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Uncle Tom's Cabin Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe This unforgettable novel tells the story of Tom, a devoutly Christian slave who chooses not to escape bondage for fear of embarrassing his master. However, he is soon sold to a slave trader and sent … OL152161W
William Faulkner William Faulkner Frederick John Hoffman,Frederick J. Hoffman,Hoffman A study of Faulkner's fiction, his approach to his characters, his uses of them, and their role in the general strategy of his fiction. OL15425473W
Walking the trail Walking the trail Jerry Ellis "One fall morning Jerry Ellis donned a backpack and began a long, lonely walk: retracing the Cherokee Trail of Tears, the nine hundred miles his ancestors had walked in 1838. The trail was the agoniz… OL15845810W
Southerners on film Southerners on film Andrew B. Leiter "This collection of 15 essays examines the problem of Southern identity in film since the civil rights era. Fresh insights are provided on familiar topics, such as the redneck image, transitions to m… OL16167317W
Violet's hidden doubts Violet's hidden doubts Martha Finley,Mission City Press Meet Violet Travilla, the daughter of Elsie Dinsmore. Violet is a fourteen-year-old Christian girl growing up in the late 1800's. Today's readers will find it easy to identify with Violet's growing f… OL1797542W
Communities in economic crisis Communities in economic crisis Barbara E. Smith,John Gaventa xiii, 301 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm OL18260990W
Testimony Testimony Arthur C. Danto,Kinshasha Conwill . "For the past two decades, African-American vernacular art of the South - noted for its powerful imagery and colorful palette - has attracted growing art-world interest. This book and its accompanyi… OL18487108W
Unbroken Circle Unbroken Circle Jeff Mann,Chris Offutt,Meredith Sue Willis,Charles Dodd White,Laura Argiri,Robbin Lippincott et. al,Okey Napier 191 pages ; 23 cm OL20194053W
Interpreting American History Interpreting American History John David Smith xi, 243 pages ; 22 cm OL20234488W
John Lewis and Desegregation John Lewis and Desegregation Gerry Boehme 64 pages : 24 cm OL20251814W
Passing for White Passing for White Tanya Landman 103 pages : 20 cm OL21151073W
Loose Ends Loose Ends Rico Renzi,Chris Brunner,Jason Latour 1 volume (unpaged) : 26 cm OL21300855W
Sweet Tea Sweet Tea E. Patrick Johnson,Jane M. Saks This book is the stage version of E. Patrick Johnson’s Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South—An Oral History, a groundbreaking text for the fields of Black studies, queer studies, and southern oral h… OL24583725W
Paris Trout Paris Trout Pete Dexter Paris Trout is a 1988 American novel written by Pete Dexter. It was the winner of the National Book Award for Fiction. OL261852W
The Southeastern Indians The Southeastern Indians Charles M. Hudson History concerning the following American Indian tribes: Timucuan, Apalachee, Guale, Natchez, Houma, Chitimacha, Cherokee, Seminole, Catawba, Chickasaw, Caddo, Choctaw, Upper Creek, Alabama, Koasatis… OL3277594W
With a Whoop and a Holler With a Whoop and a Holler Nancy Van Laan A collection of tales, rhymes, riddles, superstitions, and sayings organized around the three distinct regions of the South: the Bayou, the Deep South, and Appalachia. OL42604W
American Negro slavery American Negro slavery Ulrich Bonnell Phillips Reprint of the 1918 Appleton edition OL5602094W
At the hands of persons unknown At the hands of persons unknown Philip Dray It is easy to shrink from our country's brutal history of lynching. Lynching is called the last great skeleton in our nation's closet: It terrorized all of black America, claimed thousands upon thous… OL5731370W
The one-eyed man The one-eyed man King, Larry L. xxi, 309 p. ; 21 cm OL61421W
The punished self The punished self Alex Bontemps "The Punished Self describes enslavement in the American South during the eighteenth century as a systematic assault on blacks' sense of self. Alex Bontemps explores slavery's effects on the captives… OL7307234W
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