Growing Up in Mississippi | 
 enlarge | Creators: Richard Ford, Judy H. Tucker, Charline R. Mccord
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 481189
Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 203
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.9
ISBN: 193411071X
Dewey Decimal Number: 976.2063092
EAN: 9781934110713
ASIN: 193411071X
Publication Date: May 2008
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Book Description
Growing Up in Mississippi shares experiences and impressions from a multifaceted group representing all areas of the state and many professions, talents, and temperaments. Parents, teachers, churches, communities, landscape, and historical context profoundly influenced these men and women when they were young. In his revealing foreword, Richard Ford explores the very essence of influence and illustrates his conclusions by recalling an indelible incident between his mother and himself in the front yard of their home on Congress Street in Jackson, Mississippi. The volume then showcases poignant memories of other distinguished individuals: a governor and statesman, journalists, a news anchor, a playwright, novelists, memoirists, a publisher, a minister, educators and scholars, judges and lawyers, a test pilot and astronaut, a renowned watercolorist, a celebrated actress, and many more. Spanning more than five decades, these essays give us a glimpse of the people and places that nurtured these outstanding individuals and their remarkable gifts.
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Some Growing up in Mississippi June 27, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The cover on this book is beautiful and that is why I bought it. It certainly should increase sales. Most of the articles are, obviously, by people who grew up in Mississippi although the editors have stretched this point a bit to include some well known names and a diversity of backgrounds. Many of those included no longer live in the state, and what they have to say about growing up in Mississippi leaves much to be desired. And yes, I did grow up in Mississippi and no longer live in the state (which I regret) and I wasn't asked for MY story, but that is beside the point. It would have been nice to include more people who actually are now real Mississippians.
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