Hattiesburg, Mississippi: A History of the Hub City

Auteurs

• Benjamin Morris

Paramètres

• Pages: 288 pages
• Temps de lecture: 11 heures

• Cartes et voyages
• Géographie & Topographie
• Histoire
• Histoire du monde
• Littérature compatriotique et d'exil

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This narrative history of Hattiesburg, MS illustrates the people, places, and events that have shaped its cultural and natural history. Founded by William Hardy at the confluence of rivers and rail lines, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, is today a capital of education, healthcare, commerce and the armed forces in the Gulf South. In this new biography of the Hub City, experience its story as you never have before. Hunt and forage alongside Native American tribes centuries before European settlement. Build a cabin with pioneer lumbermen on the edge of the forest, jostling for profit in the cavernous Piney Woods. Train with soldiers at Camp Shelby on the eve of deployment in World War II, and march alongside civil rights activists during Freedom Summer in 1964. In this narrative history, author and Hattiesburg native Benjamin Morris offers a captivating account of the Hub City from its prehistory to the present day, from its darkest hours to its brightest futures.

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• Année de publication: 2014
• Reliure: (souple)