Download or read book Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi written by Goodspeed's and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 1999-04-01 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embracing an authentic and comprehensive account of the chief events in the history of the state, this newly republished double volume collection provides a record of the lives of many of the most worthy and illustrious families and individuals of Mississippi. Part 2, containing chapters sixteen through twenty-four, is a much more personal study of the people of Mississippi. This section presents sketches of individual life and gives special attention to notable families and conspicuous and prominent residents of the state.
Download or read book Memoirs of Mississippi 1891 written by Magnolia Decouvrir and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I have owned the two original Volumes of "Memoirs of Mississippi, 1891" for over twenty years, but only recently tried to use them for research on original issues for Mississippi from its beginnings to the Civil War, but size, format, age of printed pages, and un-search ability of them made it impossible to construct a summary of the information. I decided that it needed to be made into a more usable book by transcribing it into a modern format (digital, and searchable), making it more economical to reproduce and to share with others. I originally thought that a chapter by chapter transcription and publishing would be best, but decided that a somewhat larger, but less than volume size would be best. This book includes Chapters 6 and 7. Chapter 6 discusses the early wars in which Mississippi was involved: Of these six wars and expeditions discussed five were national and one civil, a striking circumstance, and one which furnishes a basis for a division of the subject, the Civil war, the one fought for the states' rights, being assigned to another chapter (Chapter 7). Of the five national wars and expeditions, the first was for protection of boundary, the second for protection of life, the third for vindication of honor, the fourth from sympathy with a fellow repub¬lic coupled with fear of invasion, and the fifth to secure a newly acquired territory. The second and third are so curiously intermingled and yet separate that they may be with equal fairness classed as two phases of one war. These national movements are: First, the Sabine expedition of 1806 to protect our Louisiana frontier from the Spaniards. Second, the Muscogee war of 1812-14 against the uprising of the southern Indians in the famous Tecumseh conspiracy for extermination of the whites. Third, the British war of 1812-15 in its final action at New Orleans. Fourth, the Texas war of 1836. And Fifth, the Mexican war of 1846-48. Finally Chapter 7 discusses the Civil War from the Mississippi Secession, soldiers of the state, distinguished troops, actions at and prior to Vicksburg, desertions, and the surrender, reconstruction, the iron-clad oath, and finally back in the USS (1870's style). We hope you appreciate this early history, and the wars, and sacrifices the new state and its original people endured to become a State, and to be readmitted after the war,
Download or read book Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas written by Mrs. Leister E. Presley and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Memoirs of Mississippi 1891 written by Magnolia Decouvrir and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memoirs of Mississippi. Vol 1, Chapters 8-12. This edition covers the formation of the political counties of Mississippi.
Download or read book Around the Bend written by C. C. Lockwood and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1998-11-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 1997 renowned nature photographer C. C. Lockwood embarked on a remarkable adventure. First by canoe and then by Grand Canyon–style pontoon raft, he journeyed the length of the Mississippi River—2,320 miles—from its source at Lake Itasca, Minnesota, to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico. Armed with his camera and computer equipment to transmit stories and pictures to schoolchildren, this “High Tech Huck Finn” trained his lens on spectacular scenes, creating images that vividly depict the life pulsing in and near this vital American artery—water and lands that touch the lives of every American. As Lockwood shows in these brilliant color photographs, the river has many faces. At its birthplace it is nothing more than a trickle among rocks. But as it serpentines south, it slowly grows until, at its end, it pours daily over 420 billion gallons of water into the Gulf of Mexico. Lockwood captures the river in all of its moods: a ghostly foggy morning on the bank; a bright orange sunset over the bends; a quiet snowfall at the headwaters; a sudden rain shower at dusk. He also offers intimate images of the creatures that make their home in the river or along its shores: a whitetail fawn nestled in underbrush; a curious frog peeking out from beneath reeds; a Canada goose marching in line with her goslings; turtles burying themselves in mud. His depiction of the natural beauty of Old Man River is unparalleled. The river comes to appear as a thriving community because Lockwood introduces the people, both ordinary and extraordinary, who live and journey on it. We meet, among others, a performance artist intent on swimming the river’s length; inhabitants of a makeshift houseboat colony near Winona, Minnesota; Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher look-alikes in Hannibal, Missouri; and Willie P., who, with the help of thirty-gallon plastic barrels and paddle wheels, employs a most unusual mode of river transportation—a Toyota Celica hatchback. To illustrate the changing riverscape, Lockwood includes images of some of the businesses and industries that line the river’s banks: casino river boats glittering in the night; the jumping blues clubs of Memphis’ Beale Street; bustling industrial plants and the countless barges and push boats that service them. He also offers a detailed memoir of his trip, as well as his other tours of the river by plane, car, tugboat, and river boat, in a delightful introduction. Lockwood’s photographs depict beautifully the varied aspects of the Mississippi River—flourishing community, vital industrial corridor, and priceless environmental treasure. Through this book, readers can join him on his quest to discover the wonders that lie just “around the bend.”
Download or read book Memoirs of Mississippi 1891 written by Magnolia Decouvrir and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I have owned the two original Volumes of "Memoirs of Mississippi, 1891" for over twenty years, but only recently tried to use them for research on original issues for Mississippi from its beginnings to the Civil War, but size, format, age of printed pages, and un-search ability sof them made it impossible to construct a summary of the information. I decided that it needed to be made more usable by transcribing it into a modern format (digital, and searchable), and more economical to reproduce and share with others. I originally thought that a chapter by chapter transcription and publishing would be best, but decided that a somewhat larger, but less than volume size would be best. This book includes Chapters 3 through 5. The first Chapters 1 and 2 are covered in the first edition. Now Chapter 3 goes into an overview of the exploration and settlement of the area (southeast United States). Chapter 4 is devoted to the organization and governmental form of the state. Finally in this first of the series, Chapter 5 lays out the legal and judicial history. We hope you enjoy this part of the early history, of a wonderful area of this country, and the trials it endured to become so.
Download or read book Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte written by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi written by Goodspeed's and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embracing an authentic and comprehensive account of the chief events in the history of the state, this newly republished double volume collection provides a record of the lives of many of the most worthy and illustrious families and individuals of Mississippi. Part 1, containing chapters one through fifteen, explores everything from postbellum organization to the records of families and individuals, including several citizens' private memoirs. This section provides much of the historical information from the legal and judicial history, political, educational, and religious history.
Download or read book O N Pruitt s Possum Town written by Berkley Hudson and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2021-12-17 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographer O. N. Pruitt (1891–1967) was for some forty years the de facto documentarian of Lowndes County, Mississippi, and its county seat, Columbus--known to locals as "Possum Town." His body of work recalls many FSA photographers, but Pruitt was not an outsider with an agenda; he was a community member with intimate knowledge of the town and its residents. He photographed his fellow white citizens and Black ones as well, in circumstances ranging from the mundane to the horrific: family picnics, parades, river baptisms, carnivals, fires, funerals, two of Mississippi's last public and legal executions by hanging, and a lynching. From formal portraits to candid images of events in the moment, Pruitt's documentary of a specific yet representative southern town offers viewers today an invitation to meditate on the interrelations of photography, community, race, and historical memory. Columbus native Berkley Hudson was photographed by Pruitt, and for more than three decades he has considered and curated Pruitt's expansive archive, both as a scholar of media and visual journalism and as a community member. This stunning book presents Pruitt's photography as never before, combining more than 190 images with a biographical introduction and Hudson's short essays and reflective captions on subjects such as religion, ethnic identity, the ordinary graces of everyday life, and the exercise of brutal power.
Download or read book The Mississippi Encyclopedia written by Ted Ownby and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 2548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recipient of the 2018 Special Achievement Award from the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters and Recipient of a 2018 Heritage Award for Education from the Mississippi Heritage Trust The perfect book for every Mississippian who cares about the state, this is a mammoth collaboration in which thirty subject editors suggested topics, over seven hundred scholars wrote entries, and countless individuals made suggestions. The volume will appeal to anyone who wants to know more about Mississippi and the people who call it home. The book will be especially helpful to students, teachers, and scholars researching, writing about, or otherwise discovering the state, past and present. The volume contains entries on every county, every governor, and numerous musicians, writers, artists, and activists. Each entry provides an authoritative but accessible introduction to the topic discussed. The Mississippi Encyclopedia also features long essays on agriculture, archaeology, the civil rights movement, the Civil War, drama, education, the environment, ethnicity, fiction, folklife, foodways, geography, industry and industrial workers, law, medicine, music, myths and representations, Native Americans, nonfiction, poetry, politics and government, the press, religion, social and economic history, sports, and visual art. It includes solid, clear information in a single volume, offering with clarity and scholarship a breadth of topics unavailable anywhere else. This book also includes many surprises readers can only find by browsing.
Download or read book 1891 Memoirs of Mississippi written by Magnolia Decouvrir and published by Terry Green. This book was released on with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the following Chapters: Chapter 6 - The early wars. Chapter 7 - Confederate military history.
Download or read book The Parnell Split 1890 91 written by Frank Callanan and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1992-12-01 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book More Generals in Gray written by Bruce S. Allardice and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2006-04-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this masterpiece of research, a splendid supplement to Ezra J. Warner's Generals in Gray, Bruce S. Allardice brings to light a neglected class of officers: the Confederacy's "other" generals -- men who attained their rank outside the usual avenue of appointment by President Jefferson Davis and who had been virtually forgotten as a consequence. Explaining that the process of becoming a general was fraught with politics, lobbying, intrigue, accident, mismanagement, and chance, Allardice identifies six main categories of legitimate claimants to the rank of Confederate General -- two more than historians have traditionally recognized. He presents a substantial biographical sketch of 137 generals not found in Warner's original and a short bibliography of each. For the vast majority, his is the first treatment ever published.
