A Place Called Mississippi

A Place Called Mississippi: Collected Narratives is a 1997 non-fiction book edited by Marion Barnwell and published by the University Press of Mississippi. It is a collection of text documents about the State of Mississippi.

There are six sections: "Forebears," "Terrains and Travelers," "Conflict," "Social Fabric," "Body and Soul," and "Lives and Legends."^[1] The first section, second, and third sections are historical, travel, and historical texts.^[2] The next two sections have cultural texts, and the final one have texts about figures in Mississippi literature.^[1]

Works include Works Progress Administration research done in the 1930s and previously unpublished works.^[1]

Reception

William R. Glass of the Mississippi University for Women praised the book.^[2]

References

Glass, William R. (Winter 1999). "Barnwell, Marion, ed. "A Place Called Mississippi: Collected Narratives" (Book Review)". Southern Quarterly. 37 (2). Hattiesburg, Mississippi: 184.

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Morrisey, Larry (1999). "A Place Called Mississippi". Southern Folklore. 56 (1): 108–110. - Available on EBSCOHost.
^ ^a ^b Glass, p. 185.

External links

A Place Called Mississippi - University Press of Mississippi

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[Morissey-1] Morrisey, Larry (1999). "A Place Called Mississippi". Southern Folklore. 56 (1): 108–110. - Available on EBSCOHost.

[Glassp185-2] Glass, p. 185.

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