Cultural Region/South
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Muscle Shoals Sound Studio: How the Swampers Changed American Music
$31.99 Add to cartAn estimated four hundred gold records have been recorded in the Muscle Shoals area. Many of those are thanks to Muscle Shoals Sound Studio and the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, dubbed “the Swampers.”… [more below]
- Author: Whitley, Carla Jean
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: July 22 2014
- ISBN10: 1540209180
- Language: English
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Lost Towns of North Georgia
$31.99 Add to cartWhen the bustle of a city slows, towns dissolve into abandoned buildings or return to woods and crumble into the North Georgia clay. The remains of numerous towns dot the landscape pockets of life tha… [more below]
- Author: Russell, Lisa M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 178
- Publish Date: October 17 2016
- ISBN10: 1540200582
- Language: English
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It Happened in the Florida Keys: Stories of Events and People That Shaped History
$16.95 Add to cartFrom the wreck of the USS Alligator to the mystery of the marooned dolphins, It Happened in the Florida Keys looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of this island chain.
- Series: It Happened in
- Author: Shearer, Victoria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: November 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1493040243
- Language: English
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Shrimp: A Savor the South Cookbook
$20.00 Add to cartRecalling boyhood shrimping expeditions with his father and summoning up the aromas and flavors of a southern shrimp boil or shrimp fry, chef Jay Pierce brings America’s favorite shellfish to center s… [more below]
- Series: Savor the South Cookbooks
- Author: Pierce, Jay
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: March 02 2015
- ISBN10: 1469621142
- Language: English
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Mississippi Juke Joint Confidential: House Parties, Hustlers and the Blues Life
$21.99 Add to cartWhat’s the real meaning of juke joint? Explore these special places for a special brand of the blues.
Juke joint – two words often used, often abused. They convey an inherent promise of something real,
- Series: Landmarks
- Author: Stolle, Roger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1467141577
- Language: English
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Kevin Belton’s Big Flavors of New Orleans
$26.99 Read moreChef Kevin Belton, a true Creole New Orleanian, dishes up the culinary history of his city with recipes that provide both down-home comfort and the big flavors he is famous for. He teaches how to make
- Author: Belton, Kevin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1423641574
- Language: English
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Covert City: The Cold War and the Making of Miami
$30.00 Add to cartSecret operations, corruption, crime, and a city teeming with spies: why Miami was as crucial to winning the Cold War as Washington DC or Moscow.
The Cuban Missile Crisis was perhaps the most dramati- Author: Houghton, Vince
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1541774574
- Language: English
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Texas Ranger: The Epic Life of Frank Hamer, the Man Who Killed Bonnie and Clyde
$25.00 Read moreThe New York Times Best Seller
“Frank Hamer, last of the old breed of Texas Rangers, has not fared well in history or popular culture. John Boessenecker now restores this incredible Ranger to his pro- Author: Boessenecker, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: July 03 2017
- ISBN10: 1250131596
- Language: English
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The Santee Delta Waters & Voices
$24.95 Add to cartEvery day people drive across the Santee Delta, unaware of the bountiful natural
resources and complex history surrounding them. Bob Raynor paints a portrait of the
fertile grounds that fostered the dev
- Author: Raynor, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 190
- Publish Date: February 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1929647794
- Language: English
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Georgia Farmers’ Strike: The American Agricultural Movement vs. Jimmy Carter
$37.99 Add to cartAuthor Lee Lancaster retraces the movement of a remarkable time in our nation’s agricultural history.
In 1976, America sent a peanut farmer from Plains to Washington, D.C. Farmers throughout the nat
- Author: Lancaster, Lee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 178
- Publish Date: July 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1540257371
- Language: English
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Southeast Treasure Hunter’s Gem & Mineral Guide (6th Edition): Where & How to Dig, Pan and Mine Your Own Gems & Minerals
$19.99 Add to cartOffers you easy-to-use information on the ins and outs of “fee dig” mining, complete with locations, costs, tips on technique, entertaining legends and important information on everything from safety … [more below]
- Author: Rygle, Kathy J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 22 2016
- ISBN10: 0997014512
- Language: English
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River Road Recipes II: A Second Helping
$19.95 Add to cartWelcome to a second helping of the dishes that reflect Louisiana’s love affair with food. Full of flavor from the Cajun-Creole region, River Road Recipes II serves up more traditional recipes from the
- Author: Junior League of Baton Rouge
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 16 1976
- ISBN10: 0961302690
- Language: English
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Only Land I Know: A History of the Lumbee Indians
$19.95 Add to cartThis is the standard history of the Lumbee Indian people of southwestern North Carolina, the largest Indian community in population east of the Mississippi. Dial and Eliades trace the history of this … [more below]
- Series: Iroquois and Their Neighbors
- Author: Dial, Adolph L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 01 1996
- ISBN10: 0815603606
- Language: English
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The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret: George Washington, Slavery, and the Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon
$32.95 Add to cartGeorge Washington’s life has been scrutinized by historians over the past three centuries, but the day-to-day lives of Mount Vernon’s enslaved workers, who left few written records but made up 90 perc
- Author: Thompson, Mary V.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 520
- Publish Date: June 04 2019
- ISBN10: 0813941849
- Language: English
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Pistols and Politics: Feuds, Factions, and the Struggle for Order in Louisiana’s Florida Parishes, 1810-1935
$39.95 Add to cartIn Pistols and Politics, Samuel C. Hyde, Jr., reveals the reasons behind the remarkable levels of violence in Louisiana’s Florida parishes in the nineteenth century. This updated and expanded edition
- Author: Hyde, Samuel C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 16 2018
- ISBN10: 0807169277
- Language: English
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An Oklahoma I Had Never Seen Before: Alternative Views of Oklahoma History
$21.95 Read moreAfter taking Davis D. Joyce’s course in Oklahoma history, a student once said, “I saw an Oklahoma I’d never seen before.”
“This is a splendid collection of writings in the true spirit of a ‘people’s h
- Author: Joyce, Davis D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 15 1998
- ISBN10: 080612945X
- Language: English
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The Day Freedom Died: The Colfax Massacre, the Supreme Court, and the Betrayal of Reconstruction
$25.99 Add to cartAbsorbing . . . Riveting . . . A legal thriller.–Kevin Boyle, The New York Times Book Review
Following the Civil War, Colfax, Louisiana, was a town like many where African Americans and whites mingle- Author: Lane, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 31 2009
- ISBN10: 0805089225
- Language: English
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Black Dawn
$22.00 Add to cartWith its eclectic mix of vampire and human citizens, Morganville, Texas, has always been a risky place to call home. But with the invasion of the vampire’s deadliest enemy, Morganville isn’t just in d… [more below]
- Series: Morganville Vampires #12
- Author: Caine, Rachel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 02 2012
- ISBN10: 0451237935
- Language: English
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George Washington Carver: A Life
$34.95 Add to cartNearly every American can cite at least one of the accomplishments of George Washington Carver. The many tributes honoring his contributions to scientific advancement and black history include a natio
- Series: Southern Biography
- Author: Vella, Christina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 454
- Publish Date: February 02 2022
- ISBN10: 0807177199
- Language: English
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More Than Peanuts: The Unlikely Partnership of Tom Huston and George Washington Carver
$24.95 Add to cart“The further we go the bigger it gets and the more interesting. I don’t know what we would have done without you.” So wrote Bob Barry, a White executive with the Tom Huston Peanut Company, to George W
- Author: Powell, Edith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 206
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1588384462
- Language: English
