Must See Mississippi: 50 Favorite Places

Must See Mississippi: 50 Favorite Places

From the PublisherThis journey to the state's most intriguing spots---Offers selections that are geographically diverse, covering as many areas of the state as possible---Represents a broad range from homes and public buildings to landscape features---Features text written for general readers rather than an academic audience---Illuminates (experientially!) Mississippi history---Delivers over 112 attractive, full-color photographs---Allows readers an armchair journey toGrand Village of the Natchez IndiansOld Natchez TraceMonmouthJefferson CollegeWoodville Branch Banking HouseBowling GreenThe HillWest Feliciana Railroad and Banking HouseShirley HouseOld CapitolOakland ChapelGovernor's MansionCliftonJackson City HallLittle Red SchoolhouseLyceumBiloxi LighthouseChapel of the CrossChapel of the Cross RectoryLongfellow HousePoint LefloreCotesworthL. Q. C. Lamar HouseJacinto CourthouseSt. John's Episcopal ChurchFalkner-Gary HouseMadison County CourthouseChrist Episcopal ChurchVicksburg's Old Courthouse MuseumWindsorProvine ChapelFirst Presbyterian Church of Port GibsonVictoriaTate County CourthouseChamberlain-Hunt AcademyFirst Presbyterian Church of OxfordDeSoto County Courthouse MuralsVentress BuildingNeshoba County FairgroundsTemple Gemiluth ChassedCastalian SpringsCentral Fire StationMississippi Industrial CollegeLeflore County Courthouse and Confederate MonumentIllinois MonumentOur Lady of the Gulf Catholic ChurchGreenwood's Grand BoulevardWalter Place GardensEudora Welty HouseTishomingo Swinging BridgeMust See Mississippi: 50 Favorite Places is a fifty-site tour through the Magnolia State's historic locales, ranging from the graceful swinging bridge at Tishomingo State Park to the Biloxi Lighthouse, a miraculous survivor of Hurricane Katrina. Each locale contributes a unique piece of the state's rich and multilayered story, told through Mary Carol Miller's text and more than one hundred full-color photographs by Mary Rose Carter.The book traces the region's history across several centuries, from the sunken paths of the Natchez Trace, winding through ominously quiet corners of Claiborne County, to the Greek Revival mansions and courthouses of the antebellum era. Author and photographer explore the remains of the long-lost Natchez tribe's Grand Village, as well as Gothic churches, imposing college chapels, and cabins of the Neshoba County Fair. Natural treasures also abound with trips to Point Leflore, the gardens of Monmouth and Walter Place, and the towering oaks of Greenwood's Grand Boulevard.Selected by the author and photographer after more than a decade of roaming the highways and back roads of Mississippi, these fifty sites represent the best of a fascinating state.Mary Carol Miller and Mary Rose Carter from Greenwood, Mississippi, are coauthors of Great Houses of Mississippi and Written in the Bricks. Greg Iles of Natchez, Mississippi, is the author of several novels, including True Evil, Turning Angel, and Blood Memory.From the Inside FlapA journey to the state's most intriguing spotsFrom the Back CoverA journey to the state's most intriguing spotsAbout the AuthorMary Carol Miller and Mary Rose Carter from Greenwood, Mississippi, are coauthors of Great Houses of Mississippi and Written in the Bricks. Miller is also the author of Lost Landmarks of Mississippi and Lost Mansions of Mississippi, which won the Mississippi Library Association Non-Fiction Award in 1997. Greg Iles of Natchez, Mississippi, is the author of several novels, including True Evil, Turning Angel, and Blood Memory.