Stuff, Sweet Stuff
Say What?
I’m with the Band
Hello Mother, Hello Father
A Moving Experience
Part Two. Critters
The Awesome Opossum
Big Racks and Perfect Parties
God, Gators, and Gumbo
Slugging It Out
Livestock of the Rich and Famous
Life Among the Serpents
Mastering the Hunt
Part Three. Southern Sustenance
A Delta Original
Good to the Bone
Bizarre Foods
A Tasteful Send-off
Beyond the Butterball
Recipe for Longevity
Make Mine a Scotch
Stone-Ground Killer
Part Four. The South in All Its Glory—Or Not
The South by the Numbers
Going Deep in Dixie
The Dry County Conundrum
The Politics of Lust
Good Country, Bad Behavior
Hollywood on the Delta
When the Sun Don’t Shine
Part Five. Fun
Hell on Wheels
One for the Road
Rocking the Boat
Belle of the Ball
The Ultimate Party Stop
Songs of the South
Also by Julia Reed
About the Author
Copyright
SOUTH TOWARD HOME. Copyright © 2018 by Julia Reed. Foreword copyright © 2018 by Jon Meacham. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Cover design by David Rotstein
Cover illustration by Michael Witte
The Library of Congress Has Cataloged the Print Edition as Follows:
Names: Reed, Julia, author.
Title: South toward home: adventures and misadventures in my native land / Julia Reed.
Description: First edition. | New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017060165 | ISBN 9781250166340 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250166364 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Reed, Julia—Homes and haunts—Southern States. | Reed, Julia—Travel—Southern States. | Southern States—Description and travel. | Southern States—Civilization. | Southern States—Social life and customs. | Southern States—Humor.
Classification: LCC F209.5 .R45 2018 | DDC 975—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017060165
eISBN 9781250166364
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First Edition: July 2018