Mississippi

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"Wearied by queries on my travels to the far corners of the earth about why I live in Mississippi," author Bern Keating explains, "I decided to write a whole book as an answer." The_result is Mississippi-a visual and verbal panorama of the modern state of Mississippi, written by Bern Keating and illustrated by Franké Keating with over 200 full-color photographs. This husband and wife team stand among the finest of America's photojournalists. The Keatings' Mississippi is a place where children have almost archaic good manners, where women are charming, and where the healthy whiff of the outdoors lies close to the surface of masculine conversation. The Keatings see Mississippi as a place which supports a vigorous artistic life and an impressive scientific community. Its people, forward-looking and comfortable with cultural diversity, have not discarded their old-fashioned hospitaiity and humán kindness.... Tovább

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"Wearied by queries on my travels to the far corners of the earth about why I live in Mississippi," author Bern Keating explains, "I decided to write a whole book as an answer." The_result is Mississippi-a visual and verbal panorama of the modern state of Mississippi, written by Bern Keating and illustrated by Franké Keating with over 200 full-color photographs. This husband and wife team stand among the finest of America's photojournalists. The Keatings' Mississippi is a place where children have almost archaic good manners, where women are charming, and where the healthy whiff of the outdoors lies close to the surface of masculine conversation. The Keatings see Mississippi as a place which supports a vigorous artistic life and an impressive scientific community. Its people, forward-looking and comfortable with cultural diversity, have not discarded their old-fashioned hospitaiity and humán kindness. Divided into nine chapters with an introduction, Mississippi presents an overview of the entire state in the splendor of the land and the character of its people. The book focuses on the Mississippi River and six geographical regions: the Gulf Coast, the eastern section, Natchez and the Natchez Trace, Jackson, the Delta, and "FaulknerHaunted Country." Mississippi is a book for those who have loved and admired Mississippi, for those who have been intrigued by it, and for those for whom it is a great unknown. After reading this book, you'll wonder why everybody doesn't live in Mississippi! Vissza