Mississippi

The author’s debut adult fiction novel is the first book in the Beauregard Family series about family ties, long-buried secrets, dead bodies, scandal, and one woman’s journey from discarded to redeemed. Laura Lynne, youngest daughter of the Beauregard family, receives a call from her uncle.

In 1882, Mark Twain decided to write a memoir of his experiences growing up with, and later steering steamboats on, the Mississippi River....

Actor Mahershala Ali performs the gripping tale of an armed band of Confederate deserters and slaves living in a mixed-race community who rose up against the Confederate Cavalry in 1863....

Embark on an epic adventure with "Conquering the Mighty Mississippi," your ultimate guide to exploring and mastering the great wilderness of the ...

In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawing school segregation, Rachel Feigen’s Baltimore editor sends her South to report on a missing person case....

From lesser-known state figures to the ancestors of Oprah Winfrey, Morgan Freeman, and James Meredith, Mississippi Zion brings the voices and experiences of everyday people to the forefront and reveals a history dictated by people rather than eras....

Tecumseh’s reputation among Americans has been both the most unique and anomalous. As the leader of the Shawnee, Tecumseh was the most famous Native American of the early 19th century, and he attempted to peacefully establish a Native American nation east of the Mississippi River....

Cain’t Do Nothing with Love was the winner of the CIPA EVVY Audio Book Award 2014. All stories treat the most difficult topics - death, religion, family - with sharp humor and urgent respect....

April 29, 1863, brought the Civil War to Grand Gulf, Mississippi. Sarah Bassler lost her mother six months before. For two and a half years she ...

Stephen A. King and Roger Davis Gatchet examine how Mississippi confronts its history of racial violence and injustice through civil rights tourism...

God gave me the scripture 1 Peter 4:12-13 to write about 13 years of struggle for justice against the state of Mississippi's largest employer Ingalls Shipbuilding. He later gave me the title of my book. I've tried to change the name of my book at least five times....

Fannie Lou Hamer stands as a powerful symbol not only of the 1960s Black freedom movement, but also of the enduring human struggle against oppression....

It was the Depression, and very few areas were as economically depressed as the rural South....

The Wild West made legends out of many men and women through the embellishment of their stories, but it was Buffalo Bill Cody who truly brought the Wild West to life and provided the images that people still associate with the 19th century West today....

Based on extraordinary research, Eagles vividly portrays the culture of segregation and the eventual desegregation of one of the last bastions of racial segregation, Ole Miss....

In this vivid history, Jo Ann Trogdon reveals William Clark’s highly questionable activities during the years before his famous journey west of the Mississippi. Delving into the details of Clark’s diary and ledger entries, Trogdon investigates....

Eight-year-old Nashida shares stories about the legacy of four former Mississippi governors, including Andrew Longino (1900-1904), James Kimble Vardaman (1904-1908), Edmond Favor Noel (1908-1912), and Earl Leroy Brewer (1912-1916) with young listeners....

In this illuminating volume, Justin S. Solonick offers the first detailed study of how Grant's midwesterners serving in the Army of the Tennessee engineered the siege of Vicksburg....

Originally published as a section of the author’s larger “Conversations in Early American History: 1492-1837,” and equivalent in length to a ...

The Beatles: Image and the Media charts the transformation of the Beatles from teen idols to leaders of the youth movement and powerful cultural agents.