Filled with serendipitous connections and contrasts, this volume of Mississippiana covers four hundred years. It begins with a selection from -A Gentleman from Elvas, - written in 1541, and ends with an essay the novelist Ellen Douglas wrote in 1996 on the occasion of the Atlanta Olympic games. In between is a chronology of some one hundred nonfictional narratives that portray the distinctiveness of life in Mississippi. Most are reprinted, but some are published here for the first time.
Each section of this anthology reveals an aspect of Mississippi's past or present.
Here are...
Filled with serendipitous connections and contrasts, this volume of Mississippiana covers four hundred years. It begins with a selection from -A Ge...
Conservationist Fannye Cook (1889-1964) was the most widely known scientist in Mississippi and was nationally known as the go-to person for biological information or wildlife specimens from the state. This biography celebrates the environmentalist instrumental in the creation of the Mississippi Game and Fish Commission and the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science.
Conservationist Fannye Cook (1889-1964) was the most widely known scientist in Mississippi and was nationally known as the go-to person for biological...