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A Place Called Mississippi

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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Works include Works Progress Administration research done in the 1930s and previously unpublished works.[1]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

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William R. Glass of the Mississippi University for Women praised the book.[2]

References

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  • Glass, William R. (Winter 1999). "Barnwell, Marion, ed. "A Place Called Mississippi: Collected Narratives" (Book Review)". Southern Quarterly. 37 (2). Hattiesburg, Mississippi: 184.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Morrisey, Larry (1999). "A Place Called Mississippi". Southern Folklore. 56 (1): 108–110. - Available on EBSCOHost.
  2. ^ a b Glass, p. 185.
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