Displaying 1 of 1 2022 Format: Book Author: Perry, Imani, 1972- author. Title: South to America : a journey below the Mason-Dixon to understand the soul of a nation / Imani Perry. Edition: First edition. Publisher, Date: New York, NY : ECCO, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [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"-- Provided by publisher. Notes: Includes index. National Book Award winner, 2022. Subjects: Perry, Imani, 1972- -- Travel -- Southern States. HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) Southern States -- Description and travel. Southern States -- Social life and customs -- 21st century. Southern States -- Race relations. Genre: Travel writing. Contents: Origin Stories. An Errand into Wilderness: Appalachia ; Mother Country: Virginia ; Animated Roulette: Louisville ; Mary's Land: Annapolis and the Caves ; Ironic Capital: Washington, DC -- 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 -- 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. LCCN: 2021047476 ISBN: 9780062977403 0062977407 System Availability: 5 Current Holds: 0 Control Number: 1420799 Other Number: 1272882853 # System items in: 5 Place A Hold Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Find It Map It Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
