James E. Goodman
To white Southerners, it was "a heinous and unspeakable crime" that flouted a... Stories of Scottsboro "A rich and compelling narrative, as taut and suspenseful as good fiction. In places, Stories of Scottsboro is almost heartbreaking, not [... more]
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Trouble in Mind: Black Southerners in the Age of Jim Crow
 From Amazon.com: The name of the era, "Jim Crow," was somehow derived from an old minstrel song, but there was nothing frivolous about the laws and traditions used to keep blacks from participating in society in the post-Reconstruction South. [... more]
CDN$24.95
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Sam C. Rawls
The Complete How to Speak Southern The laugh sensation that swept the nation, , is now collected in one complete-and completely hilarious-volume. Embraced by Southerners everywhere and dedicated to all Yankees in the hope that it will teach them ... [... more]
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Signet Classics Up From Slavery
From Amazon.com: Nineteenth-century African American businessman, activist, and educator Booker Taliaferro Washington's Up from Slavery is one of the greatest American autobiographies ever written. Its mantras of black economic empowerment, land [... more]
CDN$6.99
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Jacobs Ladder
worth reading and rereading: I picked up this book by chance at a secondhand bookstore, and found it an extremely satisfying reading experience. There are books that you read that are merely good, and books from the first page that are great in [... more]
CDN$15.05
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Lee
The Summit of American military biography...: Douglas Southall Freeman's multivolume "R.E. Lee" may have been published nearly three-quarters of a century ago, but this abridged version remains the best single biography ever written about the [... more]
CDN$26.00
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Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves & the Making ...
great read: Ours is an age when we worry about consumer debt (and consumer confidence), terrorists, and an energy crisis. In other words, when we feel our society a little wobbly it is great to read Woody Holton's book and find similar concerns in pre- [... more]
CDN$27.50
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The Hard Hand of War: Union Military Policy toward ...
Hard Hand of War: The thesis of this study of Union military policy toward Southern civilians during the Civil War boils down to "it wasn't all that bad, and here's why." Grimsley sets out to study what the combination of severity (for example, [... more]
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There Goes My Everything: White Southerners in the Age ...
Author: Jason Sokol Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 305.80097509045 EAN: 9780307275509 Edition: Reprint ISBN: 0307275507 Number Of Pages: 464 Publication Date: 2007-08-14 Release Date: 2007-08-14 [... more]
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There Goes My Everything: White Southerners in the Age ...
Author: Jason Sokol Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 305.8009750904 EAN: 9780307263568 ISBN: 0307263568 Number Of Pages: 448 Publication Date: 2006-08-22 Release Date: 2006-08-22 [... more]
CDN$36.95
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Carryin' On: and Other Strange Things Southerners Do
Author: R. Scott Brunner Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 920 EAN: 9780812992533 ISBN: 0812992539 Number Of Pages: 176 Publication Date: 2001-05-08 Release Date: 2001-05-08 [... more]
CDN$22.00
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Black Southerners in Gray: Essays on Afro-Americans in ...
Very educational: Currently the Political Correctness crowd has tried to place a "moral spin" on the Civil War, wanting us to believe, the purpose of the War was to "Free the slaves". It should not seem hard to believe that Black [... more]
CDN$23.95
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