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London Booksellers and American Customers: Transatlantic Literary Community and the Charleston Library Society, 1748-1811
The Insolent Slave (Studies in Rhetoric/Communication)
The Abandoned Ocean: A History of United States Maritime Policy (Studies in Maritime History)
An Early and Strong Sympathy: The Indian Writings of William Gilmore Simms
Cultivating a New South: Abbie Holmes Christensen and the Politics of Race and Gender, 1852-1938
The Great Cooper River Bridge
In the Great Maelstrom: Conservatives in Post-Civil War South Carolina
Cultural Values in the Southern Sporting Narrative
Echoes from a Distant Frontier: The Brown Sisters' Correspondence from Antebellum Florida (Women's Diaries & Letters of the South S.)
This Remote Part of the World: Regional Formation in Lower Cape Fear, North Carolina, 1725-1775 (The Carolina Lowcountry & Atlantic World)
Rhetoric of the Chinese Cultural Revolution: The Impact on Chinese Thought, Culture, and Communication (Studies in Rhetoric/Communication)
Gandhinagar: Building National Identity in Postcolonial India
The Final Victims: Foreign Slave Trade to North America, 1783-1810
Grander in Her Daughters: Florida's Women During the Civil War
The South Carolina Rice Plantation as Revealed in the Papers of Robert F.W. Allston (Southern Classics S.)
Classics of Strategy and Counsel: The Collected Translations of Thomas Cleary: v. 1
Classics of Strategy and Counsel: The Collected Translations of Thomas Cleary: v. 2
The World of Chief Seattle: How Can One Sell the Air?
The Roots of the Iroquois
Keeping Heart on Pine Ridge: Family Ties, Warrior Culture, Commodity Foods, Rez Dogs and the Sacred
We Interrupt This Broadcast...: Actual Broadcasts of the Events That Stopped Our Lives

Mama Makes Up Her Mind: And Other Dangers of Southern Living

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Bailey White's Distinctive Voice
Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Other Dangers of Southern Living
Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Other Dangers of Southern Living
Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Other Dangers of Southern Living
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Mama Makes Up Her Mind: And Other Dangers of Southern Living
Bailey White
Manufacturer: Vintage
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ASIN: 0679751602
Release Date: 1994-04-12

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In this national bestseller, Bailey White--whose accounts of Southern eccentricity have enchanted millions of listeners to National Public Radio--offers a humorous, touching, story-filled memoir of her home in south Georgia.

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Bailey White's Distinctive Voice.......2006-08-15

Whenever I (re)read stories from this book, I can hear Bailey White telling them as she used to on NPR. Quirky, yes, but she and her mama and their various cousins, siblings, aunts, uncles, ancestors, and neighbors are genuinely southern, from their never-ending tales that wander around among peoples' various marriages, children, inlaws, deaths, and relationships--sometimes getting to the point--to their calm acceptance of the eccentric and even the nearly unbelievable. My own mother came from a different part of the South (Mississippi), but there is something in that voice, be it Georgia-, North Carolina-, or Mississipi-accented (and they are all different) that sets it apart from other American storytellers and that rings true to those of us who grew up in the South or with southern parents.

Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Other Dangers of Southern Living.......2005-10-17

The Book `Mama Makes up Her Mind and Other Dangers of Southern Living' is a collection of memoirs of meaningful or funny times in the author, Bailey White's, life. Each mini-story inside this book is approximately 2-7 pages long. There are about 55 mini-stories in this book.
This story tells you about the adventures of Bailey White's exciting childhood. By the end of the book, I ended up wondering how that many interesting things can happen to one person in one lifetime. It is amazing how she describes her surroundings of the past so well.
What I disliked about this book is that as soon as you start to get into one of the stories, it ends. The stories are so short and they seem to be scattered rather randomly in the book. They also don't have much of a point to them, being true stories.
What I liked about this book is how well she tells the stories as if they happened just yesterday. In some of the stories, she can just take you to the place where the story is happening. In others, she cannot. Compared to many others, Bailey White had a very interesting life growing up.
Overall, I wouldn't rate his book very high on the scale. Unless you like short stories more than novels, when you go to the bookstore looking for books, I wouldn't even waste a second looking at this book.

Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Other Dangers of Southern Living.......2005-10-17

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The Mind of the Master Class: History and Faith in the Southern Slaveholders' Worldview

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An intellectual history of the psychology of American slaveholders and slavery supporters in the antebellum South

The Mind of the Master Class: History and Faith in the Southern Slaveholders' Worldview
Elizabeth Fox-Genovese , and Eugene D. Genovese
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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Presenting many slaveholders as intelligent, honorable and pious men and women, this study asks how people who were admirable in so many ways could have presided over a social system that inflicted gross abuse on slaves. The South had formidable proslavery intellectuals who participated fully in transatlantic debates and boldly challenged an ascendant capitalist ("free-labor") society. Blending classical and Christian traditions, they forged a moral and political philosophy designed to sustain conservative principles in history, political economy, social theory, and theology, while translating them into political action.

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An intellectual history of the psychology of American slaveholders and slavery supporters in the antebellum South.......2005-12-05

Humanities professor Elizabeth Fox-Genovese and retired history professor Eugene D. Genovese combine their talents in The Mind Of The Master Class, an intellectual history of the psychology of American slaveholders and slavery supporters in the antebellum South. The Mind Of The Master Class is so thoroughly researched, and draws so heavily upon primary sources, that every single page of the main text sports meticulous citations in footnote format. Though The Mind Of The Master Class is a scholarly text, scrutinizing in-depth exactly what made the slaveholding South tick. Why and how was American slavery once so thoroughly justified, defended, and fought for, in spite of its reprehensible violation of human rights - a violation as apparent to abolitionists and others 150 years ago as it is to all of America today? The reasoning and examples given in The Mind Of The Master Class flow very naturally, and will easily draw lay readers into the labyrinthine intrigue of the deceptions the human mind plays on itself. Highly recommended.

Magical Power Of The Saints: Evocation and Candle Rituals

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A worthwhile read
Read it in one day.
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Along the lines of Charms Spells and Formulas

Magical Power Of The Saints: Evocation and Candle Rituals
Ray Malbrough
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ASIN: 1567184561

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Learn how to do powerful, practical magic when you use candles and call on the saints in Reverend Ray T. Malbrough's The Magical Power of the Saints.

This book can be your personal guide to help you call on the saints as your spiritual allies. You will learn how to work with seventy-four different saints through the use of "seven-day vigil candles" (saint candles), prayers, psalms, herbal baths, and more. For example, you would call on Saint Benedict (whose candle color is white and day of the week is Saturday) to help end fevers, heal sick animals and more. You might call on Our Lady of Charity (whose candle color is yellow and day of the week is also Saturday) for protection of the home and family, to bring a new lover, or to obtain better finances. But The Magical Power of the Saints includes much more:

Find out which saint can best help you for any situation, along with that saint's specific day of the week and color of candle

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The Magical Power of the Saints includes over forty-five illustrations of saints to help you in your work. For powerful, practical magic, get The Magical Power of the Saints.

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A worthwhile read.......2007-04-15

I liked this! It seemed to promote the author's church a bit, but other than that, the information was top notch. Some of it seemed aimed toward practitioners of hoodoo or santeria but still contains some interesting info on Saints and prayers. A worthwhile read. I think I liked it best of all of the author's works.

Read it in one day........2006-04-25

I must say I bought his book not really sure. Im interested in christo paganism, christian witches and such so I thought this would be a good book to read to help me build my own spiritual path and closeness with God. I bought this book tonight and I. Im done reading it. Its very interesting..ofcourse I dont really agree on some thoughts (animal sacrifice) I believe that is totally wrong . I dont even want to think about that. But the magick with candles and psalm references and the Saints were GREAT info and I plan on using this in the future.

Very helpful.......2006-01-29

I have found this book to be very helpful in my own life and that of my family. It is dogeared from use. I am very grateful to this author for this book. This works.

Not Bad.......2005-05-24

This is the second book by Malbrough. This is the better of the three available on the market, though it is somewhat new agey like his other books. It seems like the author got started writing a book on working with the saints but either got sidetracked or ran out of information. The first part of the book has pictures of the saints with brief descriptions of them, but many of the commonly used saints are not present. The information given is brief. The second chapter discusses divination appearing throughout the bible. Its not bad. There is a section them on various brand candles. These candles are very common in hoodoo but many of them have nothing to do with the saints. The author presents some commentary on his own initiation as a diviner, and then some reproductions of certficates he obtained. This is part of the reason I think he ran out of information. It might have been that he had a contract for a certain number of pages and used some things as filler, though thats just a guess. In particular the author includes a certificate he earned in "Bucklands Seax Wicca" school. This has NOTHING to do with working the saints and deffinently alludes to the authors new age style. All in all its not a terriblebook for the price but I wouldn't buy it new if used copies are available for sale.

Along the lines of Charms Spells and Formulas.......2005-05-10

This one is about as useful as charms spells and formulas by the same author. The chapter with pictures of the saints is somewhat lacking. The chapter dealing with reading candle glass and types of candles is probably the best in the book. The authors chapter on divination is very lacking. He gives certain p[atterns from Awo Obi and assigns them Haitian Loas, but gives no divinatory meaning for any of them. I guess for the price it's alright, 4 stars because I didn;t feel so cheated paying under ten dollars.

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A Lasting Classic
Exquisite Historical Prose!
Basically, EXCELLENT WORK!!!!
A classic 1940s study of causes and conditions
The Bedrock For Southern Intellectual History

The Mind of the South
W.J. Cash
Manufacturer: Vintage
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ASIN: 0679736476
Release Date: 1991-09-10

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Ever since its publication in 1941, The Mind of the South has been recognized as a path-breaking work of scholarship and as a literary achievement of enormous eloquence and insight in its own right. From its investigation of the Southern class system to its pioneering assessments of the region's legacies of racism, religiosity, and romanticism, W. J. Cash's book defined the way in which millions of readers -- on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line -- would see the South for decades to come. This new, fiftieth-anniversary edition of The Mind of the South includes an incisive analysis of Cash himself and of his crucial place in the history of modern Southern letters.

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A Lasting Classic.......2006-10-05

W. J. Cash is hard to pin down. Liberals, from C. Vann Woodward to Nell Painter, seem to have little use for him. Conservatives, like Donald Davidson and the other Southern agrarians, also had little use for Cash. Yet Cash's book is still in print and being read sixty five years after his suicide. There are reasons for this. First there is the unique Cash style. In his excellent introduction, Bertram Wyatt-Brown advises the reader to imagine Cash as a country lawyer presenting a case in court or perhaps sitting in the town square swapping stories with friends. There is much merit to this advice. Cash's style is often folksy, sometimes sarcastic and, at other times, completely his own as he summons unique and usually spot on phrases to describe aspects of Southern culture. Cash is a product of his time though he does not spend that much time on the Old South and rather focuses his energy on "The Frontier the Yankee Made." But do not think Cash is an old South apologist. He has little use for the hagiographic tradition of the Dunning school or the Nashville circle of Agrarians and his book clearly reflects it.

But Cash is no traditional liberal either. He was a man of his time and place as is shown in his comments on race on gender. Cash clearly feels that continuity was the chief hallmark of the Southern past and shows it again and again, from the planters leading the "man at the center" in the Old South to the lack of success of the labor movement in the 20's and 30's.

Cash's interests as a newspaperman are also reflected in his book. Cash handled book reviews and foreign affairs editorials during his tenure at The Charlotte News. His comments on authors and books remain some of the more interesting and lively parts of his magnum opus. The threat of tyranny, which Cash wrote about in great length in his columns, was on Cash's mind as he wrote the book as can clearly be seen in the last pages.

If somewhat dated, Cash's book remains one of the most interesting and controversial looks at the South. While often critical of his home region, Cash remains very attached to it and its virtues. Above all, Cash believed in the South as a unique and interesting region. In this age of mass communications and moving around the country, Southerners looking to understand their region before its completely submerged into a common culture should look at Cash. For if the South is to survive, it will not be a sense of place, it will be a sense of mind. In an era when we can order the same food, listen to the same music, watch the same television in Asheville, Oak Park, Denver and Trenton, Cash may be more important than ever to Southern survival.

Exquisite Historical Prose!.......2005-12-20

The nature of a people is seldom easy to describe because the attempt is often sabotaged by either the Outsider's incorrect perceptions or the Insider's preconceptions, depending on which is constructing the definition. What we find with W.J. Cash's The Mind of the South is no different, although it is a pleasant journey. Sparkling with some of the most fluid prose ever found in historical writing, Cash's work deserves recognition for this reason alone; yet there is value in the exposition itself, even if it forgets a full two-thirds of the South's population in its description (blacks and women). What the modern reader is left with, then, is not so much a description of the "the southern mind" as it is "the white southern male mind." And while Cash's work does not quite apologize for the many neuroses of that mind, it does attempt to explain the effects it has had on our perception of the American South, with a small dash of glory added for good measure.

First, it is important for us to take into account the wonderful introduction to the work by Bertram Wyatt-Brown. Wyatt-Brown shows that Cash's battle with depression was a salient part in understanding his interpretation of the South, as was his upbringing. Wyatt-Brown seems to agree with my assessment on the Insider/Outsider effect:

"The origins of Cash's interpretation of his culture and region lay not only in the objective fact of Southern intransigence about issues of race and change, but in the very makeup of his mind. Like so many creative depressives, he stood apart from the society around him. Such a position of detachment can provide a special angle of vision that those immersed in society cannot obtain (Cash xxvii)."

Wyatt-Brown, with this statement, makes Cash an outside-Insider, by virtue of his being a manic depressive. He is a southerner, and therefore capable of the same preconceptions of his own people as any southerner; however, according to Wyatt-Brown, by reason of his mental condition, he is elevated away from this status and into a new status altogether, a presumably better one. I would agree with this, if the work itself is to be taken as proof. Cash is capable of wonderful insights into his own culture and society. However - and this is crucial! - we must not gloss over the fact that by omitting women and blacks from his work, Cash loses some credibility. It is here, it seems, that Cash could not escape the Insider mentality.

This work is characterized by one over-arching theme: southern culture, though as elusive in most respects as any other, is penetrated throughout with one defining and collective temperament. In essence, this work is interpretative rather than linear, as it attempts to analyze rather than delineate. This elevates Cash from the traditional historian (in the mold of Clement Eaton) to sociologist or social commentator (in the mold of David Halberstam). That is not to say that Cash does not know his history or pilfers it from others; it seems impossible after reading The Mind of the South for one to imagine Cash using such smooth language while pulling facts from anywhere outside his own mind. The disjointed quality usually apparent in any attempt to fuse sources without an overall voice is thankfully absent. Cash is who we hear while we read, and it is his elucidative brush-strokes that paint the image of the Southerner.

Much is left out of this short review of Cash's work, as brevity is a consideration. A more complex examination of the work would require many more words than I have time for at the moment. But I do feel obligated to at least sum up the trajectory of Cash's masterpiece. The first few chapters lay the groundwork for Cash's southern temperament - individualistic, violent, quasi-aristocratic, provincial, just to name a few - while the remainder of the work displays the evolution of that temperament while it is worked upon by forces both outside it and from within, and its own natural need to adapt. The Yankee plays his part, as does Uncle Tom and the fugitive slave, the southern belle and the Garrison abolitionist, the carpet-bagger and the scalawag, the confederate soldier and the lynch mob, the fire-eater and the bible-thumping revivalist. It is impossible for any society to exist in a vacuum, or as a prehistoric insect preserved in amber. That being said, it is still remarkable that the American south came as close as it did.

Basically, EXCELLENT WORK!!!!.......2005-05-16

Cash ultimately committed suicide because he was torn between (and fell between the stools of) a) critiquing his beloved South, and b) defending his beloved South.

On balance, I think he makes excellent. insightful, and SUPERB points!
At a minimum, he establishes that only Southern men are real men.

(And all the Yankees are tutti-frutti's!)

A classic 1940s study of causes and conditions.......2004-05-27

What makes the South unique as a region has virtually disappeared since this book was researched and written. What Cash describes is what made the South unique to begin with -- its blend of agrarian culture, 18th century British cavalier society, and Scottish individualism. As Cash writes, "the Southern world, you will remember, was basically an extremely uncomplex, unvaried and unchanging one." How the South approached the complexities of the modern era, and dealt with the ideas of industrialization and multiculturalism, is not his focus. Certainly the book should be read in the context of its times (America had yet to enter World War II) and with the realization that much has changed since then. His book is not an apology, nor is he blind to the clash of racial and social issues that the Civil War and subsequent Reconstruction left unresolved, either. The fact that Cash's work has been villified and re-evaluated over many years, even by the reviews here, is an indication that the concepts and issues he described more than sixty years ago are still debated today -- and that is a true picture of the mind of the South in the 21st century.

The Bedrock For Southern Intellectual History.......2002-12-30

For Boomer aged Southerners, there was no formal Southern history. At school you got Yankee cant; at home you got Lost Cause and Jim Crow. That doesn't fit the Chamber of Commerce image of cities too busy to hate, but that was the reality for all but the most miniscule minority of white Southerners. Through public school and college in The South, I never had a word from Southern thinkers with the minor exception of Faulkner - not much of a thinker, but a good describer.
Cash was my introduction to Southern intellectual history, and by the time I found him I was far from the South in both space and time. I can feel Cash in my very bones; a dose of Tom Watson populism, a dose of Mencken's cynicism, and a whole bunch of the self-loathing that a defeated and impoverished people wore like tattered old clothes every day. Some neo-Southerners call Cash a South-hater, but they miss the point; Cash wanted desperately to love The South, but could find little to love except myth. You get much the same with Woodward, though in finer clothes. "Strange Career" is nothing but myth, yet it propelled Woodward to the heights of the Academy. The key to both these books is that they are Yankee approved mythology. The publishing houses are not on Peachtree Street, they are on 5th Avenue. For anyone wishing to begin exploration of Southern thought, Cash, the Nashville Agrarians, and Strange Career are the places to start. If you go no further, you won't know anything about The South, but to go further, you must start here.

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The seminal history of the pre-removal Cherokee Nation
30 years of Cherokee History
A gripping history

Cherokee Renascence in the New Republic
William G. McLoughlin
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The seminal history of the pre-removal Cherokee Nation.......2004-11-13

This is THE seminal history of the Cherokee Nation prior to removal. Written by a professor of religious history at Brown University, it is easy to see how he got swept away from his area of expertise and into the amazingly interesting story of the early years of the Cherokee Nation.

McLoughlin does not romaticize the Cherokee Nation, as many other historians do, but tells a clear story of a complicated time and place. His research is impeccable, and the book is well written. As to the merit of his historical analysis, it is mind-numbingly and brilliantly ground-breaking: the sort of stuff that a historian goes his entire life looking to discover. All that I can say is that this book completely changed the direction of my personal study and when I get a PhD in early American History with a concentration on the Cherokee Nation, it will be entierly due to this book.

I also heartily recomend "Cherokees and Missionairies." McLoughlin also has a very good essay on Samuel Worcester in the book "Massachusetts and the New Nation" which is a major undiscovered gem.

30 years of Cherokee History.......2003-10-08

From 1794 until 1834 the Cherokee Nation underwent a change unlike any civilization in the world, past, present or future. It is this time period on which the book focuses. The author covers the years before and after his "Cherokee Renascence" in the first and final chapter.

When people write the history of the Cherokee in Georgia it is understandable that they concentrate on the years leading up to the "Trail of Tears." This tragic event overshadows the history of this Nation, and as William McLoughlin shows us, it is a history rich with acheivement and accomplishment, from the development of a written language by Sequoyah to the adaptation of that language by a majority of the Nation in a 6-month time frame, establishment of a government and newspaper (the Cherokee Phoenix, first American Indian newspaper) and many other accomplishments.

McLoughlin does not pull punches, as many who cover the time period and he does not have an agenda. He accurately recounts the details of the flourishing civilization while describing the evolution of a second society, those who disagreed with the decidedly nationalistic moves of its leaders to protect itself against the desires of the United States and the government of Georgia. Interestingly, Sequoyah was one of the Cherokee against the movement towards nationalism.

A compelling read, factually backed and well researched.

A gripping history.......1998-02-18

A comprehensive history of the Cherokees up to the Trail of Tears. This history covers the building of a great nation that was able to maintain its own culture while integrating with the developing America, and its subsequent downfall.

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the cookbook is as lovely as the restaurant
Each recipe has been adapted for use in home kitchens
Real Creole
Not Your Average Cookbook

Arnaud's Restaurant Cookbook
Kit Wohl , and David Spielman
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Arnaud's Restaurant is a leader of old guard New Orleans restaurants and a world-famous monument to the enduring allure of classic Creole cuisine. In a city known for its culinary excellence, Arnaud's lasting success can be attributed in part to the constancy of its owners, from the 1918 colorful founder, "Count" Arnaud Cazenave, to his equally flamboyant daughter, Germaine Cazenave Wells, and now to her heir apparent, Archie A. Casbarian. This beautiful and extensive cookbook includes fascinating stories of Arnaud's history and the celebrities who have dined there, photographs, cartoons, drawings, Arnaud memorabilia, and more than fifty scintillating dishes from the kitchen of the legendary French Quarter restaurant. Archie Casbarian is dedicated to the Arnaud's Restaurant heritage and maintains its expansive menu, one that is replete with traditional recipes to which he adds a contemporary accent. "Creole cooking is an exuberant, living cuisine," proprietor Casbarian emphasizes. "It continuously evolves as we take advantage of Louisiana's rich bounty of fresh seafood, shellfish, produce, and culinary talent." Each of the famous recipes in Arnaud's Restaurant Cookbook has been carefully adapted for use in the home kitchen, including Arnaud's Oyster Soup, Trout Meuni籥, Oysters Arnaud and Bienville, as well as the restaurant's spectacular dishes for special occasions from weddings to Mardi Gras. Evocative photographs capture diners basking in the joy of Arnaud meals. They illustrate the elegance of the many richly-appointed rooms and reveal behind-the-scenes moments with the devoted staff. Most significantly, the photographs display all the lusciousness of the completed dishes featured in the cookbook that can be recreated at home.

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the cookbook is as lovely as the restaurant.......2006-08-24

A June visit to New Orleans, with dinner at Arnaud's, inspired the purchase of this cookbook. The book more than exceeded my expectations, with interesting anecdotes, beautiful photographs and doable, delicious recipes. The only thing missing is the recipe for the distinctive remoulade sauce they use for Shrimp Arnaud, a great favorite. However, they do sell the sauce so all is not lost. This cookbook is the next best thing to actually going to the restaurant, and offers some truly original recipes.

Each recipe has been adapted for use in home kitchens.......2005-12-07

Arnaud's Restaurant is well known for its leadership in New Orleans cuisine, holding roots from 1918 to modern times and establishing a solid reputation for presenting Creole foods to customers around the world. Now you can enjoy many of these signature dishes at home with Arnaud's Restaurant Cookbook: New Orleans Legendary Creole Cuisine. Each recipe has been adapted for use in home kitchens, translating large-volume and complicated restaurant fare to home cooking. The resulting Creole dishes are very easy to work with - especially given the numerous full-page color photos throughout.

Real Creole.......2005-06-24

Arnaud's Restaurant Cookbook is a jewel. It demystifies Creole cooking - the real stuff - not the tourist fare that's burnt with too much cayenne and slathered with tabasco. The recipes can be authentically executed in the amateur kitchen from readily available ingredients. Recipes range from the humble red beans and rice to the exotic and heady Cafė Brûlot. And yes, it includes the correct recipe for an Old Fashioned. The book is beautifully illustrated and filled with the myth and history of the classic Arnaud's Restaurant in the context of New Orleans. There's even a picture of a ghost!

Not Your Average Cookbook.......2005-05-12

This cookbook is beautifully photographed, an interesting read and very high quality, so your first tough decision will be where to keep it - in the kitchen or on the coffee table! The second tough decision will be what to cook first - classic recipes are logically arranged, and easy to follow. I highly recommend this book for cooks of all skill levels.

A Consuming Fire: The Fall of the Confederacy in the Mind of the White Christian South (Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures)

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Superb, as usual.
Excellent source about the southern viewpoint of slavery

A Consuming Fire: The Fall of the Confederacy in the Mind of the White Christian South (Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures)
Eugene D. Genovese
Manufacturer: University of Georgia Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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Superb, as usual........2002-06-17

Eugene Genovese is the outstanding historian of the past 30 years. His books on American slavery touched off the enormous flowering of slavery studies during that time, and his recent work on southern whites has been equally exemplary. This brief volume, a collection of three papers, has redefined the Confederacy.

What Genovese shows here is that their experience in the Civil War led many southerners to decide that God was punishing them for not reforming their slave system. Genovese's subjects remained convinced that slavery was an institution that had been ordained by God; however, they decided that their prohibitions on slave marriage (which forced slaves to reproduce illicitly) and slave literacy (which kept slaves from becoming proper Protestants) were offensive to God, and many of them insisted on changes to remove these objections. By the war's end, many concluded God had chastised them for their sins.

Excellent source about the southern viewpoint of slavery.......1999-11-19

There are innumerable controversies between the vast schools of thought in American history. Perhaps one of the largest is that of slavery in the United States. Throughout their years of public education, students are taught that slavery is immoral and wrong. Eugene Genovese, on the other hand, shows the side that students are not often taught. He tells of the reasons why slavery was so strongly supported and gives his interpretations and support of slavery in his book, A Consuming Fire.

According to Genovese, the slave owners of the South didn't believe that slavery was inhumane. In fact, they believed that it was God's will that slaves be owned. Southern pastors found many Biblical passages which convinced Southerners not only to own slaves, but how to treat them and what rights to give them, or not give them. Genovese says that many slave holders were torn between politics and Christianity by saying, "The efforts to recognize slave marriage, to keep slave families intact, and to repeal the literacy laws confronted slave holders with an uncomfortable choice between their religion and their political and socioeconomic interests," (pg. 23). One of the arguments Genovese makes is that since God wants people to own slaves, He would allow them to win the war. The first few battles of the Civil War supported this side, since the Confederacy seemed to be winning against such impressive odds. Later, when the South lost the war and slavery was non-existant, the Christian South claimed that it was because they did not live according to God's commandments of being good slave owners. Genovese's work, A Consuming Fire, is an excellent portrayal of the system of slavery in Southern eyes. This book is filled with interesting facts, and the reader learns that the laws created by the Southern government were often opposed by slave owners themselves. Stated on the cover is, "The Fall of the Confederacy in the Mind of the White Christian South." Nothing better summarizes Genovese's theory than this statement.

Trouble in Mind: Black Southerners in the Age of Jim Crow

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How could this happen in America
excellent
A troubling book
Authoritative and Informative
A Massive Achievement

Trouble in Mind: Black Southerners in the Age of Jim Crow
Leon F. Litwack
Manufacturer: Knopf
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 039452778X
Release Date: 1998-03-31

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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. Leon Litwack, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley and a noted authority on black history, has written a searing account of the age of Jim Crow in Trouble In Mind. The book is arranged in thematic chapters that show how blacks were restricted at every turn. Blacks were kept in perpetual debt, denied proper schooling, and were subjected to daily assaults on their dignity. Most disturbing was the institution of lynchings, the thousands of hangings and burnings that terrorized blacks in the South. Litwack documents how lynchings were carefully planned and attracted large crowds who viewed them as cathartic entertainment. Trouble In Mind deals with a long and sad chapter in American History, but Professor Litwack has written a laudable book which deserves to be read. Trouble In Mind is considered a sequel to Litwack's Been In the Storm So Long, a critically acclaimed account of Reconstruction which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for History.

Book Description

In this sequel to the Pulitzer Prize-winning Been in the Storm So Long, Leon F. Litwack constructs a searing, unforgettable account of life in the Jim Crow South. Drawing on a vast array of contemporary documents and first-person narratives from both blacks and whites, he examines how black men and women learned to live with the severe restrictions imposed on their lives during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Emancipation had been a time of unparalleled hope, laden with possibility, but the great changes black Southerners envisioned proved to be illusory. Litwack relates how black schools and colleges struggled to fulfill the expectations placed on them in a climate that was separate but hardly equal; how hardworking tenant farmers were cheated of their earnings, turned off their land, or refused acreage they could afford to purchase; how successful and ambitious blacks often became targets of white vio-lence and harassment. Faced with evidence of black independence and assertiveness, the white South responded with a policy of oppression and subjugation that systematically "disrecognized" black people.

By maintaining rigid patterns of racial segregation, manipulating the judicial system, and enforcing ignorance among blacks, the white South sustained unprecedented levels of violence, brutality, and intimidation. Yet despite being faced with these overwhelming odds, many blacks found ways to resist and circumvent the system. Litwack shows how blacks not only coped with crushing poverty and misery, but also found refuge in their own institutions and managed to preserve their humanity and dignity through religion, work, music, and (frequently subversive) humor.

Presented before, but never in such a thorough, wrenching manner, the history of this deeply scarred period is essential to any understanding of the state of race relations in America today.

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How could this happen in America.......2006-08-26

Mr. Litwack has done a gret job writing this book. Hard to believe this happened in the USA. Makes me wish I could go back in time and do something about it. And I am white, teach those crackers a lesson. I give only 4 stars because I felt some of the discriptions went on a little to long and repeated them selfs.

excellent.......2005-09-12

This is an excellent book on learning what life was like for African American's during the Jim Crow era during the early twentieth century. Litwalk uses extensive excerpts from Afican American's living at the time enabling him to interpret very little. Litwack makes it very clear in the Preface what the purpose of writing this book is. The purpose of writing this book is to help readers understand that even though the Civil War ended in 1865 blacks condition was anything but equal to whites in the South, especially after reconstruction. Litwack says: "What the white South lost in the battlefields of Civil War and during Reconstruction, it would largely retake in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century...a new generation of black Southerners shared with survivors of enslavement a sharply prescribed and deteriorating
position in a South bent on commanding black lives and black labor by any means necessary",(xiv). Litwack certainly achieved his purpose.

A troubling book.......2003-12-14

Litwack's TROUBLE IN MIND clears up any doubt about what was going on in the segregated South. It wasn't just a matter of limited voting rights, separate schools and segregated neighborhoods. Violence was rampant (including torture, decapitation, castration and burning alive of blacks rumored to have committed rape against white women - a charge which seems comparable to the accusations of witchcraft in Salem in colonial times) and peonage & tenant farming - in which the debts of the farmers were almost always greater than the value of their crops! - in many cases replaced rural slavery as a means of forced labor (including return of run-aways) much as serfdom replaced, to some extent, slavery in the high middle ages in much of Western Europe.

The book aptly recounts how, post-Reconstruction, white supremacists, often through fraud (although, this would seem unnecessary where the majority population is white and accepting Litwack's assumption that most Southerners opposed black rights), were able to take control of the State governments and enact new Constitutional provisions which provided limitations on the right to vote - including poll taxes and arbitrary information tests. Of great interest is the way in which, via bribery and the client-patron system, the Democratic party began pulling black votes away from the Republicans. In addition, segregation and anti-miscegnation laws were passed starting in the 1880s.

Litwack also argues that black responses to white oppression led to general hatred of whites by blacks - and to black nationalism. Curiously, the use of black pride and solidarity was also used by the black upper class to encourage blacks to only shop at black-owned businesses - thereby helping the black upper class (curiously, the black middle-class' aversion to racial violence, we are led to believe, was often personal rather than based on racial solidarity - one biracial woman even being quoted as only caring because wealthy blacks were often the targets). The book finishes off with the GREAT MIGRATION and the finding of racial prejudice in the North.

Although an excellent study, the book does suffer from some deficiencies. Litwack would have been better off if he had read Ira Berlin's MANY THOUSANDS GONE and similar works regarding early racial intermixing rather than leave us with the implication that almost all biracial persons were the descendants of rapes of black women by white men. Exaggeration of the difference between the status of poor whites and poor blacks is also evident - for example, my grandfather (who was white) was also a poor tenant farmer and my father (who made it to the 8th grade) went much farther than many of his siblings in education. In addition, there is a tendency to generalize about whites and cast them as either violent racists or patronizing liberal racists. There also tends to be a pattern of stating a thesis, giving an example, restating the thesis, giving a second example, then restating the thesis again and giving a 3rd example as a way to direct the thought processes of the reader. Notable, too, is the reliance on "popular stories."

This being said, this book is still enlightening and should be required reading in high schools.

Authoritative and Informative.......2003-03-04

In the wake of several books that have been published in recent years on the history of lynchings and Jim Crow, "Trouble in Mind" is by far the most thoroughly researched and most accessible. Leon F. Litwack explains Jim Crow in a personal and thought-provoking way, and manages to do so without giving us a dry history lesson. I've yet to read his Pulitzer Prize-winning "Been in the Storm So Long," but it is next on my list. If you're looking for a well-written book on a difficult and often misunderstood subject, I highly recommend Professor Litwack's "Trouble in Mind."

A Massive Achievement.......2001-01-29

Leon F. Litwack has assembled a massive book, Trouble in Mind, that will take the reader through the entire life of African Americans living under the Jim Crow laws in the South. All the stories are taken from original sources that allow the authentic voices of the African Americans to heard whether in protest, agony, prayer, sadness, sympathy, anger, or the range of other emotions pouring out from this book and their stories. Many of the voices recur throughout the book and become very familiar to the reader. The book is designed so as to take the reader from childhood under Jim Crow until death and having those familiar voices appearing throughout the book does add a horrifying element of the seeing how the Jim Crow laws and racial attitudes in the South were all encompassing and affected a person's entire life. It does help if the reader has a familiarity with the history of this period to truly understand the stories in this book. It is a fine work that allows the voices of African Americans to speak out about the times they lived through.

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Wonderful Novel
A Sweet Little Story (and a One Day Read)
A Cure for Dreams is a Nightmare!
Small is more in this little masterpiece
a South I never knew

A Cure for Dreams
Kaye Gibbons
Manufacturer: Vintage
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Release Date: 1992-06-30

Book Description

In her novels Ellen Foster and A Virtuous Woman, Kaye Gibbons has compiled what one critic has called "a fictional oral history of female wishes [and] hopes." That tradition continues in A Cure for Dreams, a richly woven story that traces the bonds between four generations of Southern women through stories passed from mother to daughter to granddaughter. Gibbons shows us shrewd, resourceful women prevailing over hard times and heartless men and finding unexpected pleasures along the way: gossip, gambling, and the quiet satisfaction of knowing more than they're supposed to.

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Wonderful Novel.......2006-11-28

This is a wonderful, entertaining novel of women relationships. It is set in the rural South. I really enjoyed it.

A Sweet Little Story (and a One Day Read).......2004-10-28

"A Cure for Dreams" is the story of a mother's life, as told to her daughter. The characters are lovable and the story moves quickly. There is no actual plot or finale; it's more like a chat session between mothers and daughters.

Though not as noteworthy as "Ellen Foster," this book is enjoyable and I highly recommend it. It's a small book, and due to the interesting dialogue, most readers will keep turning pages and finish on the same day they started.

A Cure for Dreams is a Nightmare!.......2004-02-16

I gave this book 1 star because zero was not an option. I read a lot and this is the worse book I've read in a long time. I would have put it down without finishing, but the book was short and I kept thinking it would redeem itself. Please, do NOT waste your time on 'Dreams' when there are so many really good books out there.

Small is more in this little masterpiece.......2003-04-10

A Gibbons' classic, beautiful, upbeat, poignant.
The sound of Southern women's voices talking, talking, talking comes through loud and clear, and you get the impression that the stories will keep coming long after you've finished this gem of a book.

a South I never knew.......2001-11-02

Kaye Gibbons' books all focus on a South that I have never known. That said, I love this place that she creates. It is a bit of old-school South, in that it seems like bad things are just bubbling under the surface, waiting to burst free. This is the same world that Faulkner, Dickey, and Welty inhabit. A world where human passions are often dark and where salvation is often not forthcoming. But unlike the others, Gibbons's character's are frequently rescued from the pit by their relationships with family. All of her books have a bittersweet poignancy that will leave you feeling tearful and introspective, but not depressed. I have enjoyed all of her books.

Shadows and Cypress: Southern Ghost Stories

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I DONT RECOMMEND THIS ONE!
Ghost Stories Galore
Ghost Stories Galore

Shadows and Cypress: Southern Ghost Stories
Alan Brown
Manufacturer: University Press of Mississippi
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I DONT RECOMMEND THIS ONE!.......2004-08-10

Ive read quite a few ghost story books the past few months and I found this to be one of lesser quality. The author uses actual dialect with the storytellers accent, I found it most annoying making it a hard read at times.( I dont speak or read southern backwoods uneducated jibberish!! ) Some of the stories told were interesting, although I much prefer real ghost accounts over urban legend type. Instead read any of the books by Troy Taylor, Coast to Coast Ghosts, or Ghosts Of Key West.

Ghost Stories Galore.......2000-12-09

Shadows and Cypress: Southern Ghost Stories is the best collection of ghost stories I've seen. Many have been gathered from the old WPA collections, and many have been collected in the oral tradition. Dr. Brown is an expert on the classification of folk lore. His expertise in this area is evident. The collection includes selections suitable for use by all ages.

Ghost Stories Galore.......2000-12-09

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