Monday, October 27, 2014 - 5:00pm

Carole Shelby Carnes does for Shelby, Mississippi, what Laura Ingalls
Wilder did for the Great Plains and what Lucy Maud Montgomery did for
Prince Edward Island. Memorializing this small Delta town from its roots
through its heyday, Carnes tells the story of several incredible
families and one remarkable place. Carnes captures the spirit of Shelby
in her descriptions, both of the famous plantation dances where the
Delta elite mingled and of the hard times and indomitable spirit of the
laboring sharecroppers. Through her own voice and the voice of her
mother, May, readers meet Lizzie, Carole’s brave and funny nurse;
Kennedy, the town’s tragic WWI hero; James Chow, the town’s Chinese
grocer; and many others.
Event address:
160 Courthouse Sq
38655-3914 Oxford
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$17.95
ISBN: 9781936946358
Availability: Usually Arrives in Store in 1-5 Days
Published: Nautilus - September 4th, 2014