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Annie Ruth Watson is the daughter of Big Sid Watson, the biggest, blackest farmer in Tobacco County, Georgia. The year is 1960 and her senior year of high school lies ahead. After that ... who knows? In Alabama, a young black preacher named King has been giving hope to unvoiced dreams, and Annie Ruth's parents are determined to send her to college. But first Annie Ruth must finish high school, hold the attention of her boyfriend while, as her mother warns her, "keeping her dresstail down," and weather the snobbery of the town Negroes toward their country cousins. When her boyfriend sneaks behind her back with a white girl and is shot for his troubles, her world comes crashing down, and she grows from an innocent teen to a strong young woman.

Neither Carpetbaggers Nor Scalawags recounts events in post-Civil War Alabama, including political affairs and the attempts by the black population to carve out a social, educational, and economic existence during turbulent times after the end of slavery. It was a time of restrained joy, a time of jubilee, a time for building, especially a better way of living for the ex-slaves and their families. Many participated fully in the political process during the Reconstruction period. The stories of a number of black officeholders are told for the first time in this book.

"Incorporates History of Montgomery (1878), The churches of Montgomery (1878), Genealogy of the Blue family (1886), with the previously unpublished Ellen Blue's diary."

Originally published 25 years ago, Watermelon Wine was praised for its honest, unsentimental examination of the compassion as well as the passion behind authentic country music. Author Frye Gaillard looked at the commercialization of the Grand Ole Opry; the tradition-minded rebels such as Hank Williams, Waylon Jennings, and Tompall Glaser; the growing divide between country and folk music; how Johnny Cash inspired new songwriters and new ideas; how the changing relationships between men and women were affecting the music; the role of God and gospel; and Southern rock's increasing influence. A quarter-century later, the essays in the book seem prophetic and in many cases have become even more relevant. A new introduction by Nashville music journalist Peter Cooper and a new afterword by the author update the book's themes and show what has happened to its personalities.

The foods that the author describes rise from the common experiences of Deep South blacks, who established a distinctive style of cooking often with make-do ingredients. This regional bestseller is now reprinted with recipes, folklore and essays.

With his unique, eye-tickling artwork, Alan Gerson looks at the American justice system with tongue planted firmly in cheek. The humor is sometimes caustic, often critical, and always irreverent, as Gerson makes us realize that the legal system isn't as bad as we thought it was-it's worse. Find out which circus stars file frivolous appeals, who served on Santa's jury, and why nobody wants Satan for a witness. The laughs come quickly in this witty, strikingly illustrated book.

The year 2011 marks the 50th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs incident and the timely reissue of Wings of Denial (NewSouth Books, 2001). After nearly four decades of government denial, the deeds of four Alabama Air National Guardsmen who died at the Bay of Pigs in 1961 were made public and their names memorialized at the CIAs Wall of Honor in Langley, Virginia. Their stories are now told in Wings of Denial.