Historic Photos of Mississippi
Imagine a ride with the Mississippi mockingbird as it soars through the Mississippi skies. Beginning in the land of Elvis at Tupelo, one moves down to the Piney Woods of East Central Mississippi where the ground is covered with fragrant pine straw and where Choctaw moccasins once walked the trails. Then turn south where the ocean waves swell upon sandy beaches and sea gulls hover and squawk in the breeze. Continue onward to the mansions of historic Natchez and the cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta where the blues reigns supreme. Finally, swoop down toward Old Man River, the majestic Mississippi, and skim across its yellow waters. The waters have seen war and defeat, loss and love, heartbreaks and triumphs. No sentiments need speaking. Only the sweet songs of the mockingbird are required to understand a land whose beauty is second only to the strength of its people.
Through nearly 200 images printed in vivid black-and-white, with brief introductions and captions, Historic Photos of Mississippi takes the viewer on a flightpath to key points of interest in historic Mississippi.
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Book details
- Text by
- Anne B. McKee
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 202
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Series
- Historic Photos
- Subjects
- History › United States › State & Local › South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Photography › Subjects & Themes - Topics
- Mississippi history · black-and-white photography · pictorial history · local history · American South · historic photographs
- ISBN-13
- 9781684420841
About the author
ANNE B. McKEE is a Literary and Performing Artist on the Mississippi Arts Commission’s Artist Roster and the author of Historic Photos of Mississippi and Remembering Mississippi.
McKee received the DAR’s National Historic Preservation Recognition Award in 2017 for her 25 years as a storyteller highlighting Mississippi’s history. Her written work has appeared in Mississippi Magazine, Today’s Mississippi Woman, and several anthologies, and she writes a weekly opinion column for The Meridian Star.
When she’s not writing, McKee serves as Director of the Rose Hill Cemetery Costumed Tour in Meridian. Her storytelling work draws directly on Mississippi’s history and the communities she has spent decades bringing to life.
Anne lives in Meridian, Mississippi.