South to America
A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
New York, NY : Harper Large Print, [2022]
Format: Large Print
Edition: First Harper large print edition.
Description: xxiii, 583 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
"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.
Contents:
I. Origin stories: An errand into wilderness : Appalachia ; Mother country : Virginia ; Animated roulette : Louisville ; Mary's land : Annapolis and the Caves ; Ironic capital : Washington, DC -- II. 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 -- III. 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.
Subjects:
Perry, Imani, 1972- -- Travel -- Southern States.
Large type books.
Southern States -- Description and travel.
Southern States -- Social life and customs -- 21st century.
Southern States -- Race relations.
Perry, Imani, 1972- -- Travel -- Southern States.
Large type books.
Southern States -- Description and travel.
Southern States -- Social life and customs -- 21st century.
Southern States -- Race relations.
ISBN:
9780063090767
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
LP HISTORY Per | Sandhills Indoors | Large Print Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/21/2024) |
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National Book Award for Nonfiction, 2022.