone," the Natchez Trace is the graveyard for countless travelers slain by the road's numerous serial killers, brigands and land pirates. Yet one mass grave stands above the others: the Boyd Mounds, which hold the remains of thirty-one Choctaws. Although legend has it that the father of Jackson, Louis LeFleur, was a Canadian trapper famous in high society for his dancing, the truth is even stranger.
Hidden History of Natchez
9781467148207
Regular price $21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Hidden History of the Mississippi Sound
9781467143219
Regular price $21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Inside are thirteen little-known tales from the Gulf Coast from Lake Borgne to Mobile.
Sail into the Mississippi Sound with Bienville, the Frenchman covered in serpentine tattoos. Meet the heroes of the Sound: fearless Father LeDuc, who faced down Yankee pillagers; the wild woman of Horn Island, who could shoot as well as any man; and Ray Nosaka, who fed his body to the dogs of war, all in service of his country. Glimpse a school of the Sound's own patron fish, the striped mullet, Biloxi's bacon. But don't get too comfortable on the beach - a hurricane is always on the horizon. Join authors Josh Foreman and Ryan Starrett on this journey into the hidden history of the Mississippi Sound.
Hidden History of Mississippi Blues
9781609492199
Regular price $21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Although many bluesmen began leaving the Magnolia State in the early twentieth century to pursue fortune and fame up north, many others stayed home.
These musicians remained rooted to the traditions of their land, which came to define a distinctive playing style unique to Mississippi. They didn't simply play the blues, they lived it. Travel through the hallowed juke joints and cotton fields with author Roger Stolle as he recounts the history of Mississippi blues and the musicians who have kept it alive. Some of these bluesmen remain to carry on this proud legacy, while others have passed on, but Hidden History of Mississippi Blues ensures none will be forgotten.