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Southern Bound : A Gulf Coast Journalist on Books, Writers, and Literary Pilgrimages of the Heart /
This book represents a running conversation on books, writers, and literary travel written for the Mobile Press-Register Books page from 1995 to 2011. The collection includes more than 100 of the best pieces culled from John S. Sledge's total output of approximately 700 columns. Numerous classi...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Columbia :
University of South Carolina Press,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: For the Love of Books
- Essence of the South Remains Hard to Define
- Slaves in the Family
- Ball's Book Strikes Personal Chord with Historian
- Rivers of History
- Bumper Crop of Poems Celebrates Life on the Land
- Faulkner's "Blood and Thunder" Novel Endures
- Oprah Makes Brave, Bold Choice with Faulkner
- Liuzzo Biographer Brings a Sense of Justice to Topic
- South Carolina's Charms Preserved in Encyclopedia
- Young Woman's Diaries Basis of Wonderful Book
- Painter Mary Whyte Shows Keen Eye for Laborers in Working South
- Slaves' Memories Offer Harrowing Accounts of War
- LSU Press Revives Story of Army of Tennessee
- Lee's True Legacy beyond Latest Biographer
- Pelham's Valor Shines in Maxwell's Perfect Lion
- Eye of the Storm: Union Soldier's Illustrated Memoir Confirms Civil War Was Tragedy for All
- Co. Aytch a Direct Link to Army in Gray
- Chance Discovery Reveals Details of Mobile Campaign
- Chaffin Cuts Through to Clear View of Hunley
- Poetry Collection from out of the Blue and Gray
- Rosen Invigorates Civil War Setting
- Year in Greece Yields Book for Native Mobilian
- Our Voice of Reason
- Author Finds Inspiration in Writer Eugene Walter
- Store Specializes in Antique Volumes
- Hollon's The God File Deserves National Attention
- Black Belt Chronicles Richly Deserve Recognition
- Mobile Native Knight a Fast-Rising Literary Star
- Breech a Violent, Dark Tale from Franklin
- Scully's In the Hope of Rising Again a Gem
- Chicken Dreaming Corn: Family Tales Spur Captivating Novel of Mobile
- Emotional Exploration of a Deplorable Event
- Groom Takes Big Step with Vicksburg
- How Did Our Gardens Grow? Famously, It Seems
- Mississippi's Victorian Treasures Get Their Due
- Alabama's Architecture Gets Some Overdue Respect
- William Faulkner and the Tangible Past: The Architecture of Yoknapatawpha
- Matrana Shows Pride and Ruin of Plantations
- Historian Upends Ideas on American Architecture
- Scholar-Town Houses Have Many Tales to Tell
- Legacy Presents a Detailed Look at Rayfield's Work
- Fallingwater Study Cuts Myths, Affirms Merits
- The Architect of America
- New Orleans Takes Shape in an Architect's Memoir
- Stumbling on a Fossil of a Southern Dinosaur
- McMurtry's Hometown a Paradise for Collectors
- Drama of Story Comes Alive in Monroeville
- A Night in the Library
- Finding Cahaba: New Book Rekindles Fascination with Alabama's First Capital
- Looking Past Midnight
- A Literary Ramble through Old New Orleans
- Oxford, Mississippi: A Literary Profile
- A Small City of Literary Giants: Greenville, Mississippi
- Visit to Library Is a Return to Childhood
- Images from the Literary Side of Paris, with a Personal Touch
- Walter-Inspired Dream an Affirmation of Creativity
- A Tale Worthy of the Centuries: Looking into Chapman's Iliad
- Plato's Ancient Words Inspire the Modern Mind
- Old Story, New Life: Heaney Makes Epic Worth the Wait
- Decline and Fall Stands Test of Time
- Last of the Mohicans Was First of Its Kind
- Omoo a Showcase for Melville's Lighter Side
- Slowly, Beautifully: That's How the Cookie Crumbles
- Revisiting a Classic at the Water's Edge
- Joseph Conrad's Typhoon Shows Power of Storm
- One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Pleasure
- Pride and Prejudice Run Deep in Memoir
- Old Soldier Sahib a Rare Chronicle of Bygone Empire
- Cather's Look Westward Broke New Literary Ground
- Shane Stands as Classic of Western Genre
- Book behind Classic Wayne Film Still Holds Up
- Pacific Battleground Is More Than a Memory
- A Shadowed Friendship: Book Looks Back on Broken Bond between Two Powerful Writers
- Quirky Italian Novel Shines in Recent Reissue
- "Just an adventurer": An Aid Worker's Strange Path
- Cuba in Mind Brings Island Near Enough to Touch
- Events Make Brick Lane a Timely Volume
- Long Way Gone a Tribute to Human Spirit
- My Forbidden Face Drives Home Sufferings of Women under Taliban
- Márquez Classic Still Rewards Reader's Effort
- Istanbul, Not Constantinople, Gets the Works from a Nobel-Winning Native Son
- Iconic AK47 Assault Rifle Subject of Far-Ranging Biography
- Plagiarism Charges Pull Prize-Winner from Shelves
- Alexandria's Library Rises from the Ashes-but Fires Still Burn
- George and Lennie Feeling the Squeeze
- Proposed Book Ban Deserves Firm Rebuttal
- America Flap Puts Mississippi in Spotlight
- Writer Takes Clear-Eyed Look at Battle Flag's Past and Present
- Without Sanctuary Confronts an Ugly Past
- Poe Folks Perturbed by Graveyard Guest
- Breach of Faith Offers Incisive Critiques
- An Open Letter to Louisiana's Governor
- School's Switch Alarms Book Lovers
- Old Writings Preserve Sense of Beaches' Beauty
- My First Gun Became a Boy's Rite of Passage
- The Reader: A Quieter Side of Michael Jackson
- Politics Aside, Spanish Opens Rich Literary Terrain
- In Changing Times, It's Hard to Turn the Page
- Southern Writers Save the Style for the Page
- Oscar Wilde: One Fine Figure of a Writer
- Everybody Has a Story, but Who Wants to Read It?
- Odd Fantasy Reveals Deep-Seated Desire
- Coleridge Tome More Than Equal to Georges
- Favorite Reading Spots Make Good Books Better
- Mentor's Passing Time for Reflection
- Mississippian's Deep Roots Yielded a Towering Legacy
- In Memoriam: Eudora Welty
- George Plimpton's Wit, Grace Will Be Missed
- Foote Takes His Place among Heavenly Host
- Norman Mailer Leaves Larger-Than-Life Legacy
- A Chess Board Warrior's Influence Remembered
- A Father's Reading List Holds Share of Treasures.