South A To-Step Odyssey on the Backroads of the Enchanted Land [Paperback]

An anecdotal, rollicking tour through America's most colorful region.
From the Tidewater through Appalachia, down the Blue Ridge country and into the sunbelt, B.C. Hall and C.T. Wood take us through the American South, inviting us to listen to its music -- blues, country, gospel, and rock -- and to the voices that have shaped its extraordinary, distinctive literature. Interweaving interviews with people both ordinary and famous with thought-provoking reflections on Southern life, history, politics, humor, religion, and cultural icons,The Southis a matchless, impressionistic portrait of a people and a place.B.C. Hall and C.T. Woodare the coauthors ofBig Muddy.Hall is also the author of a novel,The Burning Season,andJudgment Day,for which he received an Edgar Allan Poe Special Nonfiction Award. He teaches English and American Studies at Arkansas Tech University. Wood, an economist and consultant, lives and writes in Hot Springs, Arkansas.President Bill Clinton Fascinating.Pamela Robin Brandt New York Daily News A crash course, by a couple of Arkansas boys, in truly understanding what is probably the most uniquely contained yet wildly volatile regional culture in our nation.Al Haas The Philadelphia Inquirer An ambitious and fascinating tapestry of Southern culture.