Geographic Orientation/Mississippi
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Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America
$20.00 Read moreThe mother of Emmett Till recounts the story of her life, her son’s tragic death, and the dawn of the civil rights movement–with a foreword by the Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.
In August 1955, a fo- Author: Till-Mobley, Mamie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 28 2004
- ISBN10: 0812970470
- Language: English
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Mississippi Trial, 1955
$9.99 Read moreWinner of the 2003 International Reading Association Award for Young Adult Novel. This gripping read is based on the true events of the murder of Emmett Till, one of the nation’s most notorious crimes… [more below]
- Author: Crowe, Chris
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 24 2003
- ISBN10: 0142501921
- Language: English
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Freshwater Road
$18.00 Read moreFrom award-winning actress Denise Nicholas: a ten-year anniversary reissue of her powerful and dramatic coming of age story set in Mississippi during the Freedom Summer of 1964. Freshwater Road has be… [more below]
- Author: Nicholas, Denise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 346
- Publish Date: April 12 2016
- ISBN10: 1572841958
- Language: English
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Daily Devotions for Die-Hard Kids Mississippi State Bulldogs
$17.99 Add to cartDAILY DEVOTIONS FOR DIE-HARD KIDS: MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS combines the excitement you feel when you read about the Bulldogs with the fun of learning more about Jesus and your faith. You’ll read st
- Author: McMinn, Ed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 156
- Publish Date: July 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0997330902
- Language: English
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A Sky Full of Stars
$7.99 Add to cartThis powerful coming-of-age story from the author of Midnight Without a Moon will enlighten and enchant readers and is perfect for fans of Jacqueline Woodson and Sharon M. Draper.
In 1955 Mississippi,
- Author: Jackson, Linda Williams
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 02 2022
- ISBN10: 0358667208
- Language: English
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The Road to Memphis
$9.99 Add to cartA stunning repackage of a companion to Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, with cover art by two-time Caldecott Honor Award winner Kadir Nelson!
As America hovers on the brink of war, s- Author: Taylor, Mildred D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 12, 2016
- ISBN10: 1101997559
- Language: English
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The Southern Gardener’s Book Of Lists: The Best Plants for All Your Needs, Wants, and Whims
$17.95 Add to cartThe ideal plants for all of your specific needs, wants, and whims are identified in over 250 lists that end costly plant-choice mistakes.
- Author: Chaplin, Lois Trigg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 01 1994
- ISBN10: 0878338446
- Language: English
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The Rise and Fall of the Choctaw Republic
$24.95 Add to cartHere is the story of the Choctaws, a proud and gifted tribe among the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians. It is the record of a people whose forced migration from their ancestral homes in the South to w… [more below]
- Series: Civilization of the American Indian (Paperback) #06
- Author: Debo, Angie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 314
- Publish Date: January 15 1961
- ISBN10: 0806112476
- Language: English
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Mississippi Sissy
$25.99 Add to cartMississippi Sissy is the stunning memoir from Kevin Sessums, a celebrity journalist who grew up scaring other children, hiding terrible secrets, pretending to be Arlene Frances and running wild in the
- Author: Sessums, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 04 2008
- ISBN10: 0312341024
- Language: English
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Ever Is a Long Time: A Journey Into Mississippi’s Dark Past a Memoir
$18.99 Add to cartLike the renowned classics Praying for Sheetrock and North Toward Home, Ever Is a Long Time captures the spirit and feel of a small Southern town divided by racism and violence in the midst of the Civ… [more below]
- Author: Eubanks, W. Ralph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: January 03 2005
- ISBN10: 0465021050
- Language: English
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Stories from Home
$25.00 Add to cartBrimming with his rich humor, Jerry Clower’s book manifests the unsurpassed southern art of yarn spinning. It also shows the nature of the man for whom good storytelling is more than just show busines… [more below]
- Author: Clower, Jerry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 212
- Publish Date: April 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1617030708
- Language: English
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Mississippi Solo: A River Quest
$19.99 Add to cartSince the publication of his first book, Mississippi Solo, Eddy L. Harris has been praised for his travel writing. In this exciting reissue of his classic travelogue, readers will come to treasure the
- Author: Harris, Eddy L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 05 2000
- ISBN10: 0805059032
- Language: English
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The Class of 1968: A Thread through Time
$33.95 Add to cartBorn in the late 1940’s and early 50’s and raised in a segregated town in southern Mississippi, a group of Black girls and boys came of age together, and graduated from high school in Hattiesburg as “
- Author: Townsend Gaines, Doris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 322
- Publish Date: February 22 2021
- ISBN10: 1646287304
- Language: English
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Breach of Peace: Portraits of the 1961 Mississippi Freedom Riders
$29.95 Read moreBreach of Peace is a photo-history told in images old and new. The book includes the mug shots of all 329 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, along with contemporary portraits of 99 Rider… [more below]
- Author: Etheridge, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 265
- Publish Date: September 10 2018
- ISBN10: 0826521908
- Language: English
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Corinth 1862: Siege, Battle, Occupation
$27.99 Add to cartFletcher Pratt Award
McLemore Prize In the spring of 1862, there was no more important place in the western Confederacy–perhaps in all the South–than the tiny town of Corinth, Mississippi. Major Gen- Series: Modern War Studies (Paperback)
- Author: Smith, Timothy B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 07 2016
- ISBN10: 0700623450
- Language: English
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The Union Assaults at Vicksburg: Grant Attacks Pemberton, May 17-22, 1863
$116.65 Read moreIt was the third week of May 1863, and after seven months and six attempts, Ulysses S. Grant was finally at the doorstep of Vicksburg. What followed was a series of attacks and maneuvers against the l… [more below]
- Series: Modern War Studies
- Author: Smith, Timothy B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 504
- Publish Date: January 10 2020
- ISBN10: 0700629068
- Language: English
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Animal Tracks of Mississippi & Louisiana
$6.95 Add to cartConcise descriptions of the animals and their tracks are combined with detailed drawings of the front and back prints, stride patterns and other important identifying aspects. Each animal is captured … [more below]
- Series: Animal Tracks
- Author: Eder, Tamara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 04 2002
- ISBN10: 1551053152
- Language: English
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Catfish Dream: Ed Scott’s Fight for His Family Farm and Racial Justice in the Mississippi Delta
$26.95 Add to cartCatfish Dream centers around the experiences, family, and struggles of Ed Scott Jr. (born in 1922), a prolific farmer in the Mississippi Delta and the first ever nonwhite owner and operator of a catfi
- Series: Southern Foodways Alliance Studies in Culture, People, and P #2
- Author: Rankin, Julian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 10 2018
- ISBN10: 0820353590
- Language: English
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Jackson Rising: The Struggle for Economic Democracy and Black Self-Determination in Jackson, Mississippi
$19.99 Add to cartMississippi, the poorest state in the U.S. with the highest percentage of Black people, a history of vicious racial terror and concurrent Black resistance is the backdrop and context for the drama cap
- Author: Akuno, Kali
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: October 11 2017
- ISBN10: 099534745X
- Language: English
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Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped Into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home
$20.00 Add to cartThis “superbly researched and engaging” (The Wall Street Journal) true story about five boys who were kidnapped in the North and smuggled into slavery in the Deep South–and their daring attempt to es… [more below]
- Author: Bell, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: December 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1501169440
- Language: English
