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South to America : a journey below the Mason-Dixon to understand the soul of a nation Cover Image Book Book

South to America : a journey below the Mason-Dixon to understand the soul of a nation / Imani Perry.

Perry, Imani, 1972- (author.).

Summary:

"An essential, surprising journey through the history, rituals, and landscapes of the American South--and a revelatory argument for why you must understand the South in order to understand America" -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062977403
  • ISBN: 0062977407
  • ISBN: 9780062977373
  • Physical Description: xix, 410 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, New York : ECCO, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Origin stories. An errand into wilderness : Appalachia ; Mother country : Virginia ; Animated roulette : Louisville ; Mary's land : Annapolis and the caves ; Ironic capital : Washington, DC -- The solidified South. The clearing : upper Alabama ; Tobacco Road in the Bible Belt : North Carolina ; King of the South : Atlanta ; More than a memorial : Birmingham ; Pearls before swine : Princeton to Nashville ; When Beale Street talks : Memphis ; Soul of the South : the Black Belt -- Water people. Home of the flying Africans : the Low Country ; Pistoles and flamboyán : Florida ; Immobile women : Mobile ; Magnolia graves and Easter lilies : New Orleans ; Paraíso : the Bahamas and Havana.

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Subject: Perry, Imani, 1972- > Travel > Southern States.
Southern States > Description and travel.
Southern States > Social life and customs > 21st century.
Southern States > Race relations.
HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Manners and customs.
Race relations.
Travel.
Southern States.
Genre: Travel writing.
Travel writing.

Available copies

  • 30 of 31 copies available at Evergreen Indiana. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Sheridan Public Library.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 31 total copies.
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Sheridan PL - Sheridan 917.50 PER (Text)
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