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- From Azaleas to Zydeco: My 4,600-Mile Journey through the South
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: University of Arkansas Press
summary
Inspired by a 1937 map and travelogue of a newspaperman’s tour, author Mark W. Nichols embarked on his own long journey into the unique cities of the South. En route he met beekeepers, cheese makers, crawfish “bawlers,” duck callers, and a licensed alligator hunter, as well as entrepreneurs and governors. His keen observations encompass the southern states from Virginia to Arkansas and points south, and he unpacks the unique qualities of every city he visits. “It’s easy to say that getting to meet so many interesting and wonderful people was the best part of the journey--because it’s true,” Nichols writes. “I know there are friendly people everywhere, but southern friendliness is different.” His story embraces a wealth of southern charm from local characters, folklore, and customs to food, music, and dancing. Besides being just plain fun to read, Nichols’s account of his journey gives readers a true taste of the flavor of the evolving modern South.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. 1-6
- Table of Contents
- pp. 7-10
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 11-13
- Introduction
- pp. 14-21
- The Third Battle of Manassas
- pp. 22-26
- Polo Place
- pp. 27-32
- Travel Notes: What’s a Cavalier?
- pp. 33-34
- All Come to Look for America
- pp. 39-43
- Travel Notes: What’s a Tar Heel?
- pp. 44-46
- Dobbies and Pout Houses
- pp. 47-49
- The Research Triangle
- pp. 50-55
- Sustainability in Greensboro
- pp. 56-62
- Trains, Furniture, and Krispy Kreme
- pp. 63-66
- Towel Town No More
- pp. 67-70
- Sister City
- pp. 71-74
- They Glue Lug Nuts on Wheels
- pp. 75-82
- Ella May’s Ghost
- pp. 83-88
- America’s First Civil War Battle
- pp. 89-93
- Hub-Bub in the Hub City
- pp. 94-98
- Downtown New South
- pp. 99-103
- Jerusalem Artichokes and Robert Kennedy
- pp. 104-107
- The Mountains
- pp. 108-111
- The Smoky Mountains
- pp. 121-126
- Good Old Rocky Top
- pp. 127-133
- Norris, the Planned Community
- pp. 134-138
- Hard-bitten Land
- pp. 139-145
- Chattanooga Rebound
- pp. 146-151
- A Civil Misunderstanding
- pp. 152-154
- Alabama Retail
- pp. 155-160
- Alabama Wholesale
- pp. 161-167
- Driving the Natchez Trace Parkway
- pp. 168-171
- Nashville Hootenanny
- pp. 172-180
- Mississippi Embayment
- Travel Notes: What’s a Julep?
- pp. 183-185
- Day Trip to Arkansas
- pp. 186-194
- The Delta in Mississippi
- pp. 195-200
- Cosmopolitan Helena
- pp. 201-207
- Duck Gumbo
- pp. 208-215
- Meeting the Governor
- pp. 216-220
- Water, Water Everywhere
- pp. 221-226
- I’m Only 75
- pp. 227-229
- Nitta Yuma
- pp. 230-233
- A Coffee Shop in Vicksburg
- pp. 234-238
- Mississippi Praying
- pp. 239-246
- Wide Spot on Highway 28
- pp. 247-249
- Not a Soul in Sight
- p. 250
- The Rose Lady Comes to Camellia Land
- pp. 251-253
- The Salon at Ravennaside
- pp. 254-257
- McDonald’s Comes to St. Francisville
- pp. 258-262
- Crossing the River by Ferryboat
- pp. 263-265
- On to Opelousas
- pp. 272-276
- Cajun vs. Coon Ass
- pp. 278-279
- Zydeco Dancing
- pp. 280-283
- The Road to New Orleans
- pp. 291-294
- Once the Levees Break
- pp. 295-302
- Mississippi Gulf Coast
- pp. 303-308
- Travel Notes: Beauvoir
- pp. 309-311
- Hank, Biscuits, and Green Roofs
- pp. 315-324
- Forty Miles to Tuskegee
- pp. 325-329
- Fender Bender in Birmingham
- pp. 330-333
- Travel Notes: Iced or Hot? Sweet or Un?
- pp. 334-336
- Metropolitan Atlanta
- pp. 337-342
- Traveling South Georgia
- pp. 343-349
- Happy Animals. Good Cheese.
- pp. 350-354
- Tallahassee
- pp. 355-359
- Cracker from Kissimmee
- pp. 364-367
- The First Coast
- pp. 368-370
- Stuck in South Georgia
- pp. 371-377
- Travel Notes: Georgilina
- pp. 385-387
- Coastalitis
- pp. 388-394
- Carolina Gold
- pp. 395-397
- Flatland to Fall Line
- pp. 398-403
- Epilogue: June 2013
- pp. 404-405
- Notes on Sources
- pp. 406-408
- Songs from the Journey
- pp. 433-436
- About the Author
- p. 446
Additional Information
ISBN
9781935106661
Related ISBN(s)
9781935106654
MARC Record
OCLC
878148866
Pages
446
Launched on MUSE
2014-05-11
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2013