196 JULY | AUGUST 2019
“Men—wealthy men—are cutting a path from the
trace to the Mississippi River. There, they will cut
more trees and float them down river to Natchez
to build bigger and bigger houses for men who
have more coin than they know what to do with.”- The Crossing at Cypress Creek,
Pam Hillman
HERITAGE & CULTURE
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MIDNIGHT TRAIN
By Jim Weatherly with Jeff Roberson, Yoknapatawpha Press, $27
Baldw yn native Jeff Roberson shares the story of Jim Weatherly, just
as Weatherly desires it to be told. From the football field of the Ole
Miss Rebels to songwriting fame, this boy from Pontotoc made it big.
The writer of “Midnight Train to Georgia” along with many other hits
delves into his past rooted in the Magnolia State.REALIZING OUR PLACE: REAL SOUTHERN WOMEN IN A
MYTHOLOGICAL LAND
By Catherine Egley Waggoner and Laura Egley Taylor, University Press of Mississippi, $35
Waggoner and Taylor discover the lives of Southern women from this
storied alluvial land as they compile this collection of conversations
through the Mississippi Delta. There’s no better place to explore the
hierarchy and intricate lives of Southerners than from the Delta.THE CROSSING AT CYPRESS CREEK: A NATCHEZ TRACE
NOVEL
By Pam Hillman, Tyndale House Publishers, $14.99
Colonial time in Mississippi comes alive in Hillman’s second novel in
this series. Alanah Adams is on the hunt for her sister who was cap-
tured by river pirates when her path crosses with Caleb O’Shea, who
has just landed on the shores of Natchez. O’Shea’s brief encounter
with the beautiful Southern lady leads him to stay in Mississippi well
beyond what he intended.THE GONE DEAD
By Chanelle Benz, Harper Collins, $26.99
After 30 years, Billie James returns home to the Mississippi Delta and
to her father’s shack in a rural and secluded area. As she reacquaints
herself with the place where her father, a renowned poet, died, mys-
teries begin to unravel that could put her in danger. Seeking justice
and knowledge of that fateful day, she also puts pieces of her past back
together.GAME OF BONES
By Carolyn Haines, St. Martin’s Press, $26.99
Mississippian Carolyn Haines keeps the murder mysteries flowing
with her newest Sara Booth novel. When a corpse is found in a recent-
ly discovered Native American temple in Sunflower County, Booth
begins to delve into the list of suspects. Murder melds with folklore,
and the lines between what is real and whom to trust are blurred, but
can Booth find the truth in time?A VIEW FROM THE SOUTH: THE NARRATIVE ART OF BOYD
SAUNDERS
By Thomas Dewey II, The University of South Carolina Press, $34.99
Saunders, who earned his master’s degree from the University of
Mississippi, was one of America’s celebrated printmakers. Dewey, a
professor at Ole Miss, takes a look into the life of this acclaimed art-
ist. Saunders work was heavily influenced by the works of William
Faulkner, who he met while studying in Oxford.