Mississippi Memories
Author: Mississippi Memories
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Published: 1997
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Mississippi Moonshine Politics
Author: Janice Branch Tracy
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 1626197601
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor most states, the repeal of prohibition meant a return to a state of legally drunken normalcy, but not so in Mississippi. The Magnolia State went dry over a decade before the nation, leaving bootleggers to establish political and financial holds they were unwilling to lose. For nearly sixty years, bootlegging flourished, and Mississippi became known as the "wettest dry state in the country." Law enforcement tried in vain to control crime that followed each empty bottle. Until statewide prohibition was finally repealed in 1966, illegal booze fueled a corrupt political machine that intimidated journalists who dared to speak against it and fixed juries that threatened its interests. Author and native Mississippian Janice Branch Tracy delivers an intimate look at the story of Mississippi's moonshine empire.
Greenwood
Author: Donny Whitehead
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780738567860
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGreenwood grew from a ramshackle cotton-shipping outpost on the edge of the untamed Delta into the "Cotton Capital of the World." The saloons and shops along Front Street gave way to a vibrant downtown and fine residential districts. As cotton's post-Civil War resurgence gained steam, the burgeoning economy of Greenwood was reflected in such architectural masterpieces as the Leflore County Courthouse, the First Methodist Church, the old Greenwood High School, Fountain's Store, and the Keesler Bridge. Postcard photographers set up their cameras to capture the buildings and activities of this fascinating Yazoo River town for posterity. Many long-vanished structures and old favorites that have been revitalized come to life in Postcard History Series: Greenwood.
Mississippi Memories
Author: Rick Rodgers
Publisher: Hearst Communications
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780688127992
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides more than 100 classic American recipes representing the grand traditions of riverboat hospitality, including recipes for Potato dough rolls, braised short ribs with beer gravy, and cider-candied sweet potatoes
Mississippi Memories
Author: Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 144
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Author: Stokes McMillan
Publisher: Stokes McMillan
Published: 2009-11-11
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 0982529104
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe year was 1950. Mary Ella Harris, works hard sharecropping alongside her husband, a man with a penchant for gambling, drinking, and associating with unsavory white people. When she is cornered in her home by Leon Turner, a white man who refuses to take no for an answer, Mary Ella narrowly avoids an attempted rape. After his arrest, Leon escapes jail and enacts a bloody revenge with two accomplices. With the eyes of the nation watching, the state itself is on trial. The jury's controversial decision ultimately serves as a catalyst for change.
Christmas Memories from Mississippi
Author: Charline R. McCord
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Published: 2010-09-27
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 1604737816
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis beautiful book of thirty-eight essays, illustrated by Mississippi's premier watercolorist Wyatt Waters, will ring true with treasured recollections of Christmases past. Remember the Christmas it snowed on the Mississippi Coast? Glen Allison recalls that miracle. Richard Ford and Waters tell exactly what they felt when they first laid eyes on a bicycle left under the tree by Santa Claus. These Mississippians celebrate Christmas pageants, the decorating, the family dinners—even as they recognize war and loss as part of our lives and sometimes part of our holidays. Christmas Memories from Mississippi looks at the holidays from the early twentieth century through the present and offers the celebrations from various points of view, both religious and secular. This book makes an ideal memento of shared traditions and lovingly extends the spirit of the season across the state's diversity.
Hidden History of Mississippi Blues
Author: Roger Stolle
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2020-07-27
Total Pages: 187
ISBN-13: 1614230137
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlthough many bluesmen began leaving the Magnolia State in the early twentieth century to pursue fortune and fame up north, many others stayed home. These musicians remained rooted to the traditions of their land, which came to define a distinctive playing style unique to Mississippi. They didn't simply play the blues, they lived it. Travel through the hallowed juke joints and cotton fields with author Roger Stolle as he recounts the history of Mississippi blues and the musicians who have kept it alive. Some of these bluesmen remain to carry on this proud legacy, while others have passed on, but Hidden History of Mississippi Blues ensures none will be forgotten.
Greenwood
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Published: 2014-05-01
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780989750813
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRivers, Memory, And Nation-building
Author: Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2014-11-01
Total Pages: 203
ISBN-13: 1782384324
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRivers figure prominently in a nation’s historical memory, and the Volga and Mississippi have special importance in Russian and American cultures. Beginning in the pre-modern world, both rivers served as critical trade routes connecting cultures in an extensive exchange network, while also sustaining populations through their surrounding wetlands and bottomlands. In modern times, “Mother Volga” and the “Father of Waters” became integral parts of national identity, contributing to a sense of Russian and American exceptionalism. Furthermore, both rivers were drafted into service as the means to modernize the nation-state through hydropower and navigation. Despite being forced into submission for modern-day hydrological regimes, the Volga and Mississippi Rivers persist in the collective memory and continue to offer solace, recreation, and sustenance. Through their histories we derive a more nuanced view of human interaction with the environment, which adds another lens to our understanding of the past.
