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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnby Mark Twain, Mark Adventures of Huckleberry Finn TwainISBN 0762401141 (0-7624-0114-1)
Hardcover, Courage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'Book summary:The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain, is a popular 1876 novel about a young boy growing up in the Antebellum South on the Mississippi River in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) (often shortened to Huck Finn) by Mark Twain is commonly accounted as one of the first Great American Novels. It is also one of the first major American novels ever written using Local Color Regionalism, or vernacular, told in the first person by the eponymous Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, best friend of Tom Sawyer and hero of three other Mark Twain books. Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [via]
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Alabama: The History of a Deep South Stateby William Warren Rogers, Robert David Ward, Leah Rawls AtkinsISBN 0817307141 (0-8173-0714-1)
Softcover, Univ of Alabama Pr
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American Slavery 1619-1877by Peter KolchinISBN 0809016303 (0-8090-1630-3)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'American Slavery 1619-1877'Book summary:A concise, engaging overview of American slavery from the beginning of the colonial era to emancipation and its aftermath. Kolchin takes a broad geographical perspective, putting American slavery in the context of a general trend toward use of forced labor on the periphery of an expanding Europe.This incisive synthesis fills a major gap for the general reader and for historians, who will find it both stimulating and appealing.[via]More editions of American Slavery 1619-1877:
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At Home in Mitfordby Jan KaronISBN 0745926290 (0-7459-2629-0)
Softcover, David C Cook
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It's easy to feel at home in Mitford. In these high, green hills, the air is pure, the village is charming, and the people are generally lovable.
Yet, Father Tim, the bachelor rector, wants something more. Enter a dog the size of a sofa who moves in and won't go away. Add an attractive neighbor who begins wearing a path through the hedge. Now, stir in a lovable but unloved by, a mystifying jewel thief, and a secret that's sixty years old.
Suddenly, Father Tim gets more than he bargained for. And readers get a rich provincial comedy in which mysteries and miracles abound.
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Big Bad Loveby Larry BrownISBN 0679734910 (0-679-73491-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Big Bad Love'Book summary:Larry Brown's highly praised novel Dirty Work established him as one of the fiercest and most powerful new voices in Southern literature, a writer who understands the sorrows and joys of everyday life. That same compassionate regard for ordinary people shines on every page of Big Bad Love, whose heroes in these stories have a fatal weakness for beer, fast women, and pick-up trucks, and who find a kind of salvation in the reckless pursuit of love. [via]
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Breakfast at Tiffany'sby Truman CapoteISBN 0679745653 (0-679-74565-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'Book summary:In this seductive, wistful masterpiece, Truman Capote created a woman whose name has entered the American idiom and whose style is a part of the literary landscape. Holly Golightly knows that nothing bad can ever happen to you at Tiffany's; her poignancy, wit, and naïveté continue to charm.
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This volume also includes three of Capote's best-known stories, House of Flowers, A Diamond Guitar, and A Christmas Memory, which the Saturday Review called one of the most moving stories in our language. It is a tale of two innocentsa small boy and the old woman who is his best friendwhose sweetness contains a hard, sharp kernel of truth. 
Cane Riverby Lalita TademyISBN 0786233737 (0-7862-3373-7)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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Cathedrals of Kudzu: A Personal Landscape of the Southby Hal Crowther, Steven Cragg, Fred HobsonISBN 0807125946 (0-8071-2594-6)
Hardcover, Louisiana State Univ Pr
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A Christmas Memoryby Truman Capote, Beth PeckISBN 0679800409 (0-679-80040-9)
Hardcover, Random House Children's Books
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Conjectures of Order: Intellectual Life and the American South, 1810-1860by Michael O'BrienISBN 0807828009 (0-8078-2800-9)
Hardcover, Univ of North Carolina Pr
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The Constitution of South Carolina: The Journey Toward Self-Governmentby James Lowell UnderwoodISBN 0872496368 (0-87249-636-8)
Hardcover, Univ of South Carolina Pr
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The Constitution of South Carolina: The Relationship of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branchesby James L. UnderwoodISBN 0872494438 (0-87249-443-8)
Hardcover, Univ of South Carolina Pr
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The Constitution of South Carolina: The Struggle for Political Equalityby James Lowell UnderwoodISBN 0872499782 (0-87249-978-2)
Hardcover, Univ of South Carolina Pr
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Damnyankee in a Southern Kitchen: A Revival Feastby Worth, Helen (Levison)ISBN 0878580093 (0-87858-009-3)
Hardcover, Westover Pub Co
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Dead Until Darkby Charlaine HarrisISBN 0754069966 (0-7540-6996-6)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub
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Dirty Workby Larry BrownISBN 0679730494 (0-679-73049-4)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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"One sure way to deromanticize tomcat is to show its long-term effects. That's what Larry Brown does in this fine...first novel."--Newsweek
"Brown probes the hard luck of the down and out, the grim realities at the bottom of the scrap....His prose has a dark, horrific urgency. ...a real knockout."--Newsday [via] 
Dixie Rising : How the South Is Shaping American Values, Politics, and Cultureby Peter ApplebomeISBN 0812926536 (0-8129-2653-6)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Dream Boyby Jim GrimsleyISBN 0684829924 (0-684-82992-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Fatal Flowers: On Sin, Sex and Suicide in the Deep Southby Rosemary DaniellISBN 0805010270 (0-8050-1027-0)
Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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Flannery O'Connor Collected Worksby Flannery O'ConnorISBN 0940450372 (0-940450-37-2)
Hardcover, Library of America
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Flannery O'Connor Collected Works'Book summary:Flannery O'Connor, a unique and important figure in the Southern literary tradition, was one of the finest writers of the twentieth century. This volume, containing her two novels, short stories, essays and letters, is the only complete collection of her works. [via]
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Gender and Jim Crow: Women and the Politics of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1896-1920by Glenda Elizabeth GilmoreISBN 0807845965 (0-8078-4596-5)
Softcover, Univ of North Carolina Pr
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- Gender and Jim Crow: Women and the Politics of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1896-1920: ISBN 0807822876 (0-8078-2287-6)
Ghost Dogs of the Southby Randy Russell, Janet BarnettISBN 0895872889 (0-89587-288-9)
Softcover, John F Blair Pub
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The Glass Menagerieby Tennessee WilliamsISBN 0811214044 (0-8112-1404-4)
Softcover, New Directions
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Great Novels of Mark Twain: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, And the Adventures of Huckleberry Finnby Mark TwainISBN 0756779812 (0-7567-7981-2)
Hardcover, Diane Pub Co
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Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depressionby Robin D.G. KelleyISBN 0807842885 (0-8078-4288-5)
Softcover, Univ of North Carolina Pr
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The House of Breathby William GoyenISBN 0810150670 (0-8101-5067-0)
Softcover, Northwestern Univ Pr
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I'll Take My Stand: The South and the Agrarian Traditionby Twelve Southerners, Louis D. RubinISBN 0807103578 (0-8071-0357-8)
Softcover, Louisiana State Univ Pr
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In My Father's House Are Many Mansions: Family and Community in Edgefield, South Carolinaby Orville Vernon BurtonISBN 0807841838 (0-8078-4183-8)
Softcover, Univ of North Carolina Pr
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In the Land of Dreamy Dreamsby Ellen GilchristISBN 0807128295 (0-8071-2829-5)
Softcover, Louisiana State Univ Pr
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King's Oakby Anne Rivers SiddonsISBN 0792484371 (0-7924-8437-1)
Hardcover, Southgate Publishers
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Lanterns on the Levee: Recollections of a Planter's Sonby William Alexander Percy, Walker PercyISBN 0807100722 (0-8071-0072-2)
Softcover, Louisiana State Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lanterns on the Levee: Recollections of a Planter's Son'Book summary:Born and raised in Greenville, Mississippi, within the shelter of old traditions, aristocratic in the best sense, William Alexander Percy in his lifetime (18851942) was brought face to face with the convulsions of a changing world. Lanterns on the Levee is his memorial to the South of his youth and young manhood. In describing life in the Mississippi Delta, Percy bridges the interval between the semifeudal South of the 1800s and the anxious South of the early 1940s. The rare qualities of this classic memoir lie not in what Will Percy did in his lifealthough his life was exciting and variedbut rather in the intimate, honest, and soul-probing record of how he brought himself to contemplate unflinchingly a new and unstable era. The 1973 introduction by Walker PercyWill's nephew and adopted sonrecalls the strong character and easy grace of "the most extraordinary man I have ever known." AUTHOR BIO: William Alexander Percy was the author of four books of poetry, and he practiced law in Greenville until his death, one year after the publication of his autobiography. Awarded the Croix de Guerre with gold star for his service in World War I, he also was one of the leaders in the succesful 1922 fight against the Ku Klux Klan in Greenville and headed the local Red Cross unit during the disastrous Mississippi River flooding of 1927. [via]
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A Light in the Windowby Jan KaronISBN 074592803X (0-7459-2803-X)
Softcover, Chariot Victor Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Light in the Window'Book summary:A Light in the Window is the second installment in this enormously popular series about a small-town rector, Father Tim, and the heartwarming cast of characters surrounding him. This time Father Tim, a lifelong bachelor, finds his heart distracted by his free-spirited neighbor Cynthia, but his stomach and the rectory cash box are distracted by Edith, a wealthy widow who is wooing the rector with love potion casseroles. At every turn, including when a brooding Irish cousin decides to move in, Father Tim must decide whether he will practice what he preaches.
Fans of the series say they long to buy real estate in Mitford, just so they can live next door to these funny and endearing characters and feel the embrace of such a loving community. But what author Jan Karon probably knows, and many readers are starting to figure out, is that the integrity and solid Christian values that these characters possess can be found in just about every neighborhood, and with inspiration like this book, anyone can build their own Mitford community. --Gail Hudson [via]
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Making Whiteness: The Culture of Segregation in the South, 1890-1940by Grace Elizabeth HaleISBN 0679776206 (0-679-77620-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Marchby E.L. DoctorowISBN 0812976150 (0-8129-7615-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The March'Book summary:As the Civil War was moving toward its inevitable conclusion, General William Tecumseh Sherman marched 60,000 Union troops through Georgia and the Carolinas, leaving a 60-mile-wide trail of death, destruction, looting, thievery and chaos. In The March, E.L. Doctorow has put his unique stamp on these events by staying close to historical fact, naming real people and places and then imagining the rest, as he did in Ragtime.
Recently, the Civil War has been the subject of novels by Howard Bahr, Michael Shaara, Charles Frazier, and Robert Hicks, to name a few. Its perennial appeal is due not only to the fact that it was fought on our own soil, but also that it captures perfectly our long-time and ongoing ambivalence about race. Doctorow examines this question extensively, chronicling the dislocation of both southern whites and Negroes as Sherman burned and destroyed all that they had ever known. Sherman is a well-drawn character, pictured as a crazy tactical genius pitted against his West Point counterparts. Doctorow creates a context for the march: "The brutal romance of war was still possible in the taking of spoils. Each town the army overran was a prize... There was something undeniably classical about it, for how else did the armies of Greece and Rome supply themselves?"
The characters depicted on the march are those people high and low, white and black, whose lives are forever changed by war: Pearl, the newly free daughter of a white plantation owner and one of his slaves, Colonel Sartorius, a competent, remote, almost robotic surgeon; several officers, both Union and Confederate; two soldiers, Arly and Will, who provide comic relief in the manner of Shakespeare's fools until, suddenly, their roles are not funny anymore.
Doctorow has captured the madness of war in his description of the condition of a dispossessed Southern white woman: "What was clear at this moment was that Mattie Jameson's mental state befitted the situation in which she found herself. The world at war had risen to her affliction and made it indistinguishable." And later, " This was not war as adventure, nor war for a solemn cause, it was war at its purest, a mindless mass rage severed from any cause, ideal, or moral principle."
As we have come to expect, Doctorow puts the reader in the picture; never more so than in recalling "The March" and letting us see it as a cautionary tale for our times. --Valerie Ryan [via]
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The Memory of Old Jackby Wendell BerryISBN 0816162107 (0-8161-6210-7)
Hardcover, G. K. Hall
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The New South 1945-1980by Numan V. BartleyISBN 0807121223 (0-8071-2122-3)
Softcover, Louisiana State Univ Pr
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New South Creedby Paul M. GastonISBN 0807102563 (0-8071-0256-3)
Softcover, Louisiana State Univ Pr
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Novels 1930-1935by William Faulkner, Joseph BlotnerISBN 0940450267 (0-940450-26-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Novels 1930-1935'Book summary:Between 1930 and 1935, William Faulkner came into full possession of the genius and creativity that made him America's greatest writer of the twentieth century. "As I Lay Dying" is a dark comedy, full of horror and compassion, of a rural Mississippi family bearing the corpse of their matriarch to burial in town. "Sanctuary," a violent novel of sex and social class that moves from Mississippi back roads to the flesh-pots of Memphis, features a sadistic gangster named Popeye and a debutante with an affinity for evil. "Light in August," a near-religious vision of the hopeful stubbornness of ordinary life, is perhaps Faulkner's most moving work. "Pylon," a tale of barnstorming aviators, examines the bonds of loyalty and desire among three men and a woman. All are presented in restored texts as part of The Library of America's new, authoritative edition of Faulker's complete works. [via]
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The Orchard Keeperby Cormac McCarthyISBN 0679728724 (0-679-72872-4)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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Peachtree Roadby Anne Rivers SiddonsISBN 081617413X (0-8161-7413-X)
Softcover, G K Hall & Co
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The Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante-Bellum Southby Kenneth Milton StamppISBN 0679723072 (0-679-72307-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Plain Folk and Gentry in a Slave Society: White Liberty and Black Slavery in Augusta's Hinterlandsby J. William HarrisISBN 0807122653 (0-8071-2265-3)
Softcover, Louisiana State Univ Pr
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The Politics of Whiteness: Race, Workers, and Culture in the Modern Southby Michelle BrattainISBN 0820326046 (0-8203-2604-6)
Softcover, Univ of Georgia Pr
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Pouce Deleon: An Intimate Portrait of Atlanta's Most Famous Avenueby George MitchellISBN 0915063018 (0-915063-01-8)
Softcover, Argonne Books
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Pudd'Nhead Wilsonby Mark Twain, F. M. Senior, C. H. Warren, Ron PowersISBN 0812966228 (0-8129-6622-8)
Softcover, Modern Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pudd'Nhead Wilson'Book summary:Featuring the brilliantly drawn Roxanna, a mulatto slave who suffers dire consequences after switching her infant son with her masters baby, and the clever Puddnhead Wilson, an ostracized small-town lawyer, Twains darkly comic masterpiece is a provocative exploration of slavery and miscegenation. Leslie A. Fiedler described the novel as half melodramatic detective story, half bleak tragedy, noting that morally, it is one of the most honest books in our literature. Those Extraordinary Twins, the slapstick story that evolved into Puddnhead Wilson, provides a fascinating view of the authors process.
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Redefining Southern Culture: Mind and Identity in the Modern Southby Cobb, James C. (James Charles)ISBN 0820321397 (0-8203-2139-7)
Softcover, Univ of Georgia Pr
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The Reiversby William FaulknerISBN 0679741925 (0-679-74192-5)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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Rootsby Alex HaleyISBN 0808511033 (0-8085-1103-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Roots'Book summary:From Publishers Weekly: Starred Review. It's hard to believe that it has been 30 years since Alex Haley's groundbreaking historical novel (based on his own family's history) was first published and became a worldwide phenomenon. Millions have read the story of the young African boy named Kunte Kinte, who in the late 1700s was kidnapped from his homeland and brought to the United States as a slave. Haley follows Kunte Kinte's family line over the next seven generations, creating a moving historical novel spanning 200 years..... Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. [via]
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Sarahby J. T. LeroyISBN 0747549281 (0-7475-4928-1)
Softcover, Bloomsbury Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sarah'Book summary:Cherry Vanilla, twelve years old with a penchant for short leather skirts and make-up, has one ambition: to become the most famous 'lot lizard', or truck stop whore, in the business. With his blonde curls and naked ambition he is determined to be more woman than most and to match his idol, rival and mother, Sarah - also working the lot. Cherry is recruited by Glad - the most sophisticated pimp there is. Glad dresses his boys in the finest silk from China, feeds them gourmet food and teaches them to tell what a trucker wants by the look in his eye. It is only when Sarah leaves Glad's protection that he discovers just how perilous his chosen profession can be. [via]
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The Second Comingby Walker PercyISBN 0804105421 (0-8041-0542-1)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountryby Philip D. MorganISBN 0807847178 (0-8078-4717-8)
Softcover, Univ of North Carolina Pr
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Hardcover, Univ of North Carolina Pr - Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry: ISBN 0807847178 (0-8078-4717-8)
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Slaves in the Familyby Edward BallISBN 0783886284 (0-7838-8628-4)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Song Of Solomonby Toni MorrisonISBN 140003342X (1-4000-3342-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Song Of Solomon'Book summary:Milkman Dead was born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain attempt at flight. For the rest of his life he, too, will be trying to fly. With this brilliantly imagined novel, Toni Morrison transfigures the coming-of-age story as audaciously as Saul Bellow or Gabriel García Márquez. As she follows Milkman from his rustbelt city to the place of his family's origins, Morrison introduces an entire cast of strivers and seeresses, liars and assassins, the inhabitants of a fully realized black world. [via]
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Sounderby William Armstrong, James BarkleyISBN 078627915X (0-7862-7915-X)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sounder'Book summary:Sounder is no beauty. But as a coon dog, this loyal mongrel with his cavernous bark is unmatched. When the African American sharecropper who has raised Sounder from a pup is hauled off to jail for stealing a hog, his family must suffer their humiliation and crushing loss with no recourse. To make matters worse, in the fracas, Sounder is shot and disappears. The eventual return of a tattered and emaciated Sounder doesn't change the fact that the sharecropper's oldest son is forced to take on man's work to help support the family. His transition to adulthood is paved by the rocks and taunts hurled at him by convicts and guards as he searches for his father. But along this rough road he ultimately finds salvation as well.
William H. Armstrong's Newbery Award-winning novel quickly became a classic as a moving portrayal of resilience and hope in the face of profound human tragedy. Decades later, the bittersweet story still rings true, as strong-spirited individuals continue to battle the evil of prejudice. (Ages 9 to 12) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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South Carolina: The Wpa Guide to the Palmetto Stateby Walter EdgarISBN 0872496031 (0-87249-603-1)
Softcover, Univ of South Carolina Pr
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Southern Cross: The Beginnings of the Bible Beltby Christine Leigh HeyrmanISBN 080784716X (0-8078-4716-X)
Softcover, Univ of North Carolina Pr
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The Southern Lady: From Pedestal to Politics, 1830-1930by Anne Firor ScottISBN 0813916445 (0-8139-1644-5)
Softcover, Univ of Virginia Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Southern Lady: From Pedestal to Politics, 1830-1930'Book summary:The variety and fevor of comment that greeted Anne Scott's The Southern Lady in 1970 can now be seen as a foreshadowing for its lasting impact. In her wide-ranging new Afterword to this edition of a work not infrequently called a classic, the noted historian describes the way it came to be written, asks what she would do differently now, and suggests areas for further exploration.
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The Southern Woman : New and Selected Fictionby Elizabeth SpencerISBN 0679642188 (0-679-64218-8)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Sulaby Toni MorrisonISBN 0786246537 (0-7862-4653-7)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sula'Book summary:Toni Morrison's highly acclaimed novel Sula is as gripping on audiotape as it is on paper. The Nobel Prize-winning writer narrates the unabridged version of the book in a rich, soothing voice that mesmerizes listeners with its relaxed and methodical cadence. Sula revolves around the relationship between two little girls growing up in a poor, black neighbourhood nestled high in the hilltops. "The Bottom", as the barrio came to be known, is brimming with eccentric residents but sadly deprived of human warmth (the town actually takes pride in celebrating National Suicide Day). However, out of this bitter, abrasive environment grows a beautiful friendship between Sula and Nel. Their shared secrets and dreams blossom through childhood, but their special bond suffers after the two separate. Sula leaves the Bottom to conquer the unknown cities of America, while Nel becomes a homebody, settling down as a wife and mother. When Sula returns to her hometown, she feels like a stranger; she repels everyone, even the only true friend she ever knew. Morrison's vocal range evokes an extraordinary atmosphere of survival in a harsh and unforgiving world. [via]
Summer of My German Soldierby Bette GreeneISBN 0786273615 (0-7862-7361-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Summer of My German Soldier'Book summary:The summer that Patty Bergen turns 12 is a summer that will change her life forever. During World War II, her small Arkansas town becomes the site of a prison camp housing German prisoners. Patty, who feels rejected, unappreciated, and unloved by her parents, meets an escaped German prisoner named Anton. In Anton, the lonely Jewish girl finds someone who can appreciate her in a way she feels her family never will. Patriotic feelings run high, and Patty risks losing everything -- her family, friends, even her freedom -- for this dangerous friendship. This novel, by Newbery winner Bette Greene, is considered by many to be a modern children's classic. [via]
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These High, Green Hillsby Jan KaronISBN 0745933882 (0-7459-3388-2)
Hardcover, Lion Hudson plc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'These High, Green Hills'Book summary:The village of Mitford is soothing tonic for a readership that feels starved for community and yearns for clear morals. The recently married Father Tim and his plain-folk neighbors live the best of Christianity in everyday life. Even the rampant gossip in Mitford is the good kind: folks worrying about other folks and everyone minding one another's business out of concern rather than malice. As a result, no one faces a crisis alone. Often the crises are cause for a belly laugh, such as the rectory's new computer system that seems programmed to torment. But just as often the crises have the bite of real-life problems, such as the bloody young girl in shredded clothes, whom Father Tim finds after she was beaten by her drunken father, and the soul-wrenching despair Father Tim feels when he loses a surrogate mother. The heavily quoted scripture gives a day-to-day context for biblical teachings as well as spiritual solace during the sadder days at Mitford. --Gail Hudson [via]
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The Transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790by Rhys L. IsaacISBN 080784814X (0-8078-4814-X)
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Trashby Dorothy AllisonISBN 0932379516 (0-932379-51-6)
Softcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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Whistling Dixie: Dispatches from the Southby John Shelton ReedISBN 0826207588 (0-8262-0758-8)
Hardcover, Univ of Missouri Pr
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The William Faulknerby William Faulkner, Noel Polk, Joseph BlotnerISBN 0940450550 (0-940450-55-0)
Hardcover, Library of America
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The Woods Stretched for Miles: New Nature Writing from the Southby Gerald ThurmondISBN 0820320889 (0-8203-2088-9)
Softcover, Univ of Georgia Pr
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The Woods Stretched for Miles: New Nature Writing from the Southby John Lane, Gerald ThurmondISBN 0820320870 (0-8203-2087-0)
Hardcover, Univ of Georgia Pr
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