Hidden History of Jackson / Josh Foreman and Ryan Starrett.

Author
Foreman, Josh [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2018.
  • ©2018
Description
174 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

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    Hidden history (Charleston, S.C.) [More in this series]
    Summary note
    The history of Jackson is filled with gripping tales of horrors and heroism. A recording company founded in the mid-1960s with the expectation of competing with New Orleans and Memphis was a national success, outlasting its better-funded rivals. Known as the 'Devil's Backbone,' the Natchez Trace is the graveyard for countless travelers slain by the road's numerous serial killers, brigands and land pirates. Yet one mass grave stands above the others: the Boyd Mounds, which hold the remains of thirty-one Choctaws. Although legend has it that the father of Jackson, Louis LeFleur, was a Canadian trapper famous in high society for his dancing, the truth is even stranger. Join Ryan Starrett and Josh Foreman as they reveal the hidden past of the City with Soul.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-170) and index.
    Contents
    • Preface
    • Part 1. Early Jackson, 1700s-1830s. Where the Choctaw lived; Louis LeFleur, folk hero; Silas Dinsmore, who earned Jackson's ire; Jackson, from the mind of Jefferson
    • Part 2. The frontier capital, 1830s-1890s. Runaway slaves, running in Jackson; Madison County's great slave rebellion; The tenacity of the Manship family; A city sacked, a church defiled; A barbecue becomes a conflagration; A fever falls on Jackson
    • Part 3. A city in flux, 180s-1940s. Whiskey bent and Jackson bound: the saga of the Decell family; Tigers, teetotalers and the fight for the Jackson Saloon; The greater university that never was; Pilots adn POWs: World War II arrives in Jackson
    • Part 4. Jackson come of age, 1950s -present. Joseph Brunini, the liberal bishop; A funeral becomes a fracas: the aftermath of the Medgar Evers funeral; Derek Singleton, who quietly integrated Jackson's schools; The triumph and tainting of the Pearl River reservoir; Revenge of the Pearl; Tommy couch, local mogul.
    ISBN
    • 9781467138970
    • 1467138975
    LCCN
    2017958376
    OCLC
    1007841235
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