The New All-too-True-Blue History of Mississippi - Paperback

"The New All-too-True-Blue History of Mississippi" is a creative history of Mississippi (or an "alternative" history, if you will). Events that are covered include, but are not limited to: TIME IMMEMORIAL -- Plaquemine Cultures, Mud Cats and Mud Pies 1540 to 1541 -- De Soto & the Female Lumberjacks 1716 -- Oldest Permanent Settlement on the Mississippi Founded 1817 - Statehood 1834 -- Slaves Returned to Africa 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg 1884 -- Shoes on the Wrong Feet 1898 -- Root Beer Invented 1903 -- "Teddy" Waits for Bigger Game 1940s - John Lomax Recordings 1945 -- "Black Boy" 1955 -- "Bo Diddley" 1956 -- Elvis and Ed 1962 - Battle of Oxford 1967 -- "In the Heat of the Knights in White Hoods" 1967 -- "Ode to Billie Joe" 1969 - Hurricane Camille 1977 -- "Margaritaville" 1996 -- "A Time to Kill" (Movie) 1996 -- "Ghosts of Mississippi" 2000 -- "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" 2005 -- Katrina & the Waves 2005 -- Klansman Konvicted Most of the events have explanatory images to help you visualize the history lessons.