"Features the voices ... of twenty-six of the most luminous artists and thinkers in the American cultural firmament, from Eudora Welty, Pete Seeger, and Alice Walker to William Eggleston, Bobby Rush, and C. Vann Woodward ... drawn from one-on-one interviews conducted by folklorist William Ferris over the past forty years"--Dust jacket flap. "The Storied South features the voices--by turn searching and honest, coy and scathing--of twenty-six of the...

The works included in "The Florida Reader" describe everything from early Spanish myths to Seminole and Black folk tales, from explorations of the Everglades to drives through Miami, from walks across Florida to fishing trip off its coasts, from leisurely trips down the Oklawaha to urban strikes during the Great Depression, and from ritual hunts for alligators in the 16th century to poaching expedtions in the 1980's. The writers and works presented...

Well-known works including fables, folklore, fiction, drama, and more, by such authors as Aesop, Dickens, Tolstoy, Shakespeare, and Baldwin, are presented to teach virtues, including compassion, courage, honesty, friendship, and faith.

"Keenly observed and written with his insightful and deadpan sense of humor, [Rick Bragg] explores enduring Southern truths about home, place, spirit, table, and the regions' varied geographies, including his native Alabama, Cajun country, and the Gulf Coast. Everything is explored, from regional obsessions from college football and fishing, to mayonnaise and spoon bread, to the simple beauty of a fish on the hook. Collected from over a decade of...

Selections from such favorite Christmas poems, songs, and stories as "The night before Christmas, " "The friendly beasts, " and "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus."