Displaying 1 of 1 2022 Title: South to America : a journey below the Mason-Dixon to understand the soul of a nation Author: Perry, Imani, 1972- author. Edition: First edition. Format: Book Publisher, Date: New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] ©2022 Description: xix, 410 pages ; 24 cm Summary: "An essential, surprising journey through the history, rituals, and landscapes of the American South--and a revelatory argument for why you must understand the South in order to understand America"--Dust jacket flap. Subjects: Perry, Imani, 1972- -- Travel -- Southern States. Southern States -- Description and travel. Southern States -- Social life and customs -- 21st century. Southern States -- Race relations. Palatine (Ill.) -- BIPOC author. Palatine (Ill.) -- BIPOC subject. Palatine (Ill.) -- Own voices. Contents: I. Origin stories. An errand into wilderness: Appalachia ; Mother country: Virginia ; Animated roulette: Louisville ; Mary's land: Annapolis and the caves ; Ironic capital: Washington, DC -- II. The solidified South. The clearing: Upper Alabama ; Tobacco Road in the Bible Belt: North Carolina ; King of the South: Atlanta ; More than a memorial: Birmingham ; Pearls before swine: Princeton to Nashville ; When Beale Street talks: Memphis ; Soul of the South: The Black Belt -- III. Water people. Home of the flying Africans: The Low Country ; Pistoles and Flamboyán: Florida ; Immobile women: Mobile ; Magnolia graves and Easter lilies: New Orleans ; Paraíso: The Bahamas and Havana. ISBN 9780062977403 Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Find It Map It Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
