Mississippi: The Closed Society
Harcourt, Brace & World, January 1964. Cloth. In chipped, torn, 'tape repaired' jacket. Flap not clipped. Tanning to margins. Red cloth with silver lettering on spine. Tanned end pages. Clean text. (250 pages). More
Southern History
Praying for Sheetrock: A Work of Nonfiction
Da Capo Press, October 2006. Trade Paperback. Finalist for the 1991 National Book Award and a New York Times Notable book, Praying for Sheetrock is the story of McIntosh County, a small, isolated, and lovely place on the flowery coast of Georgia--and a county where, in the 1970s, the white..... More
Supper At The Maxwell House
Blue & Gray Press, January 1972. Hardcover. Signed on half-title page by Alred L. Crabb. Book is a bit cocked; jacket is spine-sunned, clipped and chipped; still a nice, presentable copy. More
Explorer's Guide Charleston, Savannah & Coastal Islands (Explorer's Guides)
Countryman Press, January 2021. Paper Back. Charleston has become the most compelling destination in the coastal South for people who are serious about food and cooking. Meanwhile, Savannah has the nation's largest registered Urban Historic District, with a booming arts and film community to bring the past to life. This..... More
Praying for Sheetrock: A Work of Nonfiction
Da Capo Press, October 2006. Trade Paperback. Finalist for the 1991 National Book Award and a New York Times Notable book, Praying for Sheetrock is the story of McIntosh County, a small, isolated, and lovely place on the flowery coast of Georgia--and a county where, in the 1970s, the white..... More
The mind of the South (A 27)
Doubleday, January 1956. Mass Market PaperBack. Wilbur J. Cash (1901 - 1941) was a journalist who wrote & published one book and a few months after its publication in 1941 he died. Sun-bleached spine an cover edges. Creasing.of spine. Binding is ever so slightly askew with cover glue pulling away..... More
From the Hills of Home in Western North Carolina
Self Published, No Date; (c. 1995). First Edition. Paper Back. Some mild wear, creases & stains. (125 pages). More
The Bitter Berry: The Life of Byron Herbert Reece (Southern Literature Series
University of Georgia Press, January 1992. Paper Back. More
Drifting into Darien: A Personal and Natural History of the Altamaha River
A Wormsloe Foundation Nature Book, September 2013. Paper Back. Janisse Ray was a babe in arms when a boat of her father's construction cracked open and went down in the mighty Altamaha River. Tucked in a life preserver, she washed onto a sandbar as the craft sank from view. That..... More
Praying for Sheetrock: A Work of Nonfiction
Da Capo Press, October 2006. Trade Paperback. Finalist for the 1991 National Book Award and a New York Times Notable book, Praying for Sheetrock is the story of McIntosh County, a small, isolated, and lovely place on the flowery coast of Georgia--and a county where, in the 1970s, the white..... More
More Landmarks of Tennessee History
TN Historical Commission, January 1969. Hardcover. Some wear to the dust jacket, though it is wrapped in clear plastic. Yellowing and a few stains to text block. More
Landmarks of Tennessee History
Univ of Tennessee Pr, June 1965. Hardcover. Dust jacket has some shelf wear. but is wrapped in clear plastic. Some stains to the text block. More
Wake Forest University (NC) (College History Series)
Arcadia Publishing, March 2004. Trade Paperback. The enduring spirit of Wake Forest is celebrated in this memorable collection of more than 200 vintage photographs. Wake Forest College was founded in 1834 to train Baptist ministers. Now a nationally and internationally recognized university, it is renowned for both its graduate and..... More
Decatur (Images of America Series)
Arcadia Publishing, August 2010. Trade Paperback. Join author Joe Earle as he recounts the history of Decatur, Georgia's rich and storied past using 200 vintage images. Decatur proudly proclaims itself a city of "homes, schools, and places of worship." While that motto might seem to describe any number of small..... More
Mule and Wagon to Automobile: Social Change in North Georgia
XLIBRIS, June 2013. Trade Paperback. More
All over but the Shoutin'
Vintage, September 1998. Trade Paperback. When childhood is complicated by poverty and an abusive, alcoholic father, it vecomes focused on survival. Were it not for the dedication and strength of his mother, Rick Bragg may have never left northeast Alabama and become a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter. His memoir captures the..... More
When All the World Was Young (Contemporary American Fiction)
Penguin (Non-Classics), October 1992. Trade Paperback. The year is 1942 and Porter Osborne, Jr., is safely ensconced in medical school. He is physically safe, although taunted by the beckoning finger of Uncle Sam. Haunted by the family motto, "Remember who you are, " Porter wrestles with a flood of conflicting..... More
Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast
University of Georgia Press, August 2015. Trade Paperback. Beyond Katrina is poet Natasha Trethewey's very personal profile of the Mississippi Gulf Coast and of the people there whose lives were forever changed by hurricane Katrina. Trethewey spent her childhood in Gulfport, where much of her mother's extended family, including her..... More
Talmadge: A Political Legacy, a Politician's Life : A Memoir
Peachtree Publishers, October 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf wear on the jacket, minor creases on the front flap. Mylar wrapped. Light sunning on the edge of the boards. Name in pen on the front free endpaper. More
Too Old to Cry
The Viking Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good all round. Mylar wrapped to preserve. More
The Sweet Apple Gardening Book.
Doubleday, June 1972. First Edition. Cloth. First edition in mildly edgeworn jacket. Pale green cloth with gold lettering. Tan end papers. Not price-clipped. More
When Southern hospitality was in flower
Triangle Pub. Co, January 1959. Cloth. Green cloth with white lettering. Shelf wear. Foxing to end pages & textblock edges. More
Ava's Man
Knopf, August 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "All Over but the Shoutin'" continues his personal history of the Deep South with an evocation of his mother's childhood in the Appalachian foothills during the Great Depression, and the magnificent story of the man who raised her. Charlie..... More
