Three girls become wards of the state upon the death of their mother, and their three suitcases anchor them as they progress through a series of foster homes to their permanent new home.

From Zora Neale Hurston, one of the most important African American writers of the twentieth century, comes her riveting autobiography-now available in a limited Olive Edition. First published in 1942 at the height of her popularity, Dust Tracks on a Road is Zora Neale Hurston's candid, funny, bold, and poignant autobiography-an imaginative and exuberant account of her childhood in the rural South and her rise to a prominent place among the leading...

An epic elegy in American Studies, this collective biography warmly delineates some 170 centenarian lives among the nation's last remnant of Confederate veterans of the 1940s and after. Heavily genealogical, this monumental 15-year study answers ambitious questions its author wanted to know about the last survivors of the War Between the States--who were they, how old did they live to be, where were they from, in what order did they die, how did...

Profiles the manners, appearance, hidden strengths, and deep passions of Southern women, including Dolly Parton, Ann Richards, and Dixie Carter.

A biography of the Cherokee Indian who invented a method for his people to write and read their own language.