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Absalom, Absalom!


by William Faulkner

  • LITERATURE
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 313 PAGES

This is Faulkner's brilliant masterpiece on human nature and the Old South, a challenging but rewarding read. (USS69, $15.00)

Acadian to Cajun: Transformation of a People, 1803-1877


by Carl A. Brasseaux

  • HISTORY
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 252 PAGES

A history of Louisiana's Acadians in the key period from the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 to 1877 and the end of Reconstruction. (USS163, $22.00)

Africans in America, America's Journey through Slavery

Africans in America, America's Journey through Slavery


by Charles Johnson | Patricia Smith | WBGH Series Research Team

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 512 PAGES

A powerful collaborative effort that paints a vivid picture of the history of slavery in America, and celebrates the brave Africans who managed to preserve their heritage as they endured so many hardships. (USS53, $38.95)

Along the River Road: Past and Present on Louisiana's Historic Byway


by Mary Ann Sternberg

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 344 PAGES

A guide to the historic River Road, the 100-mile route beside the Mississippi River stretching from Baton Rouge to New Orleans. (USS178, $18.95)

As I Lay Dying


by William Faulkner

  • LITERATURE
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 267 PAGES

Faulkner's deadpan yet tragic tale of the Bundren family's journey across Mississippi with Addie, their deceased wife and mother, in tow. (USS68, $14.00)

At the Edge of the Precipice, Henry Clay and the Compromise That Saved the Union


by Robert V. Remini

  • HISTORY
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 184 PAGES

National Book Award-winner Remini tells how the Kentucky statesman brokered a bipartisan solution (the "Compromise of 1850") to the slavery question for the new territories in the wake of the Mexican-American War. (USM155, $15.99)

The Awakening


by Kate Chopin | Marilynne Robinson

  • LITERATURE
  • 1981
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

The 1899 novel that forever vanquished "feminine propriety." Chopin's exhilarating, tragic feminist novella sings with the Cajun and Creole cadences of her native New Orleans. (USS229, $4.95)

The Barber of Natchez


by Edwin Adams Davis | William Ransom Hogan

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1973
  • PAPER
  • 278 PAGES

A vivid portrait of the life and times of the remarkable William Johnson, a free slave and successful businessman in Natchez, who writes of his family life, business successes and friendships with people of both races. Drawing on Johnson's diaries, letters and contemporary accounts. Johnson was murdered in 1851. (USS401, $19.95)

Battle on the Bay: The Civil War Struggle for Galveston


by Edward T. Cotham

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 252 PAGES

A thorough recreation of the Battle of Galveston that incorporates historical elements and detailed characters of the battle. (TEX02, $25.00)

The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, The Classic Anthology from 1899 to 1967


by Langston Hughes

  • LITERATURE
  • 1969
  • PAPER
  • 512 PAGES

A collection of groundbreaking works by luminaries including James Baldwin, Gwendolyn Brooks, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Ralph Ellison and Alice Walker. (GEN400, $16.99)

The Birdwatcher's Companion to North American Birdlife

The Birdwatcher's Companion to North American Birdlife


by Christopher W. Leahy | Gordon Morrison

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 1072 PAGES

A handsome, fully illustrated survey of the birds of North America, organized A to Z, covering birds, bird biology, conservation and birdwatching. (NAM21, $19.95)

Boat People


by Mary Gardner

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 280 PAGES

A novel about Vietnamese refugees in Galveston. (TEX26, $15.95)

Cabeza de Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America

Cabeza de Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America


by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 204 PAGES

The epic story of a 16-the century conquistador lost in the American wilderness. Only a handful of men survived the eight-year trek across America from Tampa Bay to Sinaloa, Mexico. (SWU40, $24.95)

Cajun and Creole Music Makers


by Barry Jean Ancelet | Elemore Morgan

  • MUSIC
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

This book presents interviews with and photos of Cajun and Creole musicians in their surroundings. (USS172, $40.00)

Cajun Country


by Barry Jean Ancelet | Jay D. Edwards | Glen Pitre

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

An overview of the history and culture of the Cajuns of South Louisiana which investigates the social institutions and cultural activities of this ethnic group. (USS153, $25.00)

Cajun Country Guide


by Mason Fry | Julie Posner

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 512 PAGES

A comprehensive guide to South Louisiana's Cajun country, covering the region's culture, music, food. (USS177, $17.95)

The Cajuns, Americanization of a People


by Shane K. Bernard

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 196 PAGES

A history of the Cajuns over the last 60 years. (USS334, $20.00)

Canaan's Tongue


by John Wray

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

This fiercely poetic novel, set in the American South before and during the Civil War, traces the decline of a gang of horse-thieves and slave traders. The ringleader, a preacher known as "The Redeemer" is based on the historical outlaw John Murrell. (USS406, $14.95)

The Carolinas, Georgia & the South Trips

The Carolinas, Georgia & the South Trips


by Lonely Planet | Alex Leviton

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 424 PAGES

A compact and practical guide to visiting the South, with 65 themed itineraries and over 1,000 local attractions. Trips are divided into categories by theme: iconic, food & drink, history & culture, route, offbeat, city, and day trips. (USS426, $19.99)

The Civil War Times Illustrated Photographic History of the Civil War, Vicksburg to Appomattox

The Civil War Times Illustrated Photographic History of the Civil War, Vicksburg to Appomattox


by William Davis | Bell. I. Wiley

  • HISTORY
  • 1994
  • HARD COVER
  • 1366 PAGES

A big, beautiful history of the Civil War featuring 4,000 archival photographs, drawings and maps. (USS156, $39.98)

Classic Natchez: An Illustrated Tour through a Remarkable Antebellum Town


by Van J. Martin | Randolph Delehanty

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1996
  • HARD COVER
  • 164 PAGES

Antebellum South presented through photographs and essays on 43 Natchez homes, including maps, floor plans, and a timeline. (USS136, $39.95)

The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty


by Eudora Welty

  • LITERATURE
  • 1982
  • PAPER
  • 622 PAGES

All the stories written by Welty, the pride of Jackson, Mississippi, in a single volume. (USS250, $16.00)

The Coming of Age in Mississippi


by Anne Moody

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

A powerful and provocative autobiography of the author's fight against racism in the 1950s South. (USS140, $7.99)

Creoles of Color of the Gulf South


by James H. Dormon

  • HISTORY
  • 1996
  • HARD COVER
  • 224 PAGES

The eight contributors explore Creole origins, language, music and culture in this scholarly history. (USS166, $34.00)

A Curtain of Green and Other Stories

A Curtain of Green and Other Stories


by 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 southern writer. (USS402, $27.95)

Delta Wedding

Delta Wedding


by Eudora Welty

  • LITERATURE
  • 1979
  • PAPER
  • 326 PAGES

An expertly written comedy about white southerners on the brink of marriage. (USS251, $14.00)

The Devil's Backbone: Story of the Natchez Trace

The Devil's Backbone: Story of the Natchez Trace


by 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. (USS142, $12.95)

Flash for Freedom

Flash for Freedom


by George MacDonald Fraser

  • LITERATURE
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 287 PAGES

In this fifth installment in the rollicking series, set largely in New Orleans, our self-serving, cowardly Victorian hero meets up with Abraham Lincoln (who saves his neck), runs a slave plantation, cheats at cards, escapes on a slave ship and helps out in Underground Railroad. (USS372, $16.00)

Flashman and the Angel of the Lord

Flashman and the Angel of the Lord


by George MacDonald Fraser

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 394 PAGES

George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman finds himself at the center of extraordinary events in this 10th installment in the entertaining, meticulously researched series. Flashy is kidnapped in Cape Town (talk about reluctant) and soon with John Brown on his fateful 1859 raid at Harper's Ferry. (USS371, $16.00)

The Founding of New Acadia


by Carl A. Brasseaux

  • HISTORY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 229 PAGES

Early Acadian settlement and culture in Louisiana by respected Cajun historian Carl Brasseaux. (USS162, $20.95)

From Slavery to Freedom, A History of African Americans


by John Hope Franklin

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • HARD COVER
  • 742 PAGES

A classic history of the African American experience. (USA39, $75.00)

Galveston Map


by Rand McNally Maps

  • MAP

A road map of Galveston, Texas and vicinity at a scale of 1:34,000. (TEX27, $4.95)

Ghosts of the Confederacy: Defeat, the Lost Cause and the Emergence of the New South, 1865-1913


by Gaines M. Foster

  • HISTORY
  • 1989
  • PAPER

A social history of Southern attitudes in the wake of the Civil War. (USS220, $40.00)

Graceland, Going Home with Elvis


by Karen Ann Marling

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 258 PAGES

A serious, engaging analysis of Graceland and the phenomenon of Elvis Presley. (USS191, $14.95)

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Map

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Map


by Trails Illustrated

  • MAP

A colorful, detailed map of the national park at a scale of 1:62,000. (USE29, $11.95)

Great Smoky Mountains, A Visitor's Companion

Great Smoky Mountains, A Visitor's Companion


by George Wuerthner | Douglas W. Moore

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

A compact guide to the history, wildlife, geology and tourism of the Great Smoky Mountains. (USE330, $19.95)

Gulf Coast Seashore Life, Alabama to Texas


by Raymond Leung | James Kavanaugh

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2001
  • PLASTIC CARD

This fold-out, laminated reference features illustrations of almost 150 species commonly found on the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico. (USS217, $5.95)

Gumbo Ya-Ya, A Collection of Louisiana Folk Tales


by Lyle Saxon | Edward Dreyer | Robert Tallant

  • LITERATURE
  • 1987
  • PAPER
  • 581 PAGES

A wonderful collection of charming, outrageous, time-honored, common, obscure, exotic and famous folk tales of Louisiana -- and especially of New Orleans. (USS208, $22.00)

Hardluck Ironclad, The Sinking and Salvage of the Cairo

Hardluck Ironclad, The Sinking and Salvage of the Cairo


by Edwin C. Bearss

  • HISTORY
  • 1980
  • PAPER
  • 222 PAGES

The story of the sinking of the "Cairo," a Union gunboat lost in the Yazoo River, paired with the story of its recovery, 100 years later. Civil War historian Edwin C. Bearss, who provided this firsthand account, was an integral part of the recovery. The "Cairo" can now be seen on display in Vicksburg. (WAR17, $23.95)

Huey Long


by T. Harry Williams

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1981
  • PAPER
  • 944 PAGES

The definitive biography of the larger-than-life southern politician. (USS348, $25.00)

Huntsville Map


by Rand McNally Maps

  • MAP

A map of Huntsville, Alabama at a scale of 1:40,000. (USS390, $4.95)

Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind


by Jerome Lawrence | Robert E. Lee

  • LITERATURE
  • 1982
  • PAPER
  • 129 PAGES

The case of a biology teacher accused of teaching evolution to his students. (USS180, $5.99)

Inside War, The Guerilla Conflict in Missouri during the American Civil War


by Michael Fellman

  • HISTORY
  • 1990
  • PAPER

(USM36, $34.99)

Insiders' Guide to Nashville


by Jackie Sheckler Finch

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 418 PAGES

This practical guide to the country music mecca includes information on attractions, restaurants, accommodations, shopping and events. With black-and-white photographs, maps, and concise historical and cultural introductions. (USS494, $18.95)

Islands

Islands


by Anne Rivers Siddons

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 465 PAGES

Siddons' 15th novel follows a close-knit circle of upper-class friends as they play and age together in the lovingly described Carolina Low Country. (USS425, $7.99)

Jackson, Natchez and Vicksburg Map

Jackson, Natchez and Vicksburg Map


by Riley Maps

  • 2004
  • MAP

A regional map of Mississippi at scale of 1:50,000, covering Jackson, Natchez and Vicksburg. (USS403, $4.95)

Kingbird Highway, The Story of a Natural Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand

Kingbird Highway, The Story of a Natural Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand


by Kenn Kaufman

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

Kaufman's absorbing account of coming-of-age as a Wichita teenager on the road in 1973 with a summer's pay in his pocket and the goal of seeing as many birds as he could in a year. (BRD27, $14.95)

The Known World


by Edward P. Jones

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

Set in a fictitious Virginia county in the antebellum years, this great, Pulitzer-winning novel is a consideration of the wages of slavery and an avowal of the peculiar institution's primacy in the American psyche. (USS379, $24.95)

Louisiana Map


by Rand McNally Maps

  • MAP

A colorful road map of Louisiana at a scale of 1:976,000. (USS263, $4.95)

The Majesty of Natchez


by Steven Brooke

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 96 PAGES

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)

Midnight Magic: Selected Stories of Bobbie Ann Mason


by Bobbi Ann Mason

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 301 PAGES

A good selection of Mason's stories, most set in the south. (USS193, $16.95)

The Mississippi River: Father of Waters

The Mississippi River: Father of Waters


by James L. Shaffer

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES

This illustrated survey in the Images of America series documents travel, trade and the history of the Mississippi in archival photographs. (USM114, $21.99)

The Most Southern Place on Earth, The Mississippi Delta and the Roots of Regional Identity


by James C. Cobb

  • HISTORY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

A social history of the Mississippi Delta. (USS332, $19.95)

Native Universe, Voices of Indian America


by Clifford E. Trafzer

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

This sumptuously illustrated cultural history, written exclusively by Native Americans, is published in celebration of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. (USA95, $22.00)

The Night the War Was Lost


by Charles L. Dufour

  • HISTORY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 443 PAGES

Charles Dufour contends that with the fall of New Orleans in the spring of 1862, the South had lost the Civil War. In explaining the reasons for the seizure of New Orleans and its results, Dufour also explores a more personable aspect of the war: the people involved and their losses. (USS107, $25.00)

Off the Beaten Path Alabama


by Gay N. Martin

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

A quirky guide to unique festivals, restaurants and locales of Alabama, from small town rattlesnake races to landmark locations from the Civil Rights Movement. (USS397, $13.95)

Off the Beaten Path Louisiana, A Guide to Unique Places


by Gay N. Martin

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

A guide to unique local restaurants as well as some of Louisiana's less publicized attractions, such as swamp cruises and alligator farms. (USS398, $13.95)

Outer Banks


by Anne Rivers Siddons

  • LITERATURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 565 PAGES

This Southern Gothic novel follows the rekindling of old relationships after a sorority reunion. Middle-aged Kate Abrams, a recent cancer patient who rethinks her decision to commit suicide after the reunion, is caught up in a web of long-suspended intrigue as the four old friends return to the beach houses on the Outer Banks where they spent spring breaks as students. (USS424, $7.99)

Prisoners of War


by Steve Yarbrough

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 310 PAGES

A complex, enormously satisfying tale of family, history or War set in WWII-era rural Mississippi. (USS349, $23.00)

The Quiet Game

The Quiet Game


by Greg Iles

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 576 PAGES

A murder mystery set in Natchez, Mississippi. (USS141, $9.99)

Return to Wild America, A Yearlong Search for the Continent's Natural Soul

Return to Wild America, A Yearlong Search for the Continent's Natural Soul


by Scott Weidensaul

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

An eye-opening trek in the footsteps of conservation pioneers Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher, whose 1953 journey across America resulted in the classic Wild America. (USA123, $16.00)

River Horse: The Logbook of a Boat Across America

River Horse: The Logbook of a Boat Across America


by William Least Heat-Moon

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 506 PAGES

William Heat-Moon and a small crew travel westward across the rivers of America in a dual-outward boat dubbed "River-Horse." (USM117, $14.00)

Robert E. Lee


by Roy Blount, Jr.

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 224 PAGES

A lively short biographical essay in the excellent Penguin Lives series, matching writers and subjects. (USS377, $19.95)

Sailing Ship Elissa


by Jim Cruz | Patricia Bellis Bixel

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • HARD COVER
  • 144 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

Life of Elissa as a working sailing ship, to the glorious restoration at the Texas Seaport Museum. (TEX09, $22.95)

Satchmo, The Genius of Louis Armstrong


by Gary Giddins

  • MUSIC
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

A biography of jazz legend Louis Armstong. (MUS35, $16.00)

Seven Story Mountain, The Union Campaign at Vicksburg


by Phillip M. Thienel

  • HISTORY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 259 PAGES

A history of Grant's efforts at Vicksburg. (USS157, $35.00)

Swapping Stories, Folktales from Louisiana


by Carl Lindahl

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

Two hundred tales as compiled by a statewide storytelling project. (USS168, $25.00)

Sweetgrass


by Mary Alice Monroe

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

A prodigal son returns to South Carolina after his father suffers a stroke, and must help run the old family plantation while fending off developers. (USS416, $7.99)

Through a Night of Horrors


by Shelley Henley Kelley | Casey Edward Greene

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2000
  • HARD COVER
  • 224 PAGES

Letter and memoirs documenting the disastrous storm of 1900. (TEX04, $24.95)

Vicksburg, 47 Days of Siege

Vicksburg, 47 Days of Siege


by A.A. Hoehling

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 386 PAGES

A history of the Vicksburg Campaign as told through the diaries and memoirs of eyewitnesses to the events. (USS154, $19.95)

A Weekend in September

A Weekend in September


by John Edward Weems

  • HISTORY
  • 1988
  • PAPER
  • 180 PAGES

An honest and vivid account of the Galveston storm, as told from survivors of the storm. (TEX12, $13.95)

William Johnson's Natchez, The Ante-Bellum Diary of a Free Negro

William Johnson's Natchez, The Ante-Bellum Diary of a Free Negro


by Edwin Adam Davis | William Ransom Hogan

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 812 PAGES

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)

Wilson's Creek, The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It

Wilson's Creek, The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It


by Richard W. Hatcher, III | William Garrett Piston

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • HARD COVER
  • 408 PAGES

A detailed history of the Battle of Wilson's Creek. (USM10, $45.00)

Zydeco


by Ben Sandmel | Rick Olivier

  • MUSIC
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 182 PAGES

A handsomely illustrated tribute to the dance music of Loiuisiana's black Creole community. (USS176, $30.00)

 

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