Theroux, Paul
Summary: "Paul Theroux has spent fifty years crossing the globe, adventuring in the exotic, seeking the rich history and folklore of the far away. Now, for the first time, in his tenth travel book, Theroux explores a piece of America--the Deep South. He finds there a paradoxical place, full of incomparable music, unparalleled cuisine, and yet also some of the nation's worst schools, housing, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 975 THECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975 THESummary: A road trip though the creative spirit of the American South, a world of churches, prisons, coal mines, and mountains, with alternative country musician and songwriter Jim White acting as tour guide. Presents a collage of stories and testimonies while a strange Southern Jesus looms in the background.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC SEASummary: "Through this multilayered portrait of the American South, discover the soul and secrets of the region from folk artists, social justice reformers, jazz icons, renowned storytellers, pitmaster legends and more. Local stories, travel intel, and modern lore, including: The top meat and threes in the South; Blues musicians of note ; Intel from a legendary horse jockey ; Notable terrain formations...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wildsam Field Guides 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.9 AMERICAN SOUTH WILSummary: "The Original guide to barbecue in the south has been created in support of the Atlanta History Center's exhibition BARBECUE NATION, a chronicle of the cultural heritage and enduring influence of this great American foodway. Open to the public from May 2018 to June 2019, the exhibition includes a wide array of pitmaster artifacts, barbecue ephemera, oral histories, vintage photographs and a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wildsam Field Guides 2018