| Dixie: A Personal Odyssey Through Events That Shaped the Modern South Contributor(s): Wilkie, Curtis (Author) |
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ISBN: 0684872862 ISBN-13: 9780684872865 Publisher: Scribner Book Company OUR PRICE: $21.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2002 Annotation: In this riveting political and social history of the American South during the second half of the twentieth century, acclaimed journalist Curtis Wilkie tells the story of a region and a man -- himself -- intimately transformed by racial and political upheavals. In 1969, in the wake of the violence surrounding the civil rights movement, Wilkie left the South and vowed never to live there again. But after traveling the world as a reporter, he returned in 1993, drawn by a deep-rooted affinity with the territory of his youth. Here, he endeavors to make sense of the enormous changes that have convulsed the South for more than four decades. Through vivid recollections of landmark events, "Dixie" becomes both a striking eyewitness account of history and an unconventional tale of redemption full of beauty, humor, and pathos.
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Minority Studies - Biography & Autobiography - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 975.043 |
| LCCN: 2001020760 |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 5.54" W x 8.52" (0.99 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Mississippi |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this riveting political and social history of the American South during the second half of the twentieth century, acclaimed journalist Curtis Wilkie tells the story of a region and a man -- himself -- intimately transformed by racial and political upheavals. In 1969, in the wake of the violence surrounding the civil rights movement, Wilkie left the South and vowed never to live there again. But after traveling the world as a reporter, he returned in 1993, drawn by a deep-rooted affinity with the territory of his youth. Here, he endeavors to make sense of the enormous changes that have convulsed the South for more than four decades. Through vivid recollections of landmark events, Dixie becomes both a striking eyewitness account of history and an unconventional tale of redemption full of beauty, humor, and pathos. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wilkie, Curtis: - Curtis Wilkie was a national reporter and correspondent for The Boston Globe. He teaches journalism at University of Mississippi. He is the author of The Fall of the House of Zeus, which The Wall Street Journal wrote "reads like a John Grisham novel." Tom Brokaw described Wilkie as "one of the best journalists of our generation." |