Description:From the bestselling authors of The Southerner’s Handbook, Good Dog, and The Southerner’s Cookbook comes a lively compendium of Southern tradition and contemporary culture.The American South is a multifaceted region with its own vocabulary, peculiarities, and cultural touchstones. Even for those born in the South, the unspoken rules—layered in local nuances and complexities—can sometimes be confounding. Tennessee whiskey may technically be bourbon, but don't let anyone in Kentucky hear you call it that. And bless your heart, don’t you dare make the mistake of confusing a magnolia blossom with a Japanese tulip.Now, from the editors of Garden & Gun—the magazine known as "the soul of the South"—comes this encyclopedia of Southern living, culture, and history. Covering age-old traditions and current zeitgeists, S is for Southern includes more than 500 entries spanning every letter of the alphabet, from absinthe to zydeco. The book also includes 100 signature essays from notable Southern writers, including:John Meacham on the Civil WarSean Brock on Waffle HouseRoy Blount Jr. on humidityJessica Harris on field peasJason Isabel on The Atlanta BravesJack Hitt on Pluff Mud The Lee Brothers on boiled peanutsJonathan Miles on Larry BrowJulia Reed on the deltaInformative and irreverent, illustrated with black-and-white line drawings throughout, S is for Southern celebrates and demystify the traditions of the South, and is a must-read for all fans of the region and culture enthusiasts.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with S Is for Southern: A Guide to the South, from Absinthe to Zydeco (Garden & Gun Books, 4). To get started finding S Is for Southern: A Guide to the South, from Absinthe to Zydeco (Garden & Gun Books, 4), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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S Is for Southern: A Guide to the South, from Absinthe to Zydeco (Garden & Gun Books, 4)
Description: From the bestselling authors of The Southerner’s Handbook, Good Dog, and The Southerner’s Cookbook comes a lively compendium of Southern tradition and contemporary culture.The American South is a multifaceted region with its own vocabulary, peculiarities, and cultural touchstones. Even for those born in the South, the unspoken rules—layered in local nuances and complexities—can sometimes be confounding. Tennessee whiskey may technically be bourbon, but don't let anyone in Kentucky hear you call it that. And bless your heart, don’t you dare make the mistake of confusing a magnolia blossom with a Japanese tulip.Now, from the editors of Garden & Gun—the magazine known as "the soul of the South"—comes this encyclopedia of Southern living, culture, and history. Covering age-old traditions and current zeitgeists, S is for Southern includes more than 500 entries spanning every letter of the alphabet, from absinthe to zydeco. The book also includes 100 signature essays from notable Southern writers, including:John Meacham on the Civil WarSean Brock on Waffle HouseRoy Blount Jr. on humidityJessica Harris on field peasJason Isabel on The Atlanta BravesJack Hitt on Pluff Mud The Lee Brothers on boiled peanutsJonathan Miles on Larry BrowJulia Reed on the deltaInformative and irreverent, illustrated with black-and-white line drawings throughout, S is for Southern celebrates and demystify the traditions of the South, and is a must-read for all fans of the region and culture enthusiasts.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with S Is for Southern: A Guide to the South, from Absinthe to Zydeco (Garden & Gun Books, 4). To get started finding S Is for Southern: A Guide to the South, from Absinthe to Zydeco (Garden & Gun Books, 4), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.