University Press of Mississippi
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Gone to the Grave: Burial Customs of the Arkansas Ozarks, 1850-1950
$30.00 Add to cartA RICH SURVEY OF FOLK PRACTICES PRIOR TO MORTUARIES AND THE FUNERAL INDUSTRY Before there was a death care industry where professional funeral directors offered embalming and other services, residents… [more below]
- Author: Burnett, Abby
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 13 2015
- ISBN10: 1496804600
- Language: English
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The Mississippi Gulf Coast Seafood Industry: A People’s History
$28.00 Add to cartThe seafood industry on the coast of Mississippi has attracted waves of immigrants and other workers–oftentimes folks who were either already acquainted with maritime livelihoods or those who quickly… [more below]
- Series: America’s Third Coast
- Author: Stephens, Deanne Love
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 04 2021
- ISBN10: 1496833503
- Language: English
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The French Quarter of New Orleans
$45.00 Read moreThere is no place in America like New Orleans’s famed French Quarter.
With photographs and history, The French Quarter of New Orleans explores the unique evolution of this district. The author and ph- Author: Fraiser, Jim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 230
- Publish Date: September 05 2003
- ISBN10: 1578065240
- Language: English
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The Cajuns: Americanization of a People
$25.00 Add to cartThe past sixty years have shaped and reshaped the group of French-speaking Louisiana people known as the Cajuns. During this period, they have become much like other Americans and yet have remained st… [more below]
- Author: Bernard, Shane K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: March 12 2003
- ISBN10: 1578065232
- Language: English
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Abbas Kiarostami: Interviews
$25.00 Add to cartThe cinephile community knows Abbas Kiarostami (1940-2016) as one of the most important filmmakers of the previous decades. This volume illustrates why the Iranian filmmaker achieved critical acclaim … [more below]
- Series: Conversations with Filmmakers (Hardcover)
- Author: Raesch, Monika
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 166
- Publish Date: April 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1496844874
- Language: English
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Acadian to Cajun: Transformation of a People, 1803-1877
$25.00 Add to cartAcadian to Cajun: Transformation of a People, 1803-1877 by Carl A. Brasseaux An enlightening assessment that provides understanding of how the Acadians of Nova Scotia were culturally transformed into … [more below]
- Author: Brasseaux, Carl a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 276
- Publish Date: November 01 1992
- ISBN10: 0878055835
- Language: English
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One Tough Dame: The Life and Career of Diana Rigg
$35.00 Read moreOne Tough Dame: The Life and Career of Diana Rigg offers a sweeping portrait of the revered performer’s life and career. Deemed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1994, Diana Rigg … [more below]
- Series: Hollywood Legends
- Author: Pilato, Herbie J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 04 2024
- ISBN10: 1496837975
- Language: English
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Stanley Kubrick: Interviews
$50.00 Add to cart“I might try to make something of an imperfect story with my efforts as a writer, but I would never attempt to film a story that I was not finally in love with.” From his first feature film, Fear and … [more below]
- Series: Conversations with Filmmakers (Hardcover)
- Author: Phillips, Gene D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 234
- Publish Date: January 22 2010
- ISBN10: 1578062977
- Language: English
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Brother to a Dragonfly
$25.00 Add to cartIn Brother to a Dragonfly, Will D. Campbell writes about his life growing up poor in Amite County, Mississippi, during the 1930s alongside his older brother, Joe. Though they grew up in a close-knit
- Series: Banner Books
- Author: Campbell, Will D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1496816307
- 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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Conversations with George Saunders
$50.00 Add to cartBesides being one of America’s most celebrated living authors, George Saunders (b. 1958) is also an excellent interview subject. In the fourteen interviews included in Conversations with George Saunde… [more below]
- Series: Literary Conversations
- Author: O’Connell, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 236
- Publish Date: June 10 2022
- ISBN10: 1496840305
- Language: English
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Mississippi John Hurt: His Life, His Times, His Blues
$30.00 Add to cartWinner, Best History, 2012 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research
When Mississippi John Hurt (1892-1966) was “rediscovered” by blues re
- Series: American Made Music
- Author: Ratcliffe, Philip R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: March 16 2018
- ISBN10: 1496818350
- Language: English
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Elvis and Gladys
$25.00 Add to cartWho on the planet doesn’t know that Elvis Presley gave electrifying performances and enthralled millions? Who doesn’t know that he was the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll? But who knows that the King himself li… [more below]
- Series: Southern Icons
- Author: Dundy, Elaine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 350
- Publish Date: May 01 2004
- ISBN10: 1578066344
- Language: English
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Funkiest Man Alive: Rufus Thomas and Memphis Soul
$63.33 Add to cartRufus Thomas may not be a household name, but he is widely regarded as the patriarch of Memphis R&B, and his music influenced three generations. His first singles in the early 1950s were recorded as b… [more below]
- Series: American Made Music
- Author: Ruddick, Matthew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1496838408
- Language: English
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Lost in the Dark: A World History of Horror Film
$25.00 Add to cartTwo horror films were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2018, and one of them–The Shape of Water–won. Since 1990, the production of horror films has risen exponentially worldwide, … [more below]
- Author: Weismann, Brad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 07 2021
- ISBN10: 149683321X
- Language: English
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Scotty and Elvis: Aboard the Mystery Train
$25.00 Add to cartWhen Elvis Presley first showed up at Sam Phillips’s Memphis-based Sun Records studio, he was a shy teenager in search of a sound. Phillips invited a local guitarist named Scotty Moore to stand in. Sc… [more below]
- Series: American Made Music
- Author: Moore, Scotty
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: June 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1617038180
- Language: English
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Wading in: Desegregation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast
$41.67 Add to cartWading In: Desegregation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast frames the fight for beach and school desegregation within the history of Black life in Biloxi, beginning with the arrival of slave ships on the … [more below]
- Author: Lemco, Amy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 206
- Publish Date: September 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1496850343
- Language: English
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Whiskey, Women, and War: How the Great War Shaped Jim Crow New Orleans
$41.67 Add to cartAs the US entered World War I in 1917, a burst of patriotism in New Orleans collided with civil liberties. The city, due to its French heritage, shared a strong cultural tie to the Allies, and French … [more below]
- Author: Altobello, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1496846508
- Language: English
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The Poacher’s Nightmare: Stories of an Undercover Game Warden
$22.00 Add to cartRacoons are not the only bandits wearing masks in the wilderness. Growing up, author Kennie Prince spent most of his time in the woods and creeks near his home in Rankin County, Mississippi. A highly … [more below]
- Author: Prince, Kennie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1496850319
- Language: English
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The Old Pro Turkey Hunter
$25.00 Add to cartDuring his life, Gene Nunnery was recognized as a master turkey hunter and an artisan who crafted unique, almost irresistible turkey calls. In The Old Pro Turkey Hunter, the vaunted sportsman shares o
- Author: Nunnery, Gene
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: October 18 2018
- ISBN10: 1496819993
- Language: English
