Bøger om Mississippi

Over en periode på fem år mister Jesmyn Ward fem unge mænd, der står hende nær, inklusive sin egen bror. De dør af overdosis, selvmord, skuddrab og i to forskellige bilulykker. Dødsfaldene er meningsløse, men alligevel sætter Ward sig for at undersøge, hvorfor de skulle ske.I sin søgen efter svar, føres hun tilbage til sin fattige hjemby DeLisle i sydstaten Mississippi. Her genbesøger hun de fem mænds skæbner, og deres historier flettes sammen med hendes egen, hendes families og hjembyens. Fra dette ståsted bliver det tydeligt, hvordan de fem liv, på trods af de forskellige omstændigheder for deres afslutning, var dybt forbundne.Mænd vi høstede er en bevægende fortælling om racisme, ulighed og tab. Den er et kærligt portræt af det stærke sammenhold, der kan opstå i et lille lokalsamfund præget af tragedier.

Toms eventyr, der fortælles i denne bog, er for størstedelen virkeligt oplevet, enkelte af mig selv, de øvrige af mine skolekammerater. Huck Finn er grebet lige ud af livet, Tom Sawyer ligeledes, dog med den forskel, at karakteregenskaberne hos tre drenge, som jeg kendte, er blevet forenet i fremstillingen af ham. De mærkelige overtroiske forestillinger, der berøres, var alle udbredte blandt børn og slaver i vesten i den periode, hvori denne fortælling foregår - det vil sige for 30-40 år siden. Selv om min bog især er tænkt som underholdning for drenge og piger, håber jeg ikke, at mænd og kvinder af den grund vil gå uden om den, for det har været en del af min plan på en behagelig måde at minde de voksne om det, de selv engang har været, og om hvordan de følte og tænkte og talte, og hvad for underlige gøremål de undertiden var beskæftiget med. - Mark Twain

Huckleberry Finn (på engelsk The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, også Huck Finn) er en roman fra 1884 af den amerikanske forfatter Mark Twain. Den regnes som hans mesterværk. Romanen handler om Huckleberry Finn og den bortløbne negerslave Jims rejse ned ad Mississippi til Cairo i Illinois i tiden før den amerikanske borgerkrig. Romanen er kaldt «den store amerikanske roman», «den amerikanske Odyssé» og «den amerikanske saga». «Al amerikansk litteratur stammer fra en bog af Mark Twain, som hedder Huckleberry Finn», har Ernest Hemingway sagt.

KORSVEJEN er en fortælling om musik og mørk magi – og om en mojo fra Misssissippi.Musikeren B-Joe er taget til blues-musikkens vugge i Mississippi, hvor han ved nattetide opsøger blues-legenden Robert Johnsons grav. Om Johnson sagde man, at han en nat ved en helt symbolsk crossroad (deraf bogens titel) som en anden Faust indgik en pagt med djævelen, der ’over night’ satte den før temmelig middelmådige musiker i stand til at spille overjordisk på sin guitar. Men prisen skulle betales, og kun 27 år gammel blev Robert Johnson kaldt hjem af mørkets hersker. Han blev dermed det første unge døde medlem af Club 27, der i dag tæller så prominente medlemmer som Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain og senest Amy Winehouse.Af jord og rekvisitter fra Robert Johnsons grav fremstiller B-Joe en såkaldt mojo – en amulet, der siges at give magiske evner til ejeren. Og ganske rigtigt: efterfølgende oplever B-Joes hensygnende musikalske karriere et uforklarligt opsving. B-Joe beslutter derfor at rejse tilbage til Mississippi og fremstille flere mojos, men man skal ikke lege med mørkets kræfter. Don’t mess with magic! Langsomt begynder der at indtræffe ildevarslende hændelser i B-Joes liv: Er det Djævelen, der kalder, og er det for sent at bryde pagten og skille sig af med den magiske mojo?Om forfatteren: B-Joe, født 1966 i København, er en rutineret rockguitarist, der har indspillet adskillige albums og spillet sammen med flere anerkendte navne, bl.a. Dylan-guitaristen Billy Cross. I dag er han medlem af Shu-bi-dua 2.0. KORSVEJEN er hans debut som forfatter.

I'm The Same is a novel about what it feels like to be Bi-racial in America, surviving grief and the fury that nature throws at you.

Back to the BeginningThe next gripping Hunt for Jack Reacher Thriller!Everything ends somewhere... For Jack Reacher, that was Carter'sCrossing, Mississippi, spring 1997. A desolate railroad track. Abrutal murder. The end of a decorated soldier's career. History repeats itself. Now there's another woman dead in thesame lonely place. FBI Special Agent Kim Otto is sent to find out everything she can, be on the lookout for Reacher, and ordered to turn him in forcapture. But when she gets to Carter's Crossing, the local sheriff and MayorElizabeth Deveraux have joined forces with two Majors from theArmy's 110th Investigative Unit to bury the truth forever. The Affair was the start of the Reacher saga. In Full Metal Jack, will Otto's career end where Reacher's began?

The last time Jack Reacher passed through South Dakota, almost everyone close to him was savagely murdered. Some say Reacher killed them. Maybe he did. But one ruthless gangster survived.FBI Special Agent Kim Otto lands in the middle of his desperate escape to freedom. She joins law enforcement to recapture the brutal felon before he disappears forever. Agent Otto is no longer working alone. She wanted a new partner and now she's got one. William Burke, an ex-SEAL formerly assigned to the Hostage Rescue Team, should have been the answer to all of her problems. But Burke's got a cloud on his record. How will his past impact their mission? 61 Hours was almost the death of Jack Reacher. Jack Frost might finish the job.

Stafford Lee Penney is the best defence lawyer in Mississippi - he's never lost a case. Until now.Hot on the heels of his latest courtroom victory, his wife is brutally murdered. Devastated, Stafford Lee spirals into a losing streak that forces him to abandon his once brilliant career.But his wife's killer is still on the loose and they seem determined to frame Stafford Lee for their crimes. Rising from rock bottom, he makes a bold return to court - to defend himself in the biggest murder trial this town has ever seen.Stafford Lee must crack the toughest case of his career. And this time, it's personal._________________________________________________PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON'It's no mystery why James Patterson is the world's most popular thriller writer ... Simply put: nobody does it better.' JEFFERY DEAVER'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.' LEE CHILD'Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind.' MICHAEL CONNELLY'James Patterson is The Boss. End of.' IAN RANKIN'The master storyteller of our times' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON'One of the greatest storytellers of all time' PATRICIA CORNWELL'Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried ... there's no stopping his imagination' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'Patterson is in a class by himself' GUARDIANGlobal bestselling thriller author, Bookscan, April 2023

A fully illustrated account of the Vicksburg campaign.

Mississippi Dream is French photographer Larry Niehues' second book following Nothing Has Changed, his "love letter to America". For this book, Niehues chose to go deeper into his fascination with the Delta region of the United States and focus on the great state of Mississippi. In this passionate exploration inside the culture of the Deep South, Niehues captures aspects of Mississippi far beyond landscapes and blue skies. These are images that were taken throughout 2020 and 2022 while confronting a pandemic, as well as major flooding that deeply affected the Mississippi Delta.This raw and passionate body of work captures a range of moments; from epic performances by Blues legends at iconic local juke joints, to more intimate settings. It documents century-old Baptist traditions and everyday life in what is often referred to as "The Most Southern Place on Earth." The photographs tell a story that feels both nostalgic and surreal, and is sure to inspire a deep sense of what life is like in the Magnolia State. "America is still out there... you just have to look for it." - Larry Niehues

The essential guide for learning the Tunica language.For many years, the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana collaborated with students and faculty at Tulane University on a project to revitalize the Tunica language. Tunica had not been spoken or used regularly in the community since the last known speaker, Sesostrie Youchigant, passed away in 1948. The center of the revitalization of the Tunica language is this first-of-its-kind, beginning Tunica language textbook.The Tunica Language Textbook (Rowinataworu Luhchi Yoroni) contains everything needed to become conversationally fluent in Tunica. Like other language textbooks, it contains vocabulary and grammatical information, as well as practice exercises that develop both comprehension and production of Tunica, and acquisition of the patterns, not just the forms. The textbook contains links to an online pronunciation guide and includes a wealth of information on cultural topics, from stickball to basketry to naming to cosmology, and uses the language to do so. Wherever possible, excerpts from the original documentation of Tunica stories and myths have been included, so that students can become acquainted with native-like language use.Each chapter is structured to lead the student through the stages of learning, from presentation of new information, to recognition, to identification, to application. While there is explanation of the topics in English, the lessons are designed to be used in an immersion classroom setting as well as for individual use.

The gripping new Jack Reacher thriller from the No.1 bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child.When your name is Jack Reacher, the truth is always worth doing time for.Gerrardsville, Colorado. One tragic event. Two witnesses. Two conflicting accounts. One witness sees a woman throw herself in front of a bus - clearly suicide. The other witness is Jack Reacher. And he sees what really happened - a man in grey hoodie and jeans, swift and silent as a shadow, pushing the victim to her death, before grabbing her bag and sauntering away.Reacher follows the killer, not knowing that this was no random act of violence. It is part of something much bigger...a sinister, secret conspiracy, with powerful people on the take, enmeshed in an elaborate plot that leaves no room for error. If any step is compromised, the threat will have to be quickly and permanently removed.Because when the threat is Reacher, there is No Plan B...'Perfectly plotted, with bigger twists than ever before' KARIN SLAUGHTER'The world's favourite hero packs an even harder punch than ever' PETER JAMESAlthough the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, No Plan B is the 27th book in the internationally bestselling series.And be sure not to miss Reacher's newest adventure, no.29, In Too Deep! **OUT NOW**No Plan B was a No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller in May 2023.

Essay from the year 2018 in the subject Politics - Environmental Policy, grade: 95, , language: English, abstract: The blowout of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig on April 20, 2010 was the worst oil spill in U.S. history. Damages from the event rapidly increased the rate of coastal erosion to the coastal wetlands of Louisiana. This region plays a vital role to our nation¿s economy. Many ethnic communities that contribute to the richness of Louisianäs food, music, and culture also suffered from this event. Settlements from British Petroleum will go towards coastal restoration projects and to compensate coastal communities that suffered as a direct result of the oil spill. Louisiana is now taking on steps to protect and restore the fragile wetlands along its coast over the next 50 years through a $50 billion project known as the Coastal Master Plan.

From the award-winning Walter Mosley comes a dazzling novel of ideas about the sexual and intellectual coming-of-age of an unusual man who goes by the name Woman

A fisherman's murder in Mississippi unwinds the dark truth from Vietnam and exposes unfathomable guilt.

"Traveling across the Mississippi Delta, Bo Willie searches blues landmarks like Dockery Farms and Beale Street for his missing dog"--