A Place Called Mississippi Explained

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Works include Works Progress Administration research done in the 1930s and previously unpublished works.^[1]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) . . . 184 . 37. 2.

Notes

External links

• A Place Called Mississippi - University Press of Mississippi

Notes and References

1. Morrisey. Larry. A Place Called Mississippi. Southern Folklore. 56. 1. 108–110. 1999. - Available on EBSCOHost.
2. Glass, p. 185.