Wayfaring Stranger. A Musical Journey in the American South, Paperback - Emma John

A journey to the American South in search of friendship, life lessons and bluegrass.

Reducere. The extraction of raw turpentine and tar from the southern longleaf pine--along with the manufacture of derivative products such as spirits of turp...

Reducere. Fascinated by the collision of country and soul music in the Southern states, Hoskyns and photographer Muir MacKean set out on a journey through th...

Reducere. Winner of the Alice Hanson Jones Prize, Economic History AssociationA Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearThe civil rights movement was al...

Reducere. DescriptionBack in print after more than a decade, the singular chronicle of life at the forefront of antiracist activism, with a new introduction ...

Reducere. A bold and searing investigation into the role of white women in the American slave economy Bridging women's history, the history of the South, and...

A shocking and deeply reported account of the persistent plague of institutional racism and junk forensic science in our criminal justice system an...

Reducere. A great deal has been written about southern memory centering on the Civil War, particularly the view of the war as a valiant lost cause. In this c...

At its height the Creek Nation comprised a collection of multiethnic towns and villages with a domain stretching across large parts of Alabama, Geo...

Reducere. During the two centuries following European contact, the world of late prehistoric Mississippian chiefdoms collapsed and Native communities there f...

Reducere. In this richly revealing biography of a major, but little-known, American businessman and philanthropist, Peter M. Ascoli brings to life a portrait...

A journalist's raw, first-person account of what his family endured after his eldest brother killed a man and was sentenced to life in prison. At t...

Reducere. While Jackie Robinson is justly famous for breaking the color line in major league baseball in 1947, other young African American players, among th...

Reducere. In the sound of the 1960s and 1970s, nothing symbolized the rift between black and white America better than the seemingly divided genres of countr...

Reducere. In The Queer South, Douglas Ray has assembled over 60 queer-identified voices exploring their experiences of the American South in nonfiction and p...

Reducere. "A fascinating story."--Virginia Magazine "The detail of the discussion, the reliance on considerable primary evidence, and the overall contributio...

Reducere. A story of one family's love and courage in the Jim Crow-era Deep South In defiance of his middle-class landowning family, a young white man named ...

In 1997 Gary Younge explored the American South by retracing the route of the original Freedom Riders of the 1960s. His road trip was a remarkable ...

Reducere. Scottsboro tells the riveting story of one of this country's most famous and controversial court cases and a tragic and revealing chapter in the hi...

Southern Man tells the story of Alan Walden, one of the most colourful and influential personalities to emerge from the history of R&B and Southern...

Based on new research conducted in courthouse basements and storage sheds in rural Mississippi and Louisiana, Kimberly Welch draws on over 1, 000 e...

Contributor(s): Author: Nicholas DawidoffIn a series of indelible portraits of country music stars, Dawidoff reveals, among others, Jimmie Rodgers,...

Reducere. DescriptionA triumph of historical detective work, Crossing the Continent is the remarkable, never-before-told story of the first black explorer an...

In his most ambitious work yet, New York Times bestseller James Lee Burke tells a classic American story through one man's unforgettable life. In 1...

Reducere. Jacinta V. White's Resurrecting The Bones will not let southern African American history be silenced by re-zoning, gentrification, and useful forge...

DescriptionClassical music comes to life like never before in this magical journey through 11 timeless compositions. Meet Allegro, an ordinary boy ...

Reducere. Notes from Africa traces the rise of popular music on the continent - beginning in the 1980s when the term 'world music' was coined as a marketing ...

Reducere. One bright city morning, Penelope and her mom make their way to the farmer's market. On street corners and train platforms, musicians and performer...

Reducere. From the late eighteenth century through the end of the Civil War, Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians bought, sold, and owned Africans and African Ameri...

Paperback edition of the latest crime novel from the author of The Tin Roof Blowdown. Set in the 1930s, it follows a 16-year-old boy who encounters...

This extraordinary retelling of black British history will dazzle readers of all ages.Publisher: Faber & FaberAuthor(s): Jeffrey BoakyeNumber of pa...

Everything I Know About Love for the over 40s.Publisher: Octopus Publishing GroupAuthor(s): Emma JohnNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dime...

This historical study shows how the peach emerged as a viable commodity precisely when the South was desperate for an improved reputation. The book...

Reducere. Wildsam Field Guides: American South reveals this American region through local stories, travel intel and modern lore, seeking out the real and roo...

A textbook introduction to the history of the American South, from slavery to the civil rights movement.

Reducere. ``A book to cherish permanently.`` -- The New York Times.With this ample collection of authentic ballads and songs, you can immerse yourself in the...

The arc of poetry of the South, from slave songs to Confederate hymns to Civil War ballads, from Reconstruction turmoil to the Agrarian movement to...

Reducere. A LESSON IN FAITH AND COURAGE - In 1904 a young Italian man sails to America to become an indentured worker for a cotton farmer in the Mississippi ...

Publisher: Transworld Publishers LtdAuthor(s): Emma CurtisNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 127 x 197 x 30Cover type: Paperback...

Reducere. At 7: 30 a.m. on June 16, 1944, George Junius Stinney Jr. was escorted by four guards to the death chamber. Wearing socks but no shoes, the 14-year...

Reducere. Catch the rhythm and dig the beat as famed musicologist, Dr. Dude B. Fonky takes you on a tour of the UPPER and lower case alphabet. The radiant, k...