Mississippi: An American Journey - Paperback

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Mississippi: An American Journey - Paperback

Name: Mississippi: An American Journey - Paperback
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SKU: 9780679777410
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by Anthony Walton

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by Anthony Walton (Author)

To most Americans, Mississippi is not a state but a scar, the place where segregation took its ugliest form and struck most savagely at its challengers. But to many Americans, Mississippi is also home. And it is this paradox, with all its overtones of history and heartache, that Anthony Walton--whose parents escaped Mississippi for the relative civility of the Midwest--explores in this resonant and disquieting work of travel writing, history, and memoir.

Traveling from the Natchez Trace to the yawning cotton fields of the Delta and from plantation houses to air-conditioned shopping malls, Walton challenged us to see Mississippi's memories of comfort alongside its legacies of slavery and the Klan. He weaves in the stories of his family, as well as those of patricians and sharecroppers, redneck demagogues and martyred civil rights workers, novelists and bluesmen, black and white. Mississippi is a national saga in brilliant microcosm, splendidly written and profoundly moving.

Author Biography

Anthony Walton studied at Notre Dame and Brown University and currently lives in Brunswick, Maine.

Number of Pages: 288

Dimensions: 0.61 x 8.02 x 5.25 IN

Publication Date: January 28, 1997

ISBN	9780679777410
Author	Anthony Walton
Publisher	Vintage
Genre	History, Education, and Travel
Format	Paperback
Published	January 1997
Language	ENG- English
Pages	288
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print