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Description edit
At a public picnic in the South in the 1890s, a young man paid five cents for his first chance to hear the revolutionary Edison talking machine. He eagerly listened as the soundman placed the needle down, only to find that through the tubes he held to his ears came the chilling sounds of a... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Ben Tillman: Add a description of this character.
- Tom Watson
- Joel Chandler Harris
- Chesnutt
- Braxton
- Leonidas Polk
- Kate Chopin
- Bolden
- Carson
- Patton
- Booker T. Washington
- Reuben Kolb
- Bryan
- Sam Jones
- Macune
- John
- Jackson
- Henderson
- Bassett
- W. E. B. Dubois
- Davis
- Allen
- Dunbar
- Seymour
- Burkitt
- Stuart
- Parham
- Edna
- Belk
- Griggs
- Vardaman
- Fox
- David Schenck
- Mckinley
- Harrison
- Hogg
- Joplin
- Vaughan
- Harper
- Marion Butler
- Peabody
- Montgomery
Setting & Locations edit
- North Carolina
- Georgia
- Mississippi
- Alabama
- West Virginia
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Louisiana
- Tennessee
- Arkansas
- Atlanta
- New South
- Kentucky
- United States
- New York
- Florida
- Richmond
- America
- Birmingham
- Black Belt
- Glasgow
- Chicago
- Memphis
- New Orleans
- St. Louis
- Charleston
- Greenville
- Nashville
- Baptists
- Augusta
- Midwest
- Macon
- Wilmington
- New England
- Breckenridge
- Raleigh
- Ocala
- Cuba
- Greensboro
- Louisville
- Opelousas
- Massachusetts
- Darlington
- Ohio
- Woodside
- Wheel
- Born
First Sentence edit
THE SOUTHERN LANDSCAPE of 1880 bore the signs of the preceding twenty years.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Edward L. Ayers (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1992
ISBN: 0195037561
Page Count: 592
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1992
ISBN: 0195037561
Page Count: 592
Awards edit
- Frank L. and Harriet C. Owsley Award (1993)
- James A. Rawley Prize (1993)
- Pulitzer Prize (Finalist, 1993: History)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 976
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 19th Century › Reconstruction
- Books › History › Americas › United States › State & Local
- Books › History › World
- Books › History › Ancient
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