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Perry, Imani, 1972- author.

South to America : a journey below the Mason-Dixon to understand the soul of a nation / Imani Perry.

First edition.

New York, NY : ECCO, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]

xix, 410 pages ; 24 cm

"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.

Includes index.

National Book Award winner, 2022.

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.

Travel writing.

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.

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