1001 Things Everyone Should Know/South

Name: 1001 Things Everyone Should Know/South
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ISBN: 9780385474429

ISBN-10: 0385474423

ISBN-13: 9780385474429

Edition: N/A

Authors: John S. Reed, Dale Volberg Reed, John Reed

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In 1,001 short, eminently readable mini-essays, Dixieologists John Shelton Reed and Dale Volberg Reed illuminate every nook and cranny of this fertile land and culture, clarifying with an authoritative but humorous touch what everyone should know about the South but probably doesn't. Interspersed with their incisive entries on history, politics, life, and literature in this great collection of Southern trivia is a whole mess of fun facts--like how barbecue differs from state to state, where kudzu originally came from, why chivalry is so important to Southern males, and how bluegrass music first developed. From Stonewall Jackson to Mahalia Jackson, from William Byrd to "Free Bird," 1001…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Publisher: Broadway Books
Publication date: 6/16/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Dale Volberg Reed and John Shelton Reed live in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Both are members of the Southern Foodways Alliance and the North Carolina Barbecue Society. They have collaborated on other books, including1001 Things Everyone Should Know about the SouthandCornbread Nation 4: The Best of Southern Food Writing.

John Reed lives in New York City. "A Still Small Voice" is his first novel.