A Year in Mississippi
With contributions by Walter Biggins, Patti Carr Black, Lottie Brent Boggan, Donald H. Butts, Bob Carskadon, Rebecca Lauck Cleary, David Creel, Sylvia Nettles Dickson, Pat Flynn, Chris Gilmer, Peggy Gilmer-Piasecki, Carolyn Haines, Ann Tyrone Hebert, C. C. Henley, Alice Jackson, Donald M. Kartiganer, Janice Marie Kraft, Francis X. Kuhn, Bill Luckett, Johnnie Mae Maberry, Debbie Campbell Matthews, Charline R. McCord, Jo McDivitt, Cheri Thornton McHugh, Thomas McIntyre, Margaret McMullan, Willie Morris, Julia Reed, Ronnie Riggs, Sid Salter, David Sheffield, Mary Sue Slagle, Seetha Srinivasan, Brenda Trigg, Judy H. Tucker, Cynthia Walker, Lawrence “Larry” Wells, Jacqueline Freeman Wheelock, Malcolm White, Diane Williams, and Richard Wiman

A Year in Mississippi presents a collection of forty essays, ten per season, celebrating significant events and traditions throughout the state. Writers showcase the background, history, and emotions of these events and traditions with special meaning. Each event shines in the spotlight, observed not only to ascertain its impact, but also to discover why it succeeds, how it contributes to and shapes a unique culture, and how it functions to bind people together.

Well-known contributors and essays of special interest in the collection include Willie Morris’s “The Glory of the Game,” Julia Reed’s “Green Day,” Lawrence “Larry” Wells’s “Always on My Mind—A Blues and Civil Rights Tour of the Mississippi Delta,” Donald M. Kartiganer’s “Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha 1974-2016,” Margaret McMullan’s “Christmas in the Pass,” Sid Salter’s “The Neshoba County Fair: Porches, Politicians, and Pie,” Patti Carr Black’s “Whiskey Christmases,” Carolyn Haines’s “Camp Meeting,” David Sheffield’s “The Blessing of the Fleet” and Seetha Srinivasan’s “Diwali: Hindu Festival of Lights.”
1125114718
A Year in Mississippi
With contributions by Walter Biggins, Patti Carr Black, Lottie Brent Boggan, Donald H. Butts, Bob Carskadon, Rebecca Lauck Cleary, David Creel, Sylvia Nettles Dickson, Pat Flynn, Chris Gilmer, Peggy Gilmer-Piasecki, Carolyn Haines, Ann Tyrone Hebert, C. C. Henley, Alice Jackson, Donald M. Kartiganer, Janice Marie Kraft, Francis X. Kuhn, Bill Luckett, Johnnie Mae Maberry, Debbie Campbell Matthews, Charline R. McCord, Jo McDivitt, Cheri Thornton McHugh, Thomas McIntyre, Margaret McMullan, Willie Morris, Julia Reed, Ronnie Riggs, Sid Salter, David Sheffield, Mary Sue Slagle, Seetha Srinivasan, Brenda Trigg, Judy H. Tucker, Cynthia Walker, Lawrence “Larry” Wells, Jacqueline Freeman Wheelock, Malcolm White, Diane Williams, and Richard Wiman

A Year in Mississippi presents a collection of forty essays, ten per season, celebrating significant events and traditions throughout the state. Writers showcase the background, history, and emotions of these events and traditions with special meaning. Each event shines in the spotlight, observed not only to ascertain its impact, but also to discover why it succeeds, how it contributes to and shapes a unique culture, and how it functions to bind people together.

Well-known contributors and essays of special interest in the collection include Willie Morris’s “The Glory of the Game,” Julia Reed’s “Green Day,” Lawrence “Larry” Wells’s “Always on My Mind—A Blues and Civil Rights Tour of the Mississippi Delta,” Donald M. Kartiganer’s “Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha 1974-2016,” Margaret McMullan’s “Christmas in the Pass,” Sid Salter’s “The Neshoba County Fair: Porches, Politicians, and Pie,” Patti Carr Black’s “Whiskey Christmases,” Carolyn Haines’s “Camp Meeting,” David Sheffield’s “The Blessing of the Fleet” and Seetha Srinivasan’s “Diwali: Hindu Festival of Lights.”
18.99 In Stock

eBookEPUB Single (EPUB Single)

$18.99  $25.00 Save 24% Current price is $18.99, Original price is $25. You Save 24%.

Available on Compatible NOOK devices, the free NOOK App and in My Digital Library.
WANT A NOOK?  Explore Now

Related collections and offers


Overview

With contributions by Walter Biggins, Patti Carr Black, Lottie Brent Boggan, Donald H. Butts, Bob Carskadon, Rebecca Lauck Cleary, David Creel, Sylvia Nettles Dickson, Pat Flynn, Chris Gilmer, Peggy Gilmer-Piasecki, Carolyn Haines, Ann Tyrone Hebert, C. C. Henley, Alice Jackson, Donald M. Kartiganer, Janice Marie Kraft, Francis X. Kuhn, Bill Luckett, Johnnie Mae Maberry, Debbie Campbell Matthews, Charline R. McCord, Jo McDivitt, Cheri Thornton McHugh, Thomas McIntyre, Margaret McMullan, Willie Morris, Julia Reed, Ronnie Riggs, Sid Salter, David Sheffield, Mary Sue Slagle, Seetha Srinivasan, Brenda Trigg, Judy H. Tucker, Cynthia Walker, Lawrence “Larry” Wells, Jacqueline Freeman Wheelock, Malcolm White, Diane Williams, and Richard Wiman

A Year in Mississippi presents a collection of forty essays, ten per season, celebrating significant events and traditions throughout the state. Writers showcase the background, history, and emotions of these events and traditions with special meaning. Each event shines in the spotlight, observed not only to ascertain its impact, but also to discover why it succeeds, how it contributes to and shapes a unique culture, and how it functions to bind people together.

Well-known contributors and essays of special interest in the collection include Willie Morris’s “The Glory of the Game,” Julia Reed’s “Green Day,” Lawrence “Larry” Wells’s “Always on My Mind—A Blues and Civil Rights Tour of the Mississippi Delta,” Donald M. Kartiganer’s “Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha 1974-2016,” Margaret McMullan’s “Christmas in the Pass,” Sid Salter’s “The Neshoba County Fair: Porches, Politicians, and Pie,” Patti Carr Black’s “Whiskey Christmases,” Carolyn Haines’s “Camp Meeting,” David Sheffield’s “The Blessing of the Fleet” and Seetha Srinivasan’s “Diwali: Hindu Festival of Lights.”

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781496811233
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Publication date: 03/08/2017
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 304
File size: 12 MB
Note: This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

Charline R. McCord has coedited (with Judy H. Tucker) numerous books, including Coming Home to Mississippi, Christmas Stories from Mississippi, Growing Up in Mississippi, and Christmas Memories from Mississippi, all published by University Press of Mississippi. Judy H. Tucker (1939-2022) coedited (with Charline R. McCord) numerous books, including Coming Home to Mississippi, Christmas Stories from Mississippi, Growing Up in Mississippi, and Christmas Memories from Mississippi, all published by University Press of Mississippi.
Malcolm White is a public servant and entrepreneur who has worked in the fields of food, music, art, and culture for more than forty years. With their extended family, he and his late brother Hal created and lovingly nurtured the evolution of one of Mississippi's most renowned public gathering places.

Table of Contents

Foreword Malcolm White 3

Introduction Judy H. Tucker Charline R. McCord 5

Sources by Season and Essay 257

Acknowledgments 259

Copyright Acknowledgments 261

List of Contributors 263

Photography Credits 277

Index 281

Winter

Chula Homa Hunt Janice M. Kraft 11

The Battle for the Golden Egg Bob Carskadon 15

The Determined Debutante C. C. Henley 24

Christmas in the Pass Margaret McMullan 30

Chimneyville Crafts Festival Par Flynn 36

The Annual Lauren Rogers Museum of Art Gala: Remembrance of Things Past on Fifth Avenue Cynthia Walker 43

Whiskey Christmases Patti Carr Black 51

A Delta Hunt Thomas McIntyre 57

Way Down Yonder on the Mississippi Gulf Coast Alice Jackson 64

Wakes and Funerals of Mississippi's Past Ann Tyrone Hebert 69

Spring

Green Day Julia Reed 77

Jackson's St. Paddy's Day Parade Walter Biggins 80

After Winter, Spring Pilgrimages Jo McDivitr 84

Juke Joint Festival Bill Luckett 91

A Catfish Celebration Richard Wiman 95

Will the Circle Be Unbroken? Chris Gilmer 101

Memorial Day Mary Sue Slagle 110

The Blessing of the Fleet David Sheffield 114

Standing Appointment David Creel 120

Always On My Mind-A Blues and Civil Rights Tour of the Mississippi Delta Lawrence Wells 126

Summer

Hurricane Season Cheri Thornton McHugh 133

International Ballet Competition Brenda Trigg 138

Mississippi Blueberry Storytelling Festival: A Unique Homecoming Diane Williams 146

Performing Mississippi in Central Park Francis X. Kuhn 152

The Great Magnolia Homecoming Jacqueline F. Wheelock 157

The Story of Tougaloo Art Colony Johnnie Mae Maberry 165

Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha 1974-2016 Donald M. Kartiganer 171

The Neshoba County Fair: Porches, Politicians, and Pie Sid Salter 180

Mississippi Family Figgers Charline R. McCord 188

Reunion at Central High School Lottie Brent Boggan 194

Fall

The Glory of the Game Willie Morris 201

Fun, Food, and Family in the Grove Rebecca Lauck Cleary 206

CelticFest Mississippi Donald H. Butts 214

Mississippi Pecan Festival Debbie Matthews 220

Revival Judy H. Tucker 225

Remembering Barbershop Days Ronnie Riggs 228

Camp Meeting Carolyn Haines 233

High Cotton Peggy Gilmer-Piasecki 241

Diwali: Hindu Festival of Lights Seetha Srinivasan 247

The Lord's Acre Harvest Festival at French Camp Sylvia Nettles Dickson 253

From the B&N Reads Blog

Customer Reviews