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    S Is for Southern: A Guide to the South, from Absinthe to Zydeco
    S Is for Southern: A Guide to the South, from Absinthe to Zydeco
    S Is for Southern: A Guide to the South, from Absinthe to Zydeco
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    S Is for Southern: A Guide to the South, from Absinthe to Zydeco

    Written by Editors of Garden and Gun and David DiBenedetto

    Narrated by Graham Halstead

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    From the bestselling authors of The Southerner’s Handbook, Good Dog, and The Southerner’s Cookbook comes a lively compendium of Southern tradition and contemporary culture.

    The American South is a multifaceted region with its own vocabulary, peculiarities, and cultural touchstones. Even for those born in the South, the unspoken rules—layered in local nuances and complexities—can sometimes be confounding. Tennessee whiskey may technically be bourbon, but don't let anyone in Kentucky hear you call it that. And bless your heart, don’t you dare make the mistake of confusing a magnolia blossom with a Japanese tulip.

    Now, from the editors of Garden & Gun—the magazine known as ""the soul of the South""—comes this encyclopedia of Southern living, culture, and history. Covering age-old traditions and current zeitgeists, S Is for Southern includes more than 500 entries spanning every letter of the alphabet, from absinthe to zydeco. This audiobook also includes 100 signature essays from notable Southern writers, including:

    • Jon Meacham on the Civil War
    • Sean Brock on Waffle House
    • Roy Blount, Jr. on humidity
    • Jessica B. Harris on field peas
    • Jason Isbell on the Atlanta Braves
    • Jack Hitt on pluff mud
    • The Lee Brothers on boiled peanuts
    • Jonathan Miles on Larry Brown
    • Julia Reed on the Delta

    Informative and irreverent, S Is for Southern celebrates and demystifies the traditions of the South, and is a must-listen for all fans of the region and culture enthusiasts.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateOct 24, 2017
    ISBN9780062695048
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    Editors of Garden and Gun

    Garden & Gun is a national magazine that covers the best of the South, including its sporting culture, food, music, art, and literature, and its people and their ideas. The magazine has won numerous awards for journalism, design, and overall excellence, and its two previous books, The Southerner's Handbook and Good Dog, were New York Times bestsellers.

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    • 2/5
      Fun idea. Well presented in an attractive book. Some interesting topics. Failing too much, however, in objectivity of historical topics - swept along with current views that are "what everyone knows" at this one moment in time.