1001 Things Everyone Should Know about the South

Download or read book 1001 Things Everyone Should Know about the South written by John Shelton Reed and published by Main Street Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Things Everyone Should Know About the Southcovers it all.