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Old Glory, A Voyage Down the Mississippi

by Jonathan Raban

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 1998
• PAPER
• 409 PAGES

Raban tackles the "Mighty Mississippi" aboard a 16-foot motorboat in this entertaining portrait of contemporary life on the river, featuring places and people he encounters along the way from from Minnesota to Mississippi. (USS42, $18.00)

Deep South, Mississippi Valley, Gulf of Mexico Map

by Hallwag

• MAP

A map of the southern Mississippi Valley region. (USS47, $14.95)

Battle Cry of Freedom, The Civil War Era

by James McPherson

• HISTORY
• 2003
• PAPER
• 904 PAGES

A comprehensive, vivid history of the Civil War, its genesis, battles, politics and personalities from the war with Mexico to Appomattox. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the book may be 900 pages long but it reads like a good novel. (USS37, $19.95)

 

Also Recommended

Louisiana / Mississippi Map

by AAA Publishing

• MAP

A clear, detailed traveler's map of the two southern states. (USS32, $4.95)

Vicksburg Map

by Universal Map Enterprises

• 2001
• MAP

A folded road map of Vicksburg, Mississippi. (USS161, $4.95)

Insider's Guide to Atlanta

by Bonnie McKay | John E. McKay

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2005
• PAPER
• 408 PAGES

A comprehensive, practical guide to the city and its attractions with detailed descriptions of museums, hotels, restaurants and shops. With a section on day trips outside the city. (USS236, $18.95)

Moon Handbook Charleston & Savannah

by Mike Sigalas

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2008
• PAPER
• 285 PAGES

A comprehensive guide from the Moon series that offers a wide range of practical information on the region surrounding the two cities, including accommodation, shopping, dining and plenty of activities for hikers, bikers and golfers. (USE413, $17.95)

Pig Perfect, Encounters With Remarkable Swine And Some Great Ways To Cook Them

by Peter Kaminsky

• FOOD
• 2005
• HARD COVER
• 291 PAGES

In this witty travelogue and culinary history, Kaminsky's quest for the perfect swine takes him from France and Spain to "pork-related" cities in the US, including Memphis and Louisville. He includes nine mouth-watering recipes, such as Country Ham Braised in Cider. (SPN495, $22.00)

Southern Food, At Home, on the Road, in History

by John Egerton | Al Clayton

• FOOD
• 1993
• PAPER

An appreciative collection of recipes and restaurant suggestions, along with historical and cultural tidbits, drawn from the rich culinary traditions of eleven Southern states. (USS223, $31.95)

Becoming Southern: The Evolution of a Way of Life, Warren County and Vicksburg, Missippi, 1770-1860

by Christopher Morris

• HISTORY
• 1999
• PAPER
• 258 PAGES

A cultural study of Mississippi in the 18th and 19th century, focusing on Jefferson Davis's Warren County, in the state's southwestern corner (USS160, $50.00)

Guide to the Vicksburg Campaign

by Jay Luvaas | Steven Bowman | Leonard Fullenkamp

• HISTORY
• 1998
• PAPER
• 482 PAGES

A history and guide to the battlefield of Vicksburg designed for the traveler. With archival and modern maps, as well as photographic portraits of many of the major officers, it's a terrific handbook for the Civil War enthusiast. (USS155, $17.95)

Inside the Carnival, Unmasking Louisiana Politics

by Wayne Parent

• HISTORY
• 2006
• PAPER
• 183 PAGES

A humorous analysis and history of Louisiana's unique political history, from its legal system and odd voting rules to its astounding and well-publicized tradition of corruption. (USS392, $19.95)

Queen of The Turtle Derby and Other Southern Phenomena

by Julia Reed

• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• 2005
• PAPER
• 240 PAGES

A Mississippian gone New Yorker, Reed offers a unique biregional perspective in this collection of essays on Southern culture, wandering from amusing topics such as the Southern affinity for big hair to more serious issues like the area's lack of gun control. (USS395, $14.00)

Rising Tide, The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America

by John M. Barry

• HISTORY
• 1998
• PAPER
• 524 PAGES

A sweeping history of the devastating Mississippi flood of 1927, delving deeply into the race relations, agriculture and politics of the time. (USS48, $18.00)

Savannah in the Old South

by Walter Fraser

• HISTORY
• 2005
• PAPER
• 423 PAGES

A comprehensive history of Savannah from its early days as an Indian trading center to the end of the Civil War. (USS366, $22.95)

The Beleaguered City, The Vicksburg Campaign

by Shelby Foote

• HISTORY
• 1995
• HARD COVER
• 347 PAGES

Shelby Foote, a noted Civil War scholar, tells the engrossing narrative of the taking of Vicksburg in 1863 by Ulysses S. Grant and his Union troops. It was one of the pivotal battles of the Civil War, and distinguished Grant as a military genius. (USS51, $19.00)

The Mississippi and the Making of a Nation

by Stephen Ambrose | Douglas Brinkley

• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• 2005
• HARD COVER
• 272 PAGES

This illustrated popular history -- and travelogue -- tells the story of the great river from the time of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase. (USM110, $40.00)

The South in Modern America, A Region at Odds

by Dewey Grantham

• HISTORY
• 2001
• PAPER
• 416 PAGES

A comprehensive, well researched survey of the South from the time of Reconstruction to the late 20th century. Grantham captures the politics, history, and psychology of the lower half of the country. (USS66, $24.95)

Trail of Tears, The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation

by John Ehle

• HISTORY
• 1989
• PAPER
• 424 PAGES

The history of the Cherokee, from their first settlement in the Southeast to their forced exile from Georgia to the West; it makes for a heartbreaking story of history, politics and power. (USE21, $16.00)

Blues from the Delta

by William R. Ferris

• MUSIC
• 1988
• PAPER

A cultural history of the Blues. (MUS34, $16.50)

Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta

by Robert Palmer

• MUSIC
• 1995
• PAPER
• 320 PAGES

Palmer crafts an engaging, thoroughly interesting history of blues music, tracing it from its rural roots in the Mississippi Delta to great blues musicians like Muddy Waters and B.B. King. (USS396, $16.00)

Plantation Homes of Louisiana and the Natchez Area

by David King Gleason

• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• 1982
• HARD COVER
• 134 PAGES

Color photographs of Louisiana plantation homes and Natchez Trace (USS132, $49.95)

A Turn in the South

by V.S. Naipaul

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 1990
• PAPER
• 307 PAGES

Naipaul's wandering travel narrative is a poetic but profoundly disturbing portrait of the American South. (USS65, $14.95)

Around the Bend, A Mississippi River Adventure

by C.C. Lockwood

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 1998
• HARD COVER
• 169 PAGES

A photographic tour of the Mississippi River as seen through the lens of naturalist and wildlife photographer C.C. Lockwood. (USS45, $39.95)

Black Boy

by Richard A. Wright | Jerry W. Ward

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 2007
• PAPER
• 448 PAGES

The autobiography of Richard Wright, chronicling his days as a young black man in rural Mississippi and Memphis. It's a hard-hitting look at race relations in the United States before the civil rights era. (USS50, $14.99)

Life on the Mississippi

by Mark Twain

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 2007
• PAPER
• 388 PAGES

A classic marking Twain's return to the days of his youth spent on the Mississippi. Full of historical information, anecdotes, character sketches and fond memories, it's an enjoyable look back at the Old Mississippi. (USS05, $9.95)

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

by John Berendt

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 1999
• PAPER
• 386 PAGES

Berendt magically turned his relatively brief stay in Savannah into a rollicking and sensitive portrait of the city, capturing a great variety of colorful characters and the spirit of the place. (USS09, $16.00)

Mississippi Solo: A River Quest

by Eddy L. Harris

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 1998
• PAPER
• 250 PAGES

From Minnesota to New Orleans, in a canoe, Harris travels the length of the Mississippi, facing rednecks, wild dogs and bad weather. (USS384, $16.00)

Shantyboat: A River Way of Life

by Harlan Hubbard

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 1977
• PAPER
• 352 PAGES

Hubbard and his wife built a 24-foot houseboat and lived on it for six years, eventually drifting downriver to New Orleans. (USS383, $22.00)

The River Queen

by Mary Morris

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 2008
• PAPER
• 270 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

An engaging, meditative account of travels aboard a houseboat on the upper Mississippi (the journey ends in Paris Landing, Tennessee). (USM115, $15.00)

A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories

by Flannery O'Connor

• LITERATURE
• 1977
• PAPER
• 264 PAGES

This celebrated collection of short stories contains the well-known title story along with eight others, all of which characterize the underside of life in the rural South in O'Connor's trademark wry prose. (USS393, $13.95)

All the King's Men

by Robert Penn Warren

• LITERATURE
• 1996
• PAPER
• 438 PAGES

Penn Warren drew on the character of Huey Long for this novel about a Louisiana politician who hits the bigtime and loses his heart to power. It won a Pulitzer Prize in 1947. (USS253, $15.00)

Cajun and Creole Folktales, The French Oral Tradition of South Louisiana

by Barry Jean Ancelet

• LITERATURE
• 1994
• PAPER
• 296 PAGES

An excellent, wide-ranging compilation of Cajun and Creole folktales, presented side-by-side in French and English. It includes magic tales, jokes, animal tales, tall tales and legends. (USS152, $25.00)

Literary Savannah

by Patrick Allen

• LITERATURE
• 2011
• PAPER
• 283 PAGES

An anthology of fiction and non-fiction set in Savannah, portraying the city, its people and culture. With contributions by Henry James, Margaret Mitchell, and Flannery O'Connor. (USS20, $16.95)

The Complete Stories

by Flannery O'Connor

• LITERATURE
• 1971
• PAPER
• 555 PAGES

Named the best work of fiction in the 60-year history of the National Book Award, these 31 remarkable stories reveal O'Connor's lively, penetrating talent, showing the "shock," and the "hell" of O'Connor's "Christ-haunted" South. (USS255, $18.00)

The Confidence-Man

by Herman Melville

• LITERATURE
• 2003
• PAPER
• 384 PAGES

Melville's last novel, the tale of a gambler and con man on a Mississippi River steam boat. (USM112, $12.95)

The Moviegoer

by Walker Percy

• LITERATURE
• 1961
• PAPER
• 241 PAGES

Walker Percy won the 1961 National Book Award for this novel, his masterpiece, which unfolds in New Orleans during a momentous Carnival week. It's a great book that we can recommend as much for its sheer readability as for its palpable sense of place. (USS249, $14.95)

The Sound and the Fury

by William Faulkner

• LITERATURE
• 1990
• PAPER
• 448 PAGES

Faulkner's classic novel is a psychological study of the Compson family. (USS70, $14.00)

Yonder Stands Your Orphan

by Barry Hannah

• LITERATURE
• 2002
• PAPER
• 333 PAGES

A dazzling Gothic novel of the Deep South, bursting with eccentric, deeply confused characters, humor and pain. Set near Vicksburg, Mississippi. (USS232, $14.95)

National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Southeastern States

by Peter Alden

• FIELD GUIDE
• 1999
• FLEXI-BOUND
• 446 PAGES

A compact photographic guide to the nature of the Southeast States from Mississippi and Georgia to North Carolina, featuring 1,500 photographs, concise descriptions and an overview of the natural history of the area. (USS31, $19.95)

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America

by Jon Dunn

• FIELD GUIDE
• 2011
• PAPER
• 576 PAGES

From Alaska to Baja California, Nova Scotia and Florida, this guide is the veteran's choice for birding anywhere in the United States. Tabbed for easy access, the color range maps in this sixth edition are outstanding. (FG09, $27.95)

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