We all think we know the South. Even those who have never lived there can rattle off a list of signifiers: the Civil War, Gone with the Wind, the Ku Klux Klan, plantations, football, Jim Crow, slavery. But the idiosyncrasies, dispositions, and habits of the region are stranger and more complex than much of the country tends to acknowledge. In South to America, Imani Perry shows that the meaning of American is inextricably linked with the South, and...

Discover the best destinations, sights, and excursions with maps pinpointing key attractions. Includes information for: Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, The Gulf Coast, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia.

"One of the most acclaimed travel writers of our time turns his unflinching eye on an American South too often overlooked. Paul Theroux has spent fifty years crossing the globe, adventuring in the exotic, seeking the rich history and folklore of the far away. Now, for the first time, in his tenth travel book, Theroux explores a piece of America--the Deep South. He finds there a paradoxical place, full of incomparable music, unparalleled cuisine, and...

At age 29, naturalist John Muir hiked alone through the rural South in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War. This volume chronicles his path from Indiana across Kentucy, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. He sketched plants and recorded his encounters with botanical wonders. Occasionally he encountered people including former Confederate soldiers and freed slaves.