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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $77, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXUSS112)		  
Bicycling the Natchez Trace, A Guide to the Natchez Trace Parkway and Nearby Scenic Routes  •  Glen Wanner
GUIDEBOOK •  2005 •  PAPER  • 219 PAGES
A cyclist's guide to the Natchez Trace and surrounding routes, from Nashville to Vicksburg. Includes detailed trail routes and logistical information, as well as facts on the region's history. (USS407, $15.95)		   Bicycling the Natchez Trace, A Guide to the Natchez Trace Parkway and Nearby Scenic Routes
The Barber of Natchez  •  Edwin Adams Davis  •  William Ransom Hogan
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1973 •  PAPER  • 278 PAGES
An absorbing account of the rise of a free slave, his business successes, high community standing and daily life in Natchez Mississippi before 1850, drawing on the diary, letters, and business records of the remarkable William Johnson. The authors also describe his wanton murder and the trials of the man who shot him. At the time of his death he owned more than 2,000 acres of land in Adams County. (USS401, $19.95)		  
A Curtain of Green and Other Stories  •  Eudora Welty
LITERATURE •  1979 •  PAPER  • 324 PAGES
Welty's first collection of stories, which includes the classic "A Worn Path," established her reputation as a leading voice in American literature. (USS402, $27.95)		   A Curtain of Green and Other Stories
The Devil's Backbone: Story of the Natchez Trace  •  Jonathan Daniels
HISTORY •  1985 •  PAPER  • 267 PAGES
A brief, pocket history of the development, exploration and settling of the Natchez Trace, which stretches from Natchez, Mississippi, across northwestern Alabama to Nashville. Originally published in 1962. It tells the story of the many notable figures who have made their mark on the Trace, including Aaron Burr, Andrew Jackson, George Washington, Daniel Boone, and Meriwether Lewis, whose death on the Trace is still a mystery. (USS142, $12.95)		   The Devil's Backbone: Story of the Natchez Trace
Jackson, Natchez and Vicksburg Map  •  Riley Maps
2004 •  MAP
A regional map of Mississippi at scale of 1:50,000, covering Jackson, Natchez and Vicksburg. Two Sides. 25x38 inches. (USS403, $4.95)		   Jackson, Natchez and Vicksburg Map



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The Majesty of Natchez  •  Steven Brooke   • HISTORY  •  This lively introduction to Natchez's well-preserved antebellum architecture includes a useful map, anecdotal histories and a number of excellent color photographs. (USS133, $17.95)
 		  
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Architecture of the Old South  •  Mills Lane  •  Van Jones Martin   • ART & ARCHITECTURE • COMING IN  •  An illustrated survey of the glorious architecture of the Old South. With an authoritative text by a Savannah native, and 250 sumptuous color photographs of antebellum architecture. (USS19, $75.00)
 		  
Classic Natchez: An Illustrated Tour through a Remarkable Antebellum Town  •  Van J. Martin  •  Randolph Delehanty   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Antebellum South presented through photographs and essays on 43 Natchez homes, including maps, floor plans, and a timeline. (USS136, $39.95)
 		  
Around the Bend, A Mississippi River Adventure  •  C.C. Lockwood   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  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  •  Richard A. Wright  •  Jerry W. Ward   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  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  •  Mark Twain   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  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)
 		  
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William Johnson's Natchez, The Ante-Bellum Diary of a Free Negro  •  Edwin Adam Davis  •  William Ransom Hogan   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The personal diary of William Johnson, a free Negro of Natchez, Mississippi. Discovered in 1938, this first person account reveals the hardship he endured as he went from a former slave to a successful businessman. (USS139, $34.95)
 		  
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The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, The Classic Anthology from 1899 to 1967  •  Langston Hughes   • LITERATURE  •  A collection of groundbreaking works by luminaries including James Baldwin, Gwendolyn Brooks, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Ralph Ellison and Alice Walker. (GEN400, $16.99)
 		  
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty  •  Eudora Welty   • LITERATURE  •  All the stories written by Welty, the pride of Jackson, Mississippi, in a single volume. (USS250, $16.00)
 		  
The Confidence-Man, His Masquerade  •  Herman Melville   • LITERATURE  •  Melville's final work of prose, a bewildering story of the Devil and his attempt to con a group of travelers aboard a riverboat on the Mississippi. (USS44, $14.00)
 		  
The Quiet Game  •  Greg Iles   • LITERATURE  •  A murder mystery set in Natchez, Mississippi. (USS141, $9.99)
 		  
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