Moody's famous autobiography is a classic work on growing up poor and Black in the rural South. Her searing account of life before the Civil Rights Movement is as moving as The Color Purple and as important as And Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. "A history of our time . . . (and) a reminder that we cannot now relax".--Senator Edward Kennedy.
A portrait of Civil War societies and the amateur historians who populate them throughout the South. Horwitz, the grandson of Russian immigrants who were obsessed with the conflict, spent a year visiting such societies to piece together his account. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998.
This documentary work on the cotton sharecroppers of Alabama began as an article for Fortune magazine but was rejected because Agee refused to adopt the sterile, objective voice of conventional journalism. The resulting book, published in 1941 with photos by Walker Evans, ultimately reveals as much about Agee as it did about his subjects. It also ...
This "unofficial" (i.e. unbiased) assessment of Disney World, updated for 2002, offers concise descriptions of its various theme parks, along with area hotels, for the visitor.
Washington is unlike any other American city. It was planned in the 18th century on a scale which has lent itself perfectly to 21st-century life, with vast boulevards and plenty of green spaces. This is the perfect guide to its many sights and attractions, from the Capitol and White House to the fantastic Smithsonian museums along the Mall. And DK ...
The one-and-only, official, up-to-the-minute insider's guide to America's most popular travel destination is newly updated to include the most accurate information on prices, changes, and new attractions for 2009. It also contains valuable coupons to make planning a family vacation even better. Full color. Consumable.
C. Vann Woodward's The Burden of Southern History remains one of the essential history texts of our time. In it Woodward brilliantly addresses the interrelated themes of southern identity, southern distinctiveness, and the strains of irony that characterize much of the South's historical experience. First published in 1960, the book quickly became ...
Home to the notorious "Blue Book," which listed the names and addresses of every prostitute living in the city, New Orleans's infamous red-light district gained a reputation as one of the most raucous in the world. But the New Orleans underworld consisted of much more than the local bordellos. It was also well known as the early gambling capital ...
From America's favorite traveler, "Along the Edge of America" recounts the sights, sounds, and people of America's Gulf Coast. The author explores the Florida Everglades, genteel southern homesteads, Cajun marshlands, and the Texas coastal cattle country. It's a riveting adventure by the author of "A Walk Across America". Photos.
Named one of the Top 10 Books of 2008 by "The Times-Picayune." Winner of the 2009 Humanities Book of the Year award from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. Awarded the New Orleans Gulf South Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award for 2008. New Orleans is the most elusive of American cities. The product of the centuries-long ...
This work brilliantly fuses travel narrative with history and cultural studies - yet reads like a novel. It's also a love story that is in no way fictional. A fan letter to the author from a woman named Kim starts a correspondence which details research she's conducting in one-horse towns throughout Arkansas. In the years of rural decline many of ...
Described as a must have and definitely something that you'll want to bring along the next time you head down to WDW by Disney guru Jim Hill of jimhillmedia.com, this book is suitable for Walt Disney World buffs.
A Southern white writer, educator, and activist, Lillian Smith (1897-1966) spoke out all her life against injustice. In Killers of the Dream (1949), her most influential book, she draws on memories of her childhood to describe the psychological and moral cost of the powerful, contradictory rules about sin, sex, and segregation-the intricate system ...
On August 14, 1834, Richard Henry Dana, convalescing from an illness, set off for California from his Boston home--via a sailing ship. Using the journals he kept on the voyage, Dana created a classic re-creation of his experiences, both the highs and the lows, in what has long been considered a definitive look at the seaman's life in the 19th ...
While the U.S. capital may not have the glamorous image of cities such as Paris, London, or Rome, Buckley insists that there is, nonetheless, much that lies beneath the surface. The author takes the reader on walks through Arlington Cemetery, The Mall, and the old social haunts of Georgetown, reflecting on the local history and notoriety that make ...
What's Weird Around Here?That's a question Mark Moran and Mark Sceurman have enjoyed asking for years--and their offbeat sense of curiosity led them to create the bestselling phenomenon, "Weird N.J." Now the weirdness has spread: several key locales throughout the U.S. are getting the full Weird treatment, with travel guides to the strange, ...
"Frommer's Washington, D.C. 2010" comes with a fold out map. The giant pandas are the undisputed stars of the National Zoo. See chapter 7. This title includes a foldout map, plus detailed maps throughout. It offers exact prices, directions, opening hours,and other practical information. It includes candid reviews of hotels and restaurants, plus ...
Forty years ago the world was shocked by the news that Auca Indians had martyred Jim Elliot and four other American missionaries in the jungles of Ecuador. That was the first chapter of one of the most breathtaking stories of the 20th century. This book tells the story in text and pictures of Elisabeth Elliot's venture into Auca territory to live ...
Not a travel planner or guidebook, this unique and entertaining collection of trivia questions is filled with secrets and interesting facts about all aspects of Walt Disney World.
The Barber of Natchez tells the story of a slave who rose to freedom, business success, and high community standing in the heart of the Southall before 1850. Emancipated in 1820, Johnson became a barbers apprentice and later opened several profitable barber shops of his own. The authors explore Johnsons family, work, and social life, as well as ...
'This is a pioneer work. It is full of new detail and exceeding rich in fresh interpretation... In writing this book Vann Woodward clearly establishes himself as a leading figure among Southern historians.'-- Bell I. Wiley, New York Times Book Review
Noah Smithwick was an old man, blind and near his ninetieth year, when his daughter recorded these words. He had stayed on in 'paradise'--Texas--from 1827 to 1861, when his opposition to secession took him to California. The Evolution of a State is his story of these 'old Texas days.'
Newly updated for 2009, this edition features lots of new tips and whole chapters devoted to each theme park, from the Magic Kingdom to Disney's Hollywood Studios. Includes a scrapbook and autograph section. Consumable.
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