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The Place Setting: Timeless Tastes of the Mountain South, from Bright Hope to Frog Level: Thirds מאת Fred W. Sauceman In the third and final volume of the series, The Place Setting: Timeless Tastes of the Mountain South, Fred Sauceman continues his exploration of Appalachian foodways. The book s geographical reach extends from the land of pepperoni rolls, created by Italian bakeries for coal miners in northern West...

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Thy Will Be Done: A Biography of George W. Truett מאת Keith E. Durso This is the first biography of Truett since 1939. Born in 1867 just west of Hayesville, North Carolina, George W. Truett grew up to be one of the outstanding Baptist preachers of the twentieth century. He moved to Whitewright, Texas, in 1889 and planned to practice law. His Baptist church in Whitewr...

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Masters and Savages: A Novel מאת James M. Dawsey A saint who despises slavery yet traffics people. A Southern hero, but also a coward. A runaway aching for home. Civil War survivor Witfield Stone totters on the brink of insanity. Entrusted with transporting contract laborers from Africa to Brazil where his father and members of the Southern Land a...

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Game Day and God: Football, Faith and Politics in the American South (Sports and Religion) Eric Bain-Selbo

Game Day and God: Football, Faith and Politics in the American South (Sports and Religion) מאת Eric Bain-Selbo This book tells about the religion of Southeastern Conference football. "Game Day and God: Football, Faith, and Politics in the American South" takes seriously the often-stated assertion that college football in the South is a religion. To this end, Eric Bain-Selbo draws upon a wide range of theoret...

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The Campfire Boys מאת Philip Lee Williams This is a new Civil War novel from the 2004 Michael Shaara Award winner. Philip Lee Williams' new Civil War novel, "The Campfire Boys", tells a story that's never really been told in fiction before - of Civil War camp entertainers. A book filled with high spirits and hilarity, it is also a book of e...

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The Orangeburg Massacre מאת Jack Bass

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Invisible Hero: Patrick R. Cleburne מאת Bruce H., Jr. Stewart This title presents the Civil War career and command of Patrick Cleburne. In comparison with the Army of Northern Virginia, Confederate forces in the West saw limited success. Still, there were outstanding generals whose accomplishments have received minimal attention, particularly the infantry comm...

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Sacred Places: A Guide to the Civil Rights Sites in Atlanta, Georgia מאת Harry G. Lefever This is the essential guide to the Civil Rights Movement in Atlanta. The book is organized around four walking and driving tours of the important civil rights sites in Atlanta from the 1940s to the present. The first three tours - Auburn Avenue, Atlanta University Center and Surrounding Neighborhood...

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One Step Ahead of Hitler: A Jewish Child's Journey Through France מאת Fred Gross Fred Gross knew much about the history of the Holocaust, but he didn t know his own, being a young Jewish child during those terrible years. In the late 1980s, he asked his mother to tell him the story of his family s flight from the German invasion of Belgium and the Nazi policies that would become...

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Down Town מאת Ferrol Sams A rollicking tale of a small Southern town by the bestselling author of Run with the HorsemenWith his naturalistic and humorous storytelling style, Ferrol Sams has won fans from all walks of life, especially those drawn to Southern fiction. And while the literary landscape of the rural...

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Through the Back Door: Melungeon Literacies and Twenty-first Century Technologies (Melungeon Series) מאת Katherine Vande Brake Just a century ago, while specialized practices such as farming, preserving food, hunting, gathering, and distilling ensured survival in the unforgiving mountain environment, most Melungeons could neither read nor write and refused to see those skills as part of a cultural imperative. Required to pa...