Description |
xii, 260 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm. |
Series |
Willie Morris books in memoir and biography |
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Willie Morris books in memoir and biography.
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Note |
Includes index. |
Contents |
An old secret revealed -- A small-town cocoon -- Spilled seed -- Lessons of war -- The mystery of Mississippi -- Death bolted swiftly through his body -- A rare work environment -- Sumner: a good place to raise a boy -- Thar he -- Living with political insanity -- Overcoming pressures -- Out of Mississippi -- Bombingham -- A brewing storm -- Dallas: dark night of the soul -- End of a long year -- Justice delayed: the first Beckwith trial -- A long, hot summer of discontent -- Bloodshed at the beach -- Purifying prelude -- A hooded society of bigots -- Paradox in the South -- I've got bitterness in my heart -- I'm innocent -- The war in men's souls -- Hope in Selma -- Pulling at the fiber -- A wild and woolly night -- Bloody Sunday -- A second attempt -- What killed James Reeb? -- A climactic end -- Still standing. |
Subject |
Herbers, John.
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Journalists -- Southern States -- Biography.
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Civil rights movements -- Press coverage -- Southern States.
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Added Author |
Rosen, Anne Farris, author.
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Roberts, Gene, writer of foreword.
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Other Form: |
Online version: Herbers, John. Deep South dispatch. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2018] 9781496816757 (DLC) 2017050504 |
ISBN |
9781496816740 (hardcover ;) (alkaline paper) |
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1496816749 (hardcover ;) (alkaline paper) |
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