andrew young and the making of modern atlanta

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The God Particle .....................................1R. Kirby Godsey

Jimmy Carter ...........................................2Dorothy Padgett

Andrew Young and the Making of Modern Atlanta .................................3

Andrew Young, Harvey Newman and Andrea Young

Education Unleashed ................................4Casey Cagle

1, 2, 3, TEAM! ...........................................5Susie Gardner and Tina Mullen

Sleeping Above Chaos ...........................6Ann Hite

Annie Laura’s Triumph ...........................7 Milinda Jay

Lightningstruck ......................................8Ashley Mace Havird

Ferrol Sams Fiction Award Winners ......9

Capricorn Rising ...................................10Michael Buffalo Smith

Ossabaw Island .....................................11Evan Kutzler and Jill Stuckey

Florida’s Civil War .................................12 Tracy J. Revels

Civil War Backlist ...........................13–14

Reconstruction in Georgia ....................15C. Mildred Thompson†; introduction by William Harris Bragg

Sports and Religion Series ...................16

Dribbling for Dawah ........................................ 17Steven Fink

A Cloud of Witnesses from the Heart of the City .............................................18

W. Glenn Jonas, Jr.

Baptists in Early North America—Newport RI, Seventh Day Baptists, Vol III ................19

Janet Thorngate, editor

Spring/Summer 2016 Releases .......20–21

Various Series Pages .......................20–21

The James N. Griffith Endowed Series in Baptist Studies ..................................22

Recent Releases ..............................23–26

The Melungeons Series ........................27

Introductory Courses on the Bible ......28

On the front cover: Ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Youngmeeting with President Jimmy Carter, 1977Oval Office, The White House, Washington DC—See catalog pages 2 & 3

From the Director

Dear Reader,

A few days after writing these words I am traveling to Athens, Greece, to teach a class on Herodotus. Depending on whom you listen to, Herodotus was either the “father of history” (Cicero) or the “father of lies” (Petrarch). Herodotus’ Histories is a large, entertaining, rambling book of stories, anecdotes, and, sometimes, a historical account of the wars between Persia and Greece, East and West—telling the story of how Greece, with a small army, kept a huge empire from absorbing the West before it was known as THE West.

On my trip, I am preparing to take one backpack and one carryon suitcase to last me for twenty days. The problem is that I have about fifteen books I want to take.

Books are like friends. If we read them they become part of the dialogue of our life. I merely walk past a bookcase in my home and see certain titles or authors and without even touching them they influence my thinking at that moment. They may remind me of my civic duty, my moral obligations, or of a time I laughed out loud. Just being in the presence of books changes the way I act and behave. Certain authors like Austen, Thoreau, Plato, and Augustine send a message like a lighthouse to a ship as I pass, insisting I stay on course and avoid the craggy shore.

But on this trip, I will be with my wife, twelve students, and two colleagues—plenty of friends who will be around to keep me walking straight. So, maybe not fifteen books. Six. Yes, I will take six books. And maybe, if I leave out one more shirt, a seventh book will fit in my suitcase.

Look through this catalog, and I am certain you will find some friends to inspire you, entertain you, and help keep you on course.

Marc Jolley

The expansion of human knowledge that springs from the inquiries of science can become a profound resource for our faith traditions. We need not choose between faith and reason as the rejection of reason often leads to a failure of faith. The high calling of the scientific community is to bring the realities of our universe into sharper focus. Our faith traditions enable us to discern meaning and understanding in our lives that cannot be realized by examining facts alone. Both the knowledge we are gaining from science along with the deep insights that we gain from our faith stories provide light and encouragement for navigating our human journeys.

The hope and compassion and embodiments of grace that we experience within our communities of faith and the new knowledge we discovered through explorations of our world, such as the now-famous discovery of the “god particle,” can come together to lead us toward a better understanding of ourselves and our world. We are learning that the universe, including ourselves, is a constellation of creative interdependence. There are no isolated entities in the world, including our individual lives. The solitary individual is a fiction. Our relational lives are central to our being.

A sustainable faith should engage our minds as a critical resource for sound belief. Every believer can become a thoughtful believer and every thoughtful person can find hope and insight for living from our stories of faith. Thinking and believing work together to enable us to live more fully enlightened lives.

R. Kirby Godsey is the author of four

books, including Is God a Christian?

and When We Talk about God...Let’s

Be Honest. For twenty-seven years, he

served as president of Mercer University,

becoming chancellor in 2006. Godsey

has earned doctorates in Theology

(NOBTS) and Philosophy (Tulane).

The God ParticleGod-Talk in a “Big-Bang” World

R. Kirby Godsey

O T H E R T I T L E S B Y T H I S A U T H O R

Having the courage to keep faith alive, we may be startled by God’s presence in unexpected places and in unsuspecting moments

SEPTEMBER 2016 | RELIGION/PHILOSOPHY

5.25 x 8.25 | 112 pp. | Hardback, $20.00t | 978-0-88146-585-3 | H919

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Is God a Christian?R. Kirby Godsey

Paperback | $20.00t | P532978-0-88146-576-1

When We Talk about God... Let’s Be HonestR. Kirby GodseyPaperback | $25.00t | P342978-0-88146-019-3

Centering Our SoulsDevotional

Reflections of a University President

R. Kirby GodseyHardback | $25.00t | H652

978-0-86554-985-2

The Courage FactorA Collection of Presidential EssaysR. Kirby GodseyHardback | $25.00t | H671978-0-86554-986-9

2 MERCER UNIVERSIT Y PRESS FALL/WINTER 2016 New Release

T I T L E S O F I N T E R E S T

To Lasso the Clouds

The Beginning of Aviation in Georgia

Dan A. Aldridge, Jr.Hardback | $29.00t | H916

978-0-88146-574-7

Senator Richard B. Russell and My Career as a Trial Lawyer An AutobiographyCharles E. CampbellHardback | $35.00t | H867978-0-88146-432-0

NegotiationThe Alternative

to HostilityJimmy Carter

Paperback | $25.00t | P256978-0-86554-882-4

The Warm Springs StoryLegacy & Legend F. Martin HarmonHardback | $35.00t | H879978-0-88146-472-6

Dorothy “Dot” Padgett organized

the Carter presidential campaign

effort known as the Peanut Brigade.

During the Carter Administration,

she was appointed assistant chief of

Protocol at the State Department.

Padgett is a former member of the

Democratic National Committee,

the Georgia Council for the Arts,

and the Metropolitan Mental Health

Association. She presently serves on

The Carter Center Board of Councilors.

Padgett lives in historic downtown

Douglasville, Georgia.

How does a peanut farmer become Governor of Georgia and President of the United States? Only in America could such a story be true.

As a small child, Jimmy Carter set his sights on the United States Naval Academy. After graduation in 1946, he married Rosalynn Smith, and six years later, Carter followed the brilliant Captain Hyman G. Rickover into the uncharted waters of the Navy’s nuclear submarine program. When Carter left the Navy, he returned with his young family to the fields of the family farm in Plains, Georgia.

Not satisfied with the climate of injustice he witnessed in his daily life, Carter sought a political career and was elected state senator in 1962 and again in 1964. He successfully won the 1970 campaign for Governor of Georgia.

In 1975, Carter announced he would run for President. Under the new Federal Election Laws only $21.8 million would be provided for the General Election Campaign. A trivial amount compared to future campaigns.

An army of loyal supporters, friends, neighbors, and elected officials, known as the Peanut Brigade, joined the campaign. They traveled across the country, joining Jimmy and Rosalynn, knocking on doors, standing at factory gates, walking streets, asking voters to vote for Jimmy Carter for President.

In 1976, Carter was elected the 39th President of the United States and served one term. Since leaving office, Carter has not stopped working on behalf of not just Americans, but for people worldwide.

While the basics of his story are well known, they have never been told from the perspective of a “soldier” in the Peanut Brigade. Dorothy “Dot” Padgett, with an earthy, honest, and Southern voice, tells the story as if new to all of us. Humor and insight abound in this direct telling of how a peanut farmer from Georgia became President and leader of the United States. The secret is in his character, his morality, and in his being truly human.

Jimmy CarterElected President with Pocket Change and Peanuts

Dorothy Padgett

A first-hand account of the Peanut Brigade and the election campaign of the 39th President of the United States

SEPTEMBER 2016 | HISTORY/POLITICS/GEORGIA

6 x 9 | 544 pp. | Hardback, $35.00t | 978-0-88146-586-0 | H920 | Bibliography | Index | Illustrations

Andrew Young and the Making of Modern Atlanta tells the story of the decisions that shaped Atlanta’s growth from a small, provincial Deep South city to an international metropolis impacting and influencing global affairs. When Mayor William Hartsfield coined the term “City too Busy to Hate” in the 1950s, who would have imagined that within fifty years Atlanta would have the world’s busiest airport, rank as the eighth largest metropolitan area in the United States or, that this once racially-segregated city would host the Centennial Olympic Games and play host to the world in 1996?

Andrew Young arrived in Atlanta in 1961 and has played a key role in Atlanta’s development ever since—in the Civil Rights Movement, as the city’s representative in Congress, and as Mayor. The authors have woven this perspective with archival material, media accounts, and the reflections of scores of other key elected officials, community, business, and civic leaders, and civil servants on the making of modern Atlanta.

Atlanta provides a unique case study for an alternative vision of the relationships among leaders in corporations, government, and communities. The book tracks the development of the Atlanta Way, a strategy for economic development that features cross-racial cooperation—from the foundation in Reconstruction era Atlanta to the Olympic Games. It gives voice to the policymakers, their aspirations, strategies and challenges, and the economic and racial progress that resulted. In particular this book documents the grace and sophistication of the leaders of Atlanta’s African-American community in negotiating a path to greater political and economic power.

Andrew Young was a key aide to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He was U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Atlanta’s Congressional representative, two-term Mayor, and co-chair of the Olympic Games in 1996. Young is the author of three books, including An Easy Burden.

Harvey Newman is a professor emeritus in the department of Public Management and Policy at Georgia State University. He has an extensive academic background in urban policy studies and is the author of Southern Hospitality: Tourism and the Growth of Atlanta, as well as numerous articles on policy decision making in the city.

Andrea Young is an attorney, public policy advocate, and professor of Practice at Georgia State University. For more than thirty years she has been a leader in government and the non-profit sector working to defend and extend civil and human rights. She is the author of Life Lessons My Mother Taught Me.

Andrew Young and the Making

of Modern Atlanta

Andrew Young, Harvey Newman, and Andrea Young


Highlighting key decisions that led to Atlanta’s remarkable economic growth and the people who helped create an international city

NOVEMBER 2016 | HISTORY/ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/GEORGIA

6 x 9 | 320 pp. | Hardback $29.00t | 978-0-88146-587-7 | H921 | Bibliography | Index | Illustrations


Educating the Urban New SouthAtlanta and the Rise

of Georgia State University, 1913–1969

Merl E. ReedHardback | $35.00t | H784

978-0-88146-148-0

Cracking the Solid SouthThe Life of John Fletcher Hanson, Father of Georgia TechLee C. DunnHardback | $35.00t | H912 978-0-88146-562-4

The CEO as Urban Statesman

Sam A. WilliamsHardback | $25.00 | H895

978-0-88146-510-5

In the BeginningThe Martin Luther King, Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse CollegeEchol Nix, Jr.Hardback | $35.00t | H904 978-0-88146-530-3


Casey Cagle is a seventh-generation

Georgian who was born and raised in

Hall County, and presently serves as

Georgia’s 11th Lieutenant Governor.

After starting his first business at the

age of 21, Cagle found success as an

entrepreneur. He has been recognized

for his work to champion Charter School

Systems, Georgia’s College and Career

Academies, Lieutenant Governor’s

Healthy Kids Challenge, numerous

programs focused on improving student

academic achievement, and bringing

resources together to make public

schools more accountable and effective

for students and communities as a

whole.

What is the purpose of public education? Writing from his experience as a father, small business owner, and policymaker, Georgia’s Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle presents a comprehensive vision to transform the way that public schools educate our students. Beginning with an idea which unites all Americans—that public education establishes the foundational promise of opportunity for all individuals by empowering us with the ability to learn, develop, and obtain anything we are willing to work for—Cagle makes the case for reforming our schools and rethinking the premise behind how we set and measure goals for student achievement. This is truly the challenge of a generation. Public schools are important—not just because of the millions of students who will spend thirteen years of their lives learning and preparing for the future in their classrooms—but also for the hundreds of thousands of teachers and educators who spend countless hours each week going above and beyond their duties to make sure all students are able to succeed. Most importantly, the central role of public education includes fostering the strength of our families, communities, and upholding the guiding principles of our nation. Seeking to remove the obstacles that impede student achievement, while eliminating any justification for complacency in our schools, Cagle explains a thoughtful vision for the future of public education, turning the status quo on its head in favor of leading individual systems, schools, teachers, students, and communities to educational excellence—today and for future generations.

Education UnleashedCasey Cagle


Sometimes I Did All I Could Do

Authentic Remembrances

of TeachingAl Stramiello, Margaret

Morris, and Jerry WorleyPaperback | $30.00s | P383

978-0-88146-137-4

A Joyful Passion for TeachingAl Stramiello, Mary Willingham, and Carl A. MartrayPaperback | $25.00s | P344978-0-86554-997-5

A thoughtful vision for the future of public education

OCTOBER 2016 | EDUCATION/GEORGIA

6 x 9 | 160 pp. | Paperback, $19.00t | 978-0-88146-593-8 | P537

Toward Human Flourishing

Character, Practical Widsom, and Professional

FormationMark L. Jones,

Kelly E. Reffitt, and Paul A. Lewis, editors

Paperback | $30.00s | P462978-0-88146-436-8

CentennialA History of the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at The University of GeorgiaE. Culpepper ClarkHardback | $35.00t | H910978-0-88146-551-8

Zoey has always been the star of the team. She believes she can win games all by herself. But when a new coach arrives, Zoey must learn that it takes more than one player to make a team.

This read-aloud book follows one young athlete as she learns how much better it is when all players work together. 1, 2, 3 TEAM! will have your listeners yelling “TEAM” in unison before the final page.

Susie Gardner knows the importance of being a good teammate. As an NCAA Division I women’s basketball coach, she values those traits which make her college athletes good team players. Gardner has incorporated her love of children’s books into her coaching and uses them as motivational tools with her teams. It’s never too early for children to learn to work together—more “team” and less “me.”

The watercolor illustrations of award-winning artist Tina Mullen capture the energy of the story and bring life to the playful personalities of Zoey and her teammates.

Susie Gardner was named Head

Women’s Basketball Coach at Mercer

University in 2010. With more than

200 Division I wins to her resume,

she has coached college basketball

for over twenty-five years. Gardner

holds BS and MEd degrees from The

University of Georgia. She is a member

of the Women’s Basketball Coaches

Association, the Fellowship of Christian

Athletes, and the Society of Children’s

Book Writers and Illustrators. Gardner

resides in Macon, Georgia.

Tina Mullen is currently the director

of the UF Health Shands Arts in

Medicine—a program that brings the

arts to patients and families struggling

with serious illness. Her work has been

exhibited throughout the United States.

Mullen received a BA from Fort Lewis

College in Durango, Colorado and an

MFA from the University of Florida. She

resides in Gainesville, Florida.

Susie Gardner has challenged her fellow coaches in the NCAA to purchase copies of this book in bulk, then donate to kids in their respective communities.

1,2,3 Team!Story by Susie Gardner

Illustrated by Tina Mullen

Zoey learns it takes more than one player to make a team

SEPTEMBER 2016 | JUVENILE FICTION/SPORTS/BASKETBALL

8 x 10 | 32 pp. | Hardback $16.00t | 978-0-88146-590-7 | H924 | Illustrations


Ann Hite has published four novels and

a novella that are set in Black Mountain,

North Carolina. At age 51, she became

a published novelist. Her debut novel,

Ghost On Black Mountain, won Georgia

Author of the Year and was a Townsend

Prize Finalist in 2012. Being a city girl

most of her life, she now writes each

day in her home office that looks out on

a decent clutter of trees. Learn more at

annhiteauthor.wix.com/blackmountain.

Imagine the relationship triangle from “East of Eden” and set it deep in the Appalachian Mountains. Add a couple of ghosts, a good measure of dysfunction, and a whole lot of twists and turns, and you have Ann Hite’s new Black Mountain novel, Sleeping Above Chaos. Hite’s fourth novel returns to Swannanoa Gap, a small town at the foot of Black Mountain, and introduces new characters while revisiting some favorites from her previous novels. Buster and Lee Wright are the sons of Swannanoa Gap’s sheriff. Their personalities couldn’t be more opposite and these differences bring conflicts that may not be resolved. Ella Ruth Allen was born on Black Mountain. Her mama, a city girl, runs off with another man, leaving the two-year-old Ella Ruth behind with Paul Allen, her father. He in turn promptly dumps poor Ella Ruth on her grandparents’ farm to be raised by Grandmother Allen, a woman who has an extreme dislike for her wild, runaway daughter-in-law. Hite weaves a ghost story throughout each of her novels and this one is no different. Ella Ruth follows a haint into the woods near the farm and stumbles onto her family history. When her life crosses paths with Buster and Lee Wright, fireworks explode. The reader will travel to a ranch in Montana, to Pearl Harbor, and to the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, while watching the cast of characters struggle through World War II, emerging into adulthoods which would weigh heavy on anyone’s shoulders. The story ends as the Civil Rights Movement ignites.

Sleeping Above ChaosA Novel

Ann Hite

Ideal for book club readingAlso available as an e-book

In her fourth novel set in Black Mountain, North Carolina, Ann Hite weaves rich historical research into a tightly woven story

SEPTEMBER 2016 | HISTORICAL FICTION

5.75 x 8.75 | 356 pp. | Paperback, $17.00t | 978-0-88146-584-6 | P535

e-book, $12.00 | 978-0-88146-599-0 | P535e


BurdyA Novel

Karen Spears ZachariasPaperback | $15.00t | P514

978-0-88146-539-6e-book | $12.00 | P514e

978-0-88146-556-3

Mother of RainA NovelKaren Spears ZachariasPaperback | $17.00t | P469978-0-88146-448-1e-book | $12.00 | P469e978-0-88146-450-4


Where the Souls Go

A NovelAnn Hite

Paperback | $17.00t | P513978-0-88146-538-9

e-book | $12.00 | P513e978-0-88146-555-6

ConjurorA NovelHolly Sullivan McClurePaperback | $17.00t | P512978-0-88146-537-2e-book | $12.00 | P512e978-0-88146-559-4

Washed in the Blood

A NovelLisa Alther

Hardback | $26.00t | H832978-0-88146-257-9

e-book | $12.00 | H832e978-0-88146-345-3

Sweetwater BluesA NovelRaymond L. AtkinsPaperback | $18.00t | P495978-0-88146-507-5e-book | $12.00 | P495e978-0-88146-508-2

In 1915 Grassy Glade, Florida, just across the bay from Panama City, Annie Laura’s birth daughter, Viola Lee has a good life. She keeps house while her adoptive mother runs a successful dry goods store, and is the apple of her adoptive father’s eye. She is only a week away from her dream wedding—the church is ready, and the dress is nearly complete.

But things begin to unravel when her fiancée, James, does not return from his lumber camp deep in the piney woods of North Florida. A stranger interrupts Viola Lee’s long-awaited and much hoped for reunion with Annie Laura, revealing a secret that could threaten Viola Lee’s happily ever after.

Despite struggles of her own, Annie Laura must go on a harrowing quest to right past wrongs and uncover the truth about James.

Milinda Jay has created a vivid cast of characters in this story of tragic family secrets, love, longing, redemption, and ultimate triumph.

Milinda Jay is an eighth-generation

Florida native. She likes to reimagine the

family secrets that helped forge a unique

culture out of the hot, mosquito-ridden

Panhandle. Jay teaches Creative Writing

at Florida State University Panama City.

Learn more at milindajay.com.

Annie Laura’s Triumph

A Novel

Milinda Jay


Despite the tragedy that has kept them apart for sixteen years, Annie Laura risks everything for her birth daughter


5.75 x 8.75 | 224 pp. | Paperback, $16.00t | 978-0-88146-595-2 | P539

e-book, $12.00 | 978-0-88146-600-3 | P539e


The Book of MarieA NovelTerry Kay

Hardback | $23.00t | H742978-0-88146-082-7

Paperback | $16.00t | P511978-0-88146-553-2

e-book | $12.00 | P511e978-0-88146-554-9

Song of the Vagabond BirdA NovelTerry KayHardback | $26.00t | H888978-0-88146-481-8e-book | $12.00 | H896e978-0-88146-497-9

The King Who Made Paper

FlowersA NovelTerry Kay

Hardback | $24.00t | H913978-0-88146-566-2

e-book | $12.00 | H913e978-0-88146-580-8

Cardinal HillA NovelMary Anna BryanPaperback | $18.00t | P530978-0-88146-573-0e-book | $12.00 | P530e978-0-88146-581-5


The Poisoned Table

A NovelDiane Michael Cantor

Paperback | $18.00t | P517978-0-88146-546-4

e-book| $12.00 | P517e978-0-88146-560-0

Save My PlaceA NovelOlivia deBelle ByrdPaperback | $15.00t | P493978-0-88146-501-3e-book | $11.00 | P493e978-0-88146-503-7


Ashley Mace Havird grew up on a

tobacco farm in South Carolina. She

has published three collections of

poems, including The Garden of the

Fugitives (2014), which won the 2013

X. J. Kennedy Prize. Her poems and

stories have appeared in many journals,

including Shenandoah, The Southern

Review, and The Virginia Quarterly

Review. Lightningstruck, winner of

the 2015 Ferrol Sams Award, is her

first novel. Learn more about her at

ashleymacehavird.com.

In May of 1964, eleven-year-old Etta McDaniel’s horse is struck by lightning—dead and gone, she hopes— out of her life “as though he’d never come in the first place, bringing with him one catastrophe after another.” But Troy, gruesomely scarred, not only survives but seems to have gained supernatural powers, which Etta sets her mind on harnessing in her search for treasure. She is convinced that a

find of the sort her hero Heinrich Schliemann unearthed at ancient Troy will set to rights everything suddenly gone wrong in her life: rivalry and betrayal at home and social unrest reaching even her family’s farm. Half-blind and crippled, the horse does lead Etta to treasure—though not to the treasure she dreamed of. Along with her shell-shocked grandfather, the family’s African American housekeeper, and the widow of a Mohawk chief, the lightning-struck horse initiates her into the world of “action and liability” as the Civil Rights Movement takes hold in her rural South. Etta comes to understand that this world was never perfect, with its economy dependent on tobacco and before that on slavery, as excavations on the farm reveal. Once unearthed, the ugly truths of history scar Etta and set her, in a figurative sense, upon the back of the lightning-scarred horse and on the journey of her life.

LightningstruckA Novel

Ashley Mace Havird



A young girl’s search for treasure takes her on an unexpected, life-changing journey


5.75 x 8.75 | 272 pp. | Paperback, $16.00t | 978-0-88146-596-9 | P540

e-book, $12.00 | 978-0-88146-601-0 | P540e

Bogmeadow’s Wish

A NovelTerry Kay

Hardback | $26.00t | H821978-0-88146-230-2

e-book | $12.00 | H821e978-0-88146-247-0

The Seventh MirrorTerry KayHardback | $16.00t | H874978-0-88146-452-8e-book | $12.00 | H874e978-0-88146-456-6

Maze of Blood A Novel

Marly YoumansHardback | $24.00t | H905

978-0-88146-536-5

GlimmerglassA NovelMarly YoumansHardback | $24.00t | H896978-0-88146-491-7

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The Ferrol Sams Award for FictionPrevious Winners

2010 Winner A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage: A Novel Marly Youmans H837 | $24.00t | 978-0-88146-271-5 P467 | $18.00t | 978-0-88146-446-7 e-book | $12.00 | 978-088146-364-4

After tragedy at the White Camellia Orphanage, young Pip Tatnall leaves Lexsy, Georgia, to become a road kid, riding the rails east, west, and north. A bright, unusual boy who is disillusioned at a young age, Pip sweeps through society, revealing the highest and lowest in human nature and slowly coming to self-understanding in the cruel but sometimes lovely world of Depression-era America.

2011 Winner Camp Redemption: A Novel Raymond L. Atkins H864 | $25.00t | 978-0-88146-426-9 e-book | $12.00 | 978-0-88146-428-3

Travel to Sequoyah, Georgia, to meet Early and Ivey Willingham. Early is a lifelong underachiever who occasionally smokes marijuana, drinks malt liquor, and watches the world go by. Ivey is a modern day prophet who sees dead relatives and angels in her sleep. Together they own Camp Redemption, a failing Bible camp in the North Georgia mountains. After they are forced to close the camp, Early and Ivey begin to attract a motley collection of people in trouble.

2012 Winner A Plot for Pridmore: A Novel Stephen RothP484 | $20.00t | 978-0-88146-482-5 e-book | $12.00 | 978-0-88146-488-7

For five heart-churning days, the world turns its attention to tiny Pridemore, Missouri, where rescue teams work around the clock to free a mentally challenged man from a collapsed cave. That’s how Mayor Roe Tolliver envisions it, anyway. Weary of watching the town he’s led for more than forty years slide into economic oblivion, the mayor hatches a devious and dangerous plan. Get ready for a fast-paced romp filled with quirky characters and hilarious twists and turns.

2013 Winner Kiss of the Jewel Bird: A Novel Dale Cramer P504 | $18.00t | 978-0-88146-525-9 e-book | $12.00 | 978-0-88146-533-4

Good ole boy Dickie Frye vanishes from the Georgia hills and the urbane Fletcher Carlyle bursts onto the New York publishing scene, winning the Nobel Prize for literature. But when a psychotic rampage lands Carlyle in Weatherhaven, eminent psychologist Anton Kohl finds himself talking to Dickie Frye. One part fable and one part Southern yarn, Kiss of the Jewel Bird rewrites history and opens a window onto a magical world, where the path to destiny is anything but straight.

2014 Winner Cardinal Hill: A Novel Mary Anna Bryan P530 | $18.00t | 978-0-88146-573-0 e-book | $12.00 | 978-0-88146-581-5

Margaret Norman is determined to find out all she can about her mother, “Weezie,” an artist who died shortly after Margaret was born. Set in the South during the 1930s and 1940s, Cardinal Hill takes place in a world where blacks and whites, although separated by custom and law, often thrive in personal relationships; where half a world away, a war disrupts lives of those close to home; and where little girls suspect that kissing causes babies.


Michael Buffalo Smith is an author,

journalist, and musician who was

born and raised in Spartanburg, South

Carolina during the Southern Rock

era, when his hometown heroes, The

Marshall Tucker Band became one of

the biggest bands on the Capricorn

Records label. He is the author of

Rebel Yell: An Oral History of Southern

Rock, and Prisoner of Southern Rock:

A Memoir, both published by Mercer

University Press. Learn more about him

at www.michaelbuffalo.net.

Capricorn Rising: Conversations in Southern Rock is a collection of interviews with many of the stars, producers, and associates of the 1970s Southern record label, Capricorn, which was founded in the heart of Macon, Georgia in 1969. Author Michael Buffalo Smith has been interviewing the movers and shakers in rock and country music for over twenty-five years, and with this volume, he collects word for word, complete interviews with Capricorn artists including Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, George McCorkle, Bonnie Bramlett, Paul Hornsby, Johnny Sandlin, Chuck Leavell, and many others, providing a glimpse into the early 70s when Southern Rock was born in Macon. Capricorn Rising also includes memorials to the two men who founded the Capricorn studio and record label, Phil Walden and Frank Fenter. The foreword is by Willie Perkins, The Allman Brothers Band tour manager from 1970–1976.

Capricorn RisingConversations in Southern Rock

Michael Buffalo Smith; foreword by Willie Perkins

O T H E R T I T L E S I N T H E M U S I C A N D T H E A M E R I C A N S O U T H S E R I E S

Complete interviews with some of the greatest stars of 1970s music produced by the iconic record label—Capricorn Records

OCTOBER 2016 | INTERVIEWS/SOUTHERN ROCK MUSIC AND THE AMERICAN SOUTH SERIES

6 x 9 | 320 pp. | Paperback, $24.00t | 978-0-88146-578-5 | P534 | Illustrations | Index

Rebel YellAn Oral History of

Southern RockMichael Buffalo Smith;

foreword by Alan WaldenPaperback | $24.00t | P490

978-0-88146-495-5

Prisoner of Southern RockA MemoirMichael Buffalo SmithHardback | $27.00t | H847978-0-88146-381-1

No Saints, No Saviors

My Years with The Allman

Brothers BandWillie Perkins

Hardback | $25.00t | H688 978-0-86554-967-8

The Allman Brothers Band Classic Memorabilia, 1969–1976Willie Perkins and Jack WestonPaperback | $25.00t | P518978-0-88146-547-1

A Never-Ending GrooveJohnny Sandlin’s Musical OdysseyAnathalee G. SandlinHardback | $30.00t | H839978-0-88146-276-0

Ossabaw Island

A Sense of Place

Photographs by Jill StuckeyNarrative by Evan Kutzler

Foreword by Jimmy Carter

Ossabaw Island has meant many things to many people. For its earliest residents, Ossabaw was a bountiful place to live and gather yaupon holly. For relative latecomers it has been a source of live oak lumber, a series of brutal slave plantations, a winter retreat for northern industrialists, a cattle ranch, an artists’ retreat, and Georgia’s first Heritage Preserve. Despite the long history of a give-and-take relationship between humans and nature, Ossabaw now exudes a strong sense of untamed wildness that is part of its appeal to artists, scientists, and nature lovers alike. This book takes an interdisciplinary approach, combining photography and public history to delve into the island’s layered human and natural past and present. First and foremost, it is a photography book that exhibits a selection of Jill Stuckey’s work on the island, including the diverse ecological landscapes and the built human environment. Complementing Jill’s photographs are vignettes that share insights about the life and work of Roger Parker—Ossabaw’s “Saltwater Cowboy”—who worked on the island for more than half a century, and those close to him. Likewise, short chapters accompany the photographs and discuss elements of Ossabaw’s environmental history as well as its historic and modern multisensory landscape. In this way, Jill’s photographs are the eyes of the book, the text, when appropriate, brings to life the sounds, smells, tastes, and touches that all contribute individually and collectively to the island’s power of place. It is this interdisciplinary approach that makes this book experimental and unique.

Evan A. Kutzler is an assistant professor

of History at Georgia Southwestern State

University where he teaches U.S. and

Public History. He received a BA from

Centre College, and an MA in Public

History and PhD in U.S. History from

the University of South Carolina. Prior

to researching Ossabaw Island, Kutzler

worked on a variety of preservation

and interpretive projects in addition to

his research on sensory history—the

way people in the past mediated and

understood the environment through

sounds, smells, touches, tastes, and

sights. In 2015, he met Jill Stuckey in

Plains, Georgia, when he was working

for the National Park Service. They

began collaborating on this project in

December 2015 when Wayne Johnson

of Macon, Georgia, offered to fund the

project.

Jill Stuckey is an enthusiast of energy

efficiency, alternative energy, and

an outdoor nature photographer.

In 1992, she traded private industry

for state employment and went to

work for the Georgia Environmental

Protection Division. While working for

the EPD, Stuckey was an integral part

of the effort that led to the installation

of a power line to Ossabaw Island.

It was during this time she became

friends with the representatives of

The Ossabaw Island Foundation as

well as Sandy West and Roger Parker.

As a result of these relationships,

Stuckey has been able to spend much

time practicing and fine-tuning her

photography on extended visits to

Ossabaw. When she has not been on

Ossabaw over the last decades, Stuckey

is often in Plains, Georgia, where she

serves on multiple boards with Jimmy

and Rosalynn Carter. She is a member

of Maranatha Baptist Church, where

she assists on Sunday’s with the large

crowds attending President Carter’s

Sunday school class.

Ossabaw Island

A Sense of Place

Photographs by Jill StuckeyNarrative by Evan Kutzler

Foreword by Jimmy Carter

A unique look at the ecological and historical landscape of this diverse island and Georgia’s first Heritage Preserve

DECEMBER 2016 | HISTORY/NATURE/PHOTOGRAPHY

11 x 8.5 | 224 pp. | Hardback, $45.00t | 978-0-88146-603-4 | H926 | Maps | Color Photographs


Tracy J. Revels is currently a professor

of History at Wofford College in

Spartanburg, South Carolina. She

received her PhD in History from Florida

State University. Revels is the author of

other works, including Grander in Her

Daughters: Florida’s Women during

the Civil War and Sunshine Paradise: A

History of Florida Tourism.

Though far from the major theaters of battle, Floridians experienced every facet of the Civil War. While most Florida soldiers fought for the Confederacy, many Floridians, including former slaves, enlisted with the Union. Families were divided and partisanship tore communities apart. Some Floridians produced salt, beef, and supplies for the Confederacy; others profited during Union occupations. The one notable battle fought in Florida, the Battle of Olustee, was disproportionately bloody. Florida’s Civil War is a true tale of survival, ingenuity, and opportunism.

Though the third state to secede, Florida was ignored and unprotected by the Confederacy. The home front was contested, especially in port cities, and many Floridians became refugees. Raids and guerilla activity inflicted misery on civilians. While Confederate patriotism ruled in Middle Florida, in other areas apathy or a growing Unionism led to deprivations and desertion. Slaves fled to freedom and neighbor turned against neighbor. A frontier at the start of the war, the conflict left Florida even more of a wilderness.

Florida’s Civil War: Terrible Sacrifices highlights the diverse experiences of Florida’s population. Whether Confederate or Unionist, free or slave, male or female, no Floridian could escape the war’s impact. A concise narrative of life on the home front, this book explores how Floridians endured the war. Women, slaves, and Unionists are considered in detail, as well as how various areas of the state reacted to Federal incursions. The story of Florida’s Civil War is complex and dramatic, and this work recognizes the sacrifices made by all Floridians.

Florida’s Civil WarTerrible Sacrifices

Tracy J. Revels


Mississippi’s Civil War

A Narrative History

Ben WynnePaperback | $25.00t | P497

978-0-88146-512-9

Breaking the HeartlandThe Civil War in GeorgiaJohn D. Fowler and David B. Parker, editorsHardback | $29.00t | H824978-0-88146-240-1

A consideration of the social factors that shaped Florida during the Civil War and its role within the Confederacy

NOVEMBER 2016 | CIVIL WAR HISTORYSTATE NARRATIVES OF THE CIVIL WAR SERIES

6 x 9 | 224 pp. | Hardback, $29.00t | 978-0-88146-589-1 | H923 | Bibliography | Index | lllustrations


The Last to Join the Fight

The 66th Georgia Infantry

Daniel Cone Hardback | $29.00t | H882

978-0-88146-475-7

Diverging LoyaltiesBaptists in Middle Georgia during the Civil WarBruce T. GourleyHardback | $35.00t | H833978-0-88146-258-6

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Confederate Sharpshooter Major William E. Simmons: Through the War with the 16th Battalion Infantry & 3rd Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters Joseph P. Byrd, IV H914 | $35.00t | 9780881465686 Summon Only the Brave: Commanders, Soldiers, and Chaplains at Gettysburg John W. Brinsfield, Jr. H918 | $35.00t | 9780881465709A Just and Holy Cause?: The Civil War Letters of Marcus Bethune Ely and Martha Frances Ely Linda S. McCardle, editor H915 | $35.00t | 9780881465693Cracking the Solid South: The Life of John Fletcher Hanson, Father of Georgia Tech Lee C. Dunn H912 | $35.00t | 9780881465624Forward My Brave Boys!: A History of the 11th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry CSA, 1861-1865 M. Todd Cathey and Gary W. Waddey H908 | $35.00t | 9780881465440 In His Own Words: Houston Hartsfield Holloway’s Slavery, Emancipation, and Ministry in Georgia David E. Paterson, editor H909 | $35.00t | 9780881465457

Georgia’s Confederate Monuments: In Honor of a Fallen Nation Gould B. Hagler, Jr. H877 | $45.00t | 9780881464665Last to Join the Fight: The 66th Georgia Infantry Daniel Cone H882 | $29.00t | 9780881464757The World’s Largest Prison: The Story of Camp Lawton John K. Derden P510 | $25.00t | 9780881465358Suffer and Grow Strong: The Life of Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas, 1834–1907 Carolyn Newton Curry H881 | $29.00t | 9780881464740 P508 | $19.00t | 9780881465327 In the Land of the Living: Wartime Letters by Confederates from the Chattahoochee Valley of Alabama and Georgia Ray Mathis†, editor; with Douglas Clare Purcell H901 | $35.00t | 9780881465242To the Gates of Atlanta: From Kennesaw Mountain to Peach Tree Creek, 1–19 July 1864 Robert D. Jenkins, Sr. H902 | $35.00t | 9780881465273The Battle of Peach Tree Creek: Hood’s First Sortie, 20 July 1864 Robert D. Jenkins, Sr. H858 | $35.00t | 9780881463965What the Yankees Did to Us: Sherman’s Bombardment and Wrecking of Atlanta Stephen Davis H859 | $35.00t | 9780881463989

Breaking the Heartland: The Civil War in Georgia John D. Fowler and David B. Parker H824 | $29.00t | 9780881462401Cracker Cavaliers: The 2nd Georgia Cavalry Under Wheeler and Forrest John Randolph Poole P496 | $25.00t | 9780881465112“I Will Give Them One More Shot:” Ramsey’s 1st Regiment Georgia Volunteers George Winston Martin H818 | $45.00t | 9780881462197A Hard Trip: A History of the 15th Mississippi Infantry, CSA Ben Wynne P406 | $25.00t | 9780881461794Murder in the State Capitol: The Biography of Lt. Col. Robert Augustus Alston (1832–1879) Pamela Chase Hain H865 | $35.00t | 9780881464306Mississippi’s Civil War: A Narrative History Ben Wynne P497 | $25.00t | 9780881465129Griswoldville William Harris Bragg P396 | $30.00t | 9780881461688Civil War Macon: The History of a Confederate City Richard W. Iobst† P400 | $35.00t | 9780881461725

The Confederate Soldier’s Pocket Manual of Devotions: Including Balm for the Weary and the Wounded Charles Todd Quintard†; William O. Nisbet, Jr., editor P402 | $18.00t | 9780881461756The Volunteer’s Camp and Field Book: Useful and General Information of the Art and Science of War, for the Leisure Moments of the Soldier John Penn Curry†; John W. Brinsfield, Jr. and William B. Sargeant, editors P397 | $20.00t | 9780881461695Diverging Loyalties: Baptists in Middle Georgia during the Civil War Bruce T. Gourley H833 | $35.00t | 9780881462586Saddle Bag and Spinning Wheel: Being the Civil War Letters of George W. Peddy, M.D., Surgeon, 56th Georgia Volunteer Regiment, CSA and His Wife Kate Featherston Peddy George P. Cuttino H765 | $35.00t | 9780881461190Invisible Hero: Patrick R. Cleburne Bruce H. Stewart, Jr. H756 | $35.00t | 9780881461084To Honor These Men: A History of the Phillips Georgia Legion Infantry Battalion Richard M. Coffman and Kurt Graham H733 | $40.00t | 9780881460605“Going Back the Way They Came”: The Philips Georgia Legion Cavalry Battalion Richard M. Coffman H800 | $35.00t | 9780881461879George Liele’s Life and Legacy: An Unsung Hero David T. Shannon, Sr.†, Julia F. White, and Deborah B. Van Broekhoven, editors H853 | $35.00t | 9780881463897

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The Spirit Divided: Memoirs of Civil War Chaplains—The Confederacy John W. Brinsfield, Jr., editor H687 | $35.00t | 9780865549647The Spirit Divided: Memoirs of Civil War Chaplains—The Union Benedict R. Maryniak and John W. Brinsfield, Jr., editors H715 | $35.00t | 9780865549968Ghosts And Shadows of Andersonville: Essays on the Secret Social Histories of America’s Deadliest Prison Robert S. Davis, Jr. H703 | $35.00t | 9780881460124 The Bishop of the Old South: The Ministry And Civil War Legacy of Leonidas Polk Glenn Robins H660 | $35.00t | 9780881460384 Furl That Banner: The Life of Abram J. Ryan, Poet-Priest of the South David O’Connell H707 | $35.00t | 9780881460353Sherman’s 1864 Trail of Battle to Atlanta Philip L. Secrist† P220 | $24.00t | 9780865547452In the Shadow of the Patriarch: The John J. Crittenden Family in War and Peace Damon R. Eubank H786 | $35.00t | 9780881461510

Two Confederate Hospitals and Their Patients: Atlanta to Opelika Jack D. Welsh H691 | $35.00t | 9780865549715

Soldiers of the Cross: Confederate Soldier-Christians and the Impact of War on Their Faith Kent T. Dollar H662 | $35.00t | 9780865549265 To The Manner Born: The Life of General William H. T. Walker Russell K. Brown P295 | $30.00t | 9780865549449Our Connection With Savannah: History of the 1st Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters, 1862–1865 Russell K. Brown H673 | $35.00t | 9780865549166 Joe Brown’s Pets: The Georgia Militia, 1862–1865 William Harris Bragg H655 | $30.00t | 9780865548831Joe Brown’s Army: The Georgia State Line 1862–1865 William Harris Bragg P119 | $25.00t | 9780865542624Keep All My Letters: The Civil War Letters of Richard Henry Brooks, 51st Georgia Infantry Katherine Holland, editor H633 | $35.00t | 9780865548404Letters to Amanda: The Civil War Letters of Marionhill Fitzpatrick, Army of Northern Virginia Jeffrey C. Lowe P255 | $19.00t | 9780865548817Dear Old Roswell: Civil War Letters of the King Family of Roswell, Georgia Tammy Harden Galloway, editor H614 | $35.00t | 9780865548114

Three Years With Wallace’s Zouaves: The Civil War Memoirs of Thomas Wise Durham Jeffrey L. Patrick, editor H623 | $35.00t | 9780865548220The Battle of Resaca: Atlanta Campaign, 1864 Philip L. Secrist† P413 | $16.00t | 9780881462074The Stilwell Letters: A Georgian in Longstreet’s Corps, Army of Northern Virginia Ronald H. Moseley H610 | $35.00t | 9780865548077Repairing the March of Mars: The Civil War Diaries of John Samuel Apperson, Hospital Steward in the Stonewall Brigade, 1861–1865 John Herbert Roper, editor H586 | $45.00t | 9780865547797Life in Dixie during the War Mary A. H. Gay†; edited by J. H. Segars P213 | $30.00t | 9780865547490A Confederate Legend: Berry Benson in War and Peace Edward J. Cashin† H764 | $32.00t | 9780881461183My Dear Friend: The Civil War Letters of Alva Benjamin Spencer, 3rd Georgia Regiment, Company C Clyde G. Wiggins III H732 | $29.95t | 9780881460575This Cruel War: The Civil War Letters of Grant and Malinda Taylor Ann K. Blomquist and Robert A. Taylor, editors H487 | $32.95t | 9780865546547

Under the Southern Cross: Soldier Life with Gordon Bradwell and the 31st Georgia Infantry Pharris D. Johnson H496 | $35.00t | 9780865546677 Requiem For a Lost City: A Memoir of Civil War Atlanta and the Old South Robert S. Davis, Jr. H466 | $32.95t | 9780865546226 Col. Burton’s Spiller & Burr Revolver: An Untimely Venture in Confederate Small Arms Manufacturing Matthew W. Norman H406 | $22.95t | 9780865545311Thomas R. R. Cobb: The Making of a Southern Nationalist Wiliam B. McCash† P283 | $30.00t | 9780865548589Rice Gold: James Hamilton Couper and Plantation Life on the Georgia Coast P225 | $25.00t | 9780865547971A Southern Soldier’s Letters Home: The Civil War Letters of Samuel Burney, Cobb’s Georgia Legion, Army of Northern Virginia Nat S. Turner H618 | $35.00t | 9780865548169 Disunion, War, Defeat, and Recovery in Alabama: The Journal of Augustus Benners, 1850–1885 Glen M. & Virginia Linden H731 | $35.00t | 9780881460568A Fit Representation of Pandemonium: East Tennessee Confederate Soldiers in the Campaign for Vicksburg William D. Taylor† H712 | $40.00t | 9780881460346

Fair-minded and comprehensive, C. Mildred Thompson’s Reconstruction in Georgia (1915) has long been considered among the best of the state studies to emerge from Columbia University’s Dunning School. This coterie of graduate students in Professor William A. Dunning’s famed Reconstruction seminar produced studies of Reconstruction in their native states. Widely admired and appreciatively reviewed in their time, they were increasingly pilloried by revisionist scholars after mid-century. Thompson’s book, however, won over many revisionists, among them the Reconstruction historian Vernon Lane Wharton (1907–1964), who termed Reconstruction in Georgia “cautious, judicious, and temperate.” Wharton noted that Thompson’s “story of Reconstruction was no simple tale of good versus evil. She recognized and attempted to analyze the complexities to be found in men and social change.” When the historian Alan Conway attempted a revision of Thompson in his The Reconstruction of Georgia (1966), he did not “attempt…to duplicate in detail what has already been adequately covered” in “a very good piece of work.” Thompson’s admirers were not only academic, however, as she found when she received an appreciative letter from fellow Atlantan Margaret Mitchell, who confessed that she had depended on Reconstruction in Georgia in writing the post-war section of Gone with the Wind. This new edition reintroduces Thompson’s classic to new readers as the Reconstruction Sesquicentennial gets underway. It corrects the major flaw of the original by including a full index, and also offers a detailed biographical sketch of the author.

C. Mildred Thompson (1881–1975)

wrote her classic Reconstruction in

Georgia (1915) while embarked on a

forty-year academic career at Vassar

College, as both professor and dean. A

New Deal Democrat and feminist, she

then returned to her native Georgia

and remained active in education and

politics until her death.

William Harris Bragg taught history

at Georgia College in Milledgeville for

many years before retiring as its director

of the Center for Georgia Studies. He has

received the Georgia Historical Society’s

E. Merton Coulter Award for Excellence

in the Writing of Georgia History, as

well as the Society’s Presidential Citation

for Distinguished Contributions to

Georgia History. Among his previous

publications are Joe Brown’s Army: The

Georgia State Line, 1862-1865 and

Griswoldville.

Reconstruction in Georgia

Economic, Social, Political1865–1872

C. Mildred Thompson;Introduction by William Harris Bragg


Fully indexed and including a biographical sketch of the author, this new edition reintroduces Thompson’s classic to new readers

NOVEMBER 2016 | HISTORY

6 x 9 | 560 pp. | Paperback, $30.00t | 978-0-88146-594-5 | P538 | Bibliography | Index


Suffer & Grow Strong

The Life of Ella Gertrude Clanton

Thomas, 1834–1907Carolyn Newton Curry

Hardback | $29.00t | H881978-0-88146-474-0

Paperback | $19.00t | P508978-0-88146-532-7

Cracking the Solid SouthThe Life of John Fletcher Hanson, Father of Georgia TechLee C. DunnHardback | $35.00t | H912978-0-88146-562-4

The SouthA Tour of Its

Battlefields and Ruined Cities...1867

John Townsend Trowbridge;

J. H. Segars, editorPaperback | $35.00t | P310

978-0-88146-969-2

Murder in the State CapitolThe Biography of Lt. Col. Robert Augustus Alston (1832–1879)Pamela Chase HainHardback | $35.00t | H865978-0-88146-430-6

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sportsAND RELIGION

The Sports and Religion Series

explores the connection of religion

and sports. The series includes books

that examine sports through various

diciplines and cultural forms (literature,

history, music, poetry, among others)

and that consider how sports challenge,

inspire, or function as religion.

Joseph L. Price, series editor

1. From Season to Season: Sports as American Religion Joseph L. Price, editor 978-0-86554-961-6 | P308 | $25.00t | Paperback

2. The Great God Baseball: Religion in Modern Baseball Fiction

Allen E. Hye 978-0-86554-939-5 | P288 | $25.00t | Paperback

3. An UnHoly Alliance: The Sacred and Modern Sports Robert J. Higgs and Michael C. Braswell 978-0-86554-956-2 | P304 | $25.00t | Paperback

4. Rounding the Bases: Baseball and Religion in America

Joseph L. Price 978-0-88146-040-7 | P366 | $25.00t | Paperback

5. The Holy Trinity of American Sports: Civil Religion in Football, Baseball, and Basketball

Craig A. Forney 978-0-88146-173-2 | P401 | $25.00t | Paperback

6. Game Day and God: Football, Faith, and Politics in the American South

Eric Bain-Selbo 978-0-88146-155-8 | H790 | $35.00t | Hardback 978-0-88146-417-7 | P458 | $25.00t | Paperback

7. Buddha on the Backstretch: The Spiritual Wisdom of Driving 200 MPH Arlynda Lee Boyer 978-0-88146-174-9 | H782 | $27.00t | Hardback

8. Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Sport: How Calvinism and Capitalism Shaped America’s Games

Steven J. Overman 978-0-88146-226-5 | P419 | $35.00t | Paperback

9. Winning the Race?: Religion, Hope, and the Re-Shaping of the Athletic Enhancement Debage

Tracy Trothen 978-0-88146-543-3 | P516 | $30.00t | Paperback

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Amidst a proliferation of scholarly literature about Islam in the United States, very little attention has been given to sports among Muslim Americans. While books about professional Muslim athletes can be found, this is the first book to investigate Muslim American sports at the local level, looking at Muslim basketball leagues, sports programs at mosques and Islamic schools, and sports events hosted by Muslim organizations. Drawing upon personal interviews and observations as well as scholarly sources, this book demonstrates that participation in sports activities plays a vital role in strengthening Islamic piety and fellowship, and in connecting Muslims with non-Muslims in post-9/11 America. Because of these roles, this book places Muslim American sports within the trajectory of the Muslim “dawah movement,” part of a worldwide revival with particular momentum for many Muslim Americans since 9/11. Additionally, the book places Muslim athletic endeavors within the stream of American religious history by exploring relationships between these sports activities and those of late nineteenth and early twentieth century Protestants, Catholics, Mormons, and Jews.

Steven Fink is an associate professor

of Religious Studies at the University of

Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He received a PhD

in Religious Studies from The University

of Iowa. Fink’s main areas of research are

American Islam, connections between

religion and sports, and Islamophobia.

Dribbling for Dawah

Sports among Muslim Americans

Steven Fink

Connecting Muslims and non-Muslims in post 9/11 America—the first book to investigate Muslim American sports at the local level

NOVEMBER 2016 | RELIGION/SPORTS | SPORTS AND RELIGION SERIES

6 x 9 | 256 pp. | Paperback, $30.00t | 978-0-88146-592-1 | P536


Charles “Lefty” Driesell

A Basketball LegendF. Martin Harmon

Hardback | $29.00t | H893978-0-88146-506-8

Life of DreamsThe Good Times of Sportswriter Fred RussellAndrew DerrHardback | $35.00t | H841978-0-88146-278-4

The Greatest Champion that

Never WasThe Life of W. L.

“Young” StriblingJaclyn Weldon White

Hardback | $30.00t | H828978-0-88146-252-4



W. Glenn Jonas, Jr. is the Howard

Professor of Religion and associate

dean of the College of Arts and

Sciences at Campbell University in

Buies Creek, North Carolina. He is a

graduate of Mars Hill College (BA),

Southwestern Baptist Theological

Seminary (MDiv), and Baylor University

(PhD). He has contributed articles to a

variety of journals and periodicals and is

the author of Nurturing the Vision: First

Baptist Church, Raleigh, 1812-2012

(2012), and co-author of A Journey

of Faith: Introduction to Christianity

(2002) and Christianity: A Biblical,

Historical, and Theological Guide

for Students (2010). He has served

as interim pastor of eleven different

churches in eastern North Carolina,

most recently at The Memorial Baptist

Church in Greenville, North Carolina. The First Presbyterian Church of Raleigh, North Carolina has an important presence as a leading community of faith in North Carolina’s capital city. This book examines the history of the church from its birth in 1816 to present. It is comprehensive and contextualized within the broader national, state, city, and denominational history over the last 200 years. Through the years the church has been the spiritual home for numerous leaders within Raleigh’s business community. Several governors have been counted among its membership, along with other important members of the state’s political and legal communities. Its pastors have been among the most important Presbyterians in the state making this church one of the top Presbyterian congregations in the South. The church has also been an important resource for the city. When the State House, located across the street from the church, was destroyed by fire in 1831, the Legislature and Supreme Court used the church building until a new capitol could be completed in 1840. The 1835 Constitutional Convention also convened in the church’s building. The First Presbyterian Church served as the “mother church” for the establishment of other congregations in the Raleigh area. This book will be helpful to anyone interested in the Presbyterian movement in Raleigh. Readers interested in the rich history of Raleigh will also find valuable information.

A Cloud of Witnesses from the Heart of the CityFirst Presbyterian Church, Raleigh, 1816–2016

W. Glenn Jonas, Jr.


A comprehensive history of this important church and its congregation

OCTOBER 2016 | HISTORY/RELIGION

6 x 9 | 320 pp. | Hardback, $35.00t | 978-0-88146-591-4 | H925 | Bibliography | Index | Illustrations

Nurturing the VisionFirst Baptist Church, Raleigh, 1812–2012

W. Glenn Jonas, Jr.Hardback | $35.00t | H845

978-0-88146-283-8

A Choosing PeopleThe History of the Seventh Day BaptistsDon A. Sanford†

Hardback | $35.00t | H846978-0-88146-284-5

In SubjectionChurch Discipline in the Early American

South, 1760–1830Jessica Madison

Hardback | $35.00t | H890978-0-88146-500-6

Encyclopedia of Religion in the SouthSamuel S. Hill and Charles H. Lippy, editorsHardback | $60.00t | H570978-0-86554-758-2

O T H E R T I T L E S I N T H I S S E R I E SThe Baptists in Early North America Series provides a unique contribution to religious and Baptist scholarship, recovering never-before-published original records and manuscripts for students, scholars, and genealogists.

Baptists in Early North America—Newport, Rhode Island, Seventh Day Baptists , Volume III covers the period 1664 to 1808, from the date some members of Newport’s first Baptist church began meeting for worship on the seventh-day Sabbath (Saturday) through the first 137 years of their life as the Newport Seventh Day Baptist Church.

Transcriptions of the church’s first three record books (1692–1808) are preceded by extensive excerpts from the manuscripts and letters of Samuel Hubbard, one of the founding members; these document the origins in John Clarke’s Newport Baptist church and the influences from Sabbathkeeping Baptists in mid-seventeenth century England.

The record follows the covenant community, nurtured in colonial Rhode Island’s unique religious freedom, from Newport’s pioneer period through its Golden Age as a major colonial seaport and its devastation during the Revolutionary War. Scattered membership could be found east and south into Plymouth Colony and Martha’s Vineyard and west to Westerly and Hopkinton, Rhode Island, and New London, Connecticut. Members from Native Americans and African “servants” to Rhode Island Governors and wealthy merchants are also documented. This congregation had involvement with other Baptists in founding Rhode Island College (Brown University) and through the Second Great Awakening, then joined with daughter congregations and others to form the Seventh Day Baptist General Conference in 1802.

Janet Thorngate is president of the

Seventh Day Baptist Historical Society

and former librarian of the Seventh Day

Baptist Historical Library and Archives.

She has degrees in English and History

from Salem College and West Virginia

University (MA) and has taught Church

History at the Seventh Day Baptist

School of Ministry and English at Salem

International University and West

Virginia University.

William H. Brackney is the Dr. Millard

R. Cherry Distinguished Professor of

Christian Thought and Ethics, and

director of Acadia Centre of Baptist and

Anabaptist Studies at Acadia Divinity

College in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

Baptists in Early North America—

Newport, Rhode Island, Seventh

Day BaptistsVolume III

Janet Thorngate, editor;William H. Brackney, series editor

Baptists in Early North America—Swansea, Massachusetts, Volume IWilliam H. Brackney, series editor; with Charles K. HartmanHardback | $60.00s | H871978-0-88146-439-9

Baptists in Early North America—First Baptist, Providence, Volume IIJ. Stanley Lemons, editor

Hardback | $60.00s | H873

978-0-88146-443-6

Discovering the rich history of the first Baptist church in colonial Rhode Island which kept Sabbath on Saturday

JANUARY 2017 | RELIGION/BAPTIST HISTORY

BAPTISTS IN EARLY NORTH AMERICA SERIES

6 x 9 | 512 pp. | Hardback, $60.00s | 978-0-88146-588-4 | H922


20 MERCER UNIVERSIT Y PRESS FALL/WINTER 2016 Spring/Summer 2016 Titles and Series Listing

Confederate Sharpshooter Major William E. Simmons: Through the War with the 16th Georgia Infantry and 3rd Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters Joseph P. Byrd, IV H914 | $35.00t | 9780881465686A Just and Holy Cause?: The Civil War Letters of Marcus Bethune Ely and Martha Frances Ely Linda S. McCardle, editor H915 | $35.00t | 9780881465693Summon Only the Brave!: Commanders, Soldiers, and Chaplains at Gettysburg John W. Brinsfield, Jr. H918 | $35.00t | 9780881465709

Sidetracked: Two Women, Two Cameras, and Lunches on Sherman’s Trail Milam McGraw Propst and Jaclyn Weldon White P531 | $17.00t | 9780881465754South of the Etowah: The View from the Wrong Side of the River Raymond L. Atkins P526 | $20.00t | 9780881465655 e-book | $12.00 | 9780881465839Wondering Toward Center Kathy A. Bradley P527 | $20.00t | 9780881465679 e-book | $12.00 | 9780881465822 The Redemption of Narrative: Terry Tempest Williams and Her Vision of the West Jan Whitt H852 | $29.00t | 9780881463880International Kierkegaard Commentary Volume 11: Stages on Life’s Way Robert L. Perkins, editor P533 | $40.00s | 9780881465778

Voices of the African DiasporaThis Series presents the development of the intellectual tradition of the African Diaspora. Bringing together a variety of disciplines—literary and social/cultural criticism, anthropology, sociology, religion/philosophy, education, political science, psychology, and history—by publishing original critical studies and reprints of classic texts. The reprints will include both nineteenth- and twentieth-century works. Our goal is to make important texts accessible and readily available both to the general reader and to the academic. —Chester J. Fontenot, Jr., series editor

Abandonment in Dixie: Underdevelopment in the Black Bible Belt Veronica L. Womack P461 | 978-0-88146-440-5 | $35.00t

Democracy in Twenty-First Century America: Race, Class, Religion, and Region Ronald B. Neal P448 | 978-0-88146-286-9 | $30.00t

The Cost of Unity: African-Amercian Agency and Education and the Christian Church, 1865–1914 Lawrence A. Q. Burnley H775 | 978-0-88146-134-3 | $45.00t

An Ex-Colored Church: Social Activism in the CME Church, 1870-1970 Raymond R. Sommerville, Jr. P280 | 978-0-86554-903-6 | $28.00t

From the Plantation to the Prison: African-American Confinement Literature Tara T. Green H746 | 978-0-88146-090-2 | $35.00s

The Souls of W.E.B. DuBois: New Essays and Reflections Edward J. Blum and Jason R. Young, editors H777 | 978-0-88146-136-7 | $45.00t

W.E.B. DuBois and Race: Essays Celebrating the Centennial Publication of the Souls of Black Folk Chester J. Fontenot, Jr. H545 | 978-0-86554-727-8 | $35.00s

Re-Cognizing W.E.B. DuBois in the Twenty-First Century: Essays on W.E.B. DuBois Mary Keller & Chester J. Fontenot, Jr., editors H737 | 978-0-88146-077-3 | $60.00s P335 | 978-0-88146-059-9 | $30.00t

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To Lasso The Clouds: The Beginning Of Aviation In Georgia Dan A. Aldridge, Jr. H916 | $29.00t | 9780881465747 Cracking the Solid South: The Life of John Fletcher Hanson, Father of Georgia Tech Lee C. Dunn H912 | $35.00t | 9780881465624Cardinal Hill: A Novel Mary Anna Bryan P530 | $18.00t | 9780881465730The Torturer: A Novel Vladimir Volkoff; translation by John Marson Dunaway P525 | $20.00t | 9780881465648 The King Who Made Paper Flowers: A Novel Terry Kay H913 | $24.00t | 9780881465662 e-book | $12.00t | 9780881465808

The Most Sacred Freedom: Religious Liberty in the History of Philosophy and America’s Founding Will R. Jordan and Charlotte C. S. Thomas, editors P524 | $24.00t | 9780881465631Is God a Christian? R. Kirby Godsey P532 | $20.00t | 9780881465761 e-book | $12.00 | 9780881462787Carnival Life: Poems Lesley Dauer P528 | $17.00t | 9780881465716Crackers: A Southern Memoir Bill Merritt P529 | $18.00t | 9780881465723The Second Coming of the Invisible Empire: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s Willam Rawlings H917 | $29.00t | 9780881465617

International Kierkegaard CommentaryFor the first time in English the world community of scholars has systematically assembled and presented the results of recent research in the vast literature of Søren Kierkegaard. Based on the definitive English edition of Kierkegaard’s works by Princeton University Press, this series of commentaries addresses all the published texts of the influential Danish philosopher and theologian. —Robert L. Perkins, series editor

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Mercer Kierkegaard SeriesThis Series is on everything Kierkegaard. As a companion to the International Kierkegaard Commentary series, this general series is open to any investigation of the life and work of Søren Kierkegaard, including studies on irony, scripture, myth, authorship, religion, politics, and culture.Becoming Human: Kierkegaardian Reflections on Ethical Models in Literature Jamie Lorentzen P515 | 978-0-88146-541-9 | $35.00t

The Divine Madness of Romantic Ideals: A Reader’s Companion for Kierkegaard’s Stages on Life’s Way Kevin Hoffman P492 | 978-0-88146-499-3 | $35.00t

Repetition and the Fullness of Time: Gift, Task, and Narrative in Kierkegaard’s Upbuilding Ethics Randall G. Colton P474 | 978-0-88146-462-7 | $30.00t

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22 MERCER UNIVERSIT Y PRESS FALL/WINTER 2016 The James N. Griffith Endowed Series in Baptist Studies

The James N. Griffith Endowed Series in Baptist StudiesThis series on Baptist life and thought explores and investigates Baptist history, offers analyses of Baptist theologies, provides studies in hymnody, and examines the role of Baptists in societies and cultures around the world. The series also includes classics of Baptist literature, letters, diaries, and other writings. —C. Douglas Weaver, series editor

And Your Daughters Shall Prophesy: Sermons by Women in Baptist Life Karen Massey, editor P447 | 978-0-88146-285-2 | $25t

The Awakening of the Freewill Baptists: Benjamin Randall and the Founding of an American Religious Tradition Scott Bryant H815 | 978-0-88146-216-6 | $35t

The Axioms of Religion E. Y. Mullins†; C. Douglas Weaver, editor P392 | 978-0-88146-164-0 | $32t

Baptist Autographs in the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, 1781–1845 Timothy Whelan, editor H780 | 978-0-88146-144-2 | $55t

A Baptist Democracy: Separating God and Caesar in the Land of the Free Lee Canipe P427 | 978-0-88146-239-5 | $27t

The Baptist River: Essays on Many Tributaries of a Diverse Tradition W. Glenn Jonas, Jr. P353 | 978-0-88146-120-6 | $24s

Baptists on the American Frontier: A History of Ten Baptist Churches... Chester R. Young H373 | 978-0-86554-479-6 | $45t

Baptist Principles: With Practical Applications and Questions for Discussion George H. Tooze† P464 | 978-0-88146-394-1 | $19t

Baptist Theology: A Four-Century Study James Leo Garrett H767 | 978-0-88146-129-9 | $55t

Between Fetters and Freedom: African American Baptists since Emancipation Edward R. Crowther and Keith Harper, editors H906 | 978-0-88146-540-2 | $35t

Beyond the Barriers: Overcoming Hostility in the Church William E. Hull† H848 | 978-0-88146-382-8 | $25t

The Bloudy Tenant of Persecution for Cause of Conscience Roger Williams; Richard Grove, editor / Historical Introduction by Edwin Gaustad H578 | 978-0-86554-766-7 | $40t

Can I Get a Witness: Essays, Sermons, and Reflections Bill J. Leonard P479 | 978-0-88146-468-9 | $30t

The Challenges of Roger Williams: Religious Liberty, Violent Persecution, and the Bible James Byrd, Jr. H582 | 978-0-86554-771-1 | $40s

A Choosing People: The History of Seventh Day Baptists Don A. Sanford†, editor H846 | 978-0-88146-284-5 | $35t

Church-State Matters: Fighting for Religious Liberty in Our Nation’s Capital J. Brent Walker H762 | 978-0-88146-115-2 | $28t

Congregation and Campus: North American Baptists in Higher Education William H. Brackney H771 | 978-0-88146-130-5 | $49t

Distinctively Baptist: Essays on Baptist History: A Festschrift in Honor of Walter B. Shurden Marc A. Jolley and John D. Pierce, editors H640 | 978-0-86554-770-4 | $45s

Diverging Loyalities: Baptists in Middle Georgia during the Civil War Bruce Gourley H833 | 978-0-88146-258-6 | $35t

Domestic Slavery Considered as a Scriptural Institution Francis Wayland and Richard Fuller / Nathan A. Finn and Keith Harper, editors H755 | 978-0-88146-107-7 | $45s

George Liele’s Life and Legacy: An Unsung Hero David T. Shannon, Sr.†, Julia F. White, and Deborah B. Van Broekhoven, editors H853 | 978-0-88146-389-7 | $35t

Esteemed Reproach: The Lives of Reverend James Ireland and Reverend Joseph Craig Keith Harper and C. Martin Jacumin P270 | 978-0-86554-914-2 | $25s

A Genetic History of Baptist Thought: With Special Reference to Baptists in Britain and North America William H. Brackney P269 | 978-0-86554-913-5 | $40s

In Search of the New Testament Church: The Baptist Story C. Douglas Weaver H653 | 978-0-88146-106-0 | $45s P346 | 978-0-88146-105-3 | $23s

I Will Sing the Wondrous Story: A History of Baptist Hymnody in North America Paul Richardson and David Music P429 | 978-0-88146-243-2 | $35t

The Life and Letters of Emily Chubbuck Judson George H. Tooze†, editor All volumes $60t Vol. 1: Biographies/Timelines H772 | 978-0-88146-131-2

Vol. 2: 1826–1845 H783 | 978-0-88146-149-7 Vol. 3: 1846–1847 H791 | 978-0-88146-156-5 Vol. 4: 1848–Sept 1851 H803 | 978-0-88146-189-3

Vol. 5: Oct 1851 –Sept 1852 H803 | 978-0-88146-189-3 Vol. 6: Oct 1852 –June 1854 H862 | 978-0-88146-416-0 Vol. 7: Collected Poetry & Fiction H872 | 978-0-88146-441-2

The Life and Writings of Thomas Helwys Joe Early, Jr. H781 | 978-0-88146-146-6 | $45t

Loving beyond Your Theology: The Life and Ministry of Jimmy Raymond Allen Larry L. McSwain H805 | 978-0-88146-205-0 | $35t

A Miracle of Grace: An Autobiography E. Glenn Hinson H856 | 978-0-88146-394-1 | $35t

No Armor for the Back: Baptist Prison Writings, 1600s–1700s Keith E. Durso P374 | 978-0-88146-096-4 | $23t

Nurturing the Vision: First Baptist Church, Raleigh, 1812–2012 W. Glenn Jonas, Jr. H845 | 978-0-88146-283-8 | $35t

Our Sufficiency Is of God: Essays on Preaching in Honor of Gardner C. Taylor T. George, J. E. Massey, and R. Smith, Jr. P465 | 978-0-88146-445-0 | $25t

A Piety above the Common Standard: Jesse Mercer and the Defense of Evangelistic Calvinism Anthony Chute P325 | 978-0-86554-984-5 | $25t

A Pilgrimage of Faith: My Story Henlee Hulix Barnette H679 | 978-0-86554-942-5 | $35s

The Plainly Revealed Word of God?: Baptist Hermeneutics in Theory and Practice Helen Dare and Simon Woodman P425 | 978-0-88146-237-1 | $40t

Rescue the Perishing: Selected Correspondence of Annie W. Armstrong Keith Harper, editor P279 | 978-0-86554-870-1 | $25t

Selected Spiritual Writings of Anne Dutton JoAnn Ford Watson, editor Vol. 1: Letters H601 | 978-0-86554-794-0 | $50s

Vol. 2: Discourses, Poetry, Hymns, Memoir H602 | 978-0-86554-795-7 | $50s Vol. 3: Autobiography H670 | 978-0-86554-908-1 | $35s

Vol. 4: Theological Works H722 | 978-0-88146-029-2 | $50s Vol. 5: Miscellaneous Correspondence H729 | 978-0-88146-053-7 | $50s

Vol. 6: Various Works H789 | 978-0-88146-154-1 | $50s Vol. 7: Words of Grace H889 | 978-0-88146-498-6 | $50s

The Scholarly Vocation and the Baptist Academy: Essays on the Future of Baptist Higher Education R. Ward & D P. Gushee, eds. P376 | 978-0-88146-104-6 | $30s

Send the Light: Lottie Moon’s Letters and Other Writings Keith Harper, editor P229 | 978-0-86554-820-6 | $25t

A Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity, 1611–1612 Thomas Helwys†; Richard Groves, editor H429 | 978-0-86554-574-8 | $35t

Theology in the Service of the Church: Essays Presented to Fisher H. Humphreys Timothy George and Eric F. Mason, editors H761 | 978-0-88146-114-5 | $35s

Thomas Grantham: God’s Messenger from Lincolnshire John Inscore Essick H876 | 978-0-88146-461-0| $30t

Thy Will Be Done: A Biography of George W. Truett Keith E. Durso H792 | 978-0-88146-157-2 | $35t

Turning Points in Baptist History: A Festschrift in Honor of Harry Leon McBeth Walter B. Shurden and Michael Williams, editors P430 | 978-0-88146-244-9 | $30t

Twentieth-Century Shapers of Baptist Social Ethics Larry L. McSwain and W. Loyd Allen, editors H753 | 978-0-88146-100-8 | $45s

W. H. Whitsitt: The Man and the Controversy James H. Slatton H774 | 978-0-88146-133-6 | $40t

Why Be a Christian?: The Sermons of Howard P. Giddens Michael L. Ruffin H738 | 978-0-88146-081-0 | $30s

William Dean and the First Chinese Study Bible Chung-Yan Joyce Chan P488 | 978-0-88146-486-3 | $35t

William Owen Carver’s Controversies in the Baptist South Mark Wilson H804 | 978-0-88146-20-9 | $45t

Witnesses to the Baptist Heritage: Thirty Baptists Every Christian Should Know Michael E. Smith, Sr., editor P519 | 978-0-88146-548-8 | $28t

Women Deacons and Deaconesses: 400 Years of Baptist Service Charles W. Deweese P321 | 978-0-86554-438-3 | $21t


Maze of Blood: A Novel Marly Youmans H905 | $24.00t | 9780881465365Burdy: A Novel Karen Spears Zacharias P514 | $15.00t | 9780881465396 e-book | $12.00 | 9780881465563Where the Souls Go: A Novel Ann Hite P513 | $17.00t | 9780881465389 e-book | $12.00 | 9780881465556Conjuror: A Novel Holly Sullivan McClure P512 | $17.00t | 9780881465372 e-book | $12.00 | 9780881465594The Poisoned Table: A Novel Diane Michael Cantor P517 | $18.00t | 9780881465464 e-book | $12.00 | 9780881465600The Book of Marie: A Novel Terry Kay H742 | $23.00t | 9780881460827 P511 | $16.00t | 9780881465532 e-book | $12.00 | 9780881465549Fireflies: Poems John Leland P521 | $16.00t | 9780881465501Rise and Shine!: A Southern Son’s Treasury of Food, Family, and Friends Johnathon Scott Barrett H907 | $27.00t | 9780881465426

A Killing on Ring Jaw Bluff: The Great Recession and the Death of Small Town Georgia William Rawlings H866 | $29.00t | 9780881464313 P522 | $16.00t | 9780881465525 e-book | $12.00 | 9780881464429Well Worth Stopping To See: Antebellum Columbus, Georgia, Through the Eyes of Travelers Mike Bunn P520 | $20.00t | 9780881465495Forward My Brave Boys!: A History of the 11th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry CSA, 1861–1865 M. Todd Cathey and Gary W. Waddey H908 | $35.00t | 9780881465440In His Own Words: Houston Hartsfield Holloway’s Slavery, Emancipation, and Ministry in Georgia David E. Paterson, editor H909 | $35.00t | 9780881465457Between Fetters and Freedom: African American Baptists since Emancipation Edward R. Crowther and Keith Harper, editors H906 | $35.00t | 9780881465402Witnesses to the Baptist Heritage: Thirty Baptists Every Christian Should Know Michael E. Williams, Sr. P519 | $28.00t | 9780881465488Centennial: A History of the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at The University of Georgia E. Culpepper Clark H910 | $35.00t | 9780881465518The Allman Brothers Band Classic Memorabilia, 1969–76 Willie Perkins and Jack Weston P518 | $25.00t | 9780881465471

The 16 Strivings for God: The New Psychology of Religious Experiences Steven Reiss H911 | $25.00t | 9780881465570 Becoming Human: Kierkegaardian Reflections on Ethical Models in Literature Jamie Lorentzen P515 | $35.00t | 9780881465419The Imitation of Christ : A New Reading of the 1441 Latin Autograph Manuscript Thomas A. Kempis; William C. Creasy, editor H749 | $25.00t | 9780881460971Winning the Race? Religion, Hope, and Reshaping the Sport Enhancement Debate Tracy J. Trothen P516 | $30.00t | 9780881465433The Triumph of the Ecunnau-Nuxulgee: Land Speculators, George M. Troup, State Rights, and the Removal of the Creek Indians from Georgia and Alabama, 1825–38 William W. Winn H900 | $39.00t | 9780881465228 Tree Heresies: Poems William Wright P501 | $18.00t | 9780881465204The Color of All Things: 99 Love Poems Philip Lee Williams P503 | $18.00t | 9780881465235 Death, and the Day’s Light: Poems James Dickey†; edited by Gordon Van Ness H899 | $25.00t | 9780881465198

In the Beginning: The Martin Luther King, Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College Echol Nix, Jr. H904 | $35.00t | 9780881465303 America’s Historically Black Colleges & Universities: A Narrative History, 1837–2009 Bobby L. Lovett P509 | $25.00t | 9780881465341The Church Without the Church: Desert Orthodoxy in Flannery O’Connor’s “Dear Old Dirty Southland” M. K. Shaddix H903 | $35.00t | 9780881465280Rounding the Bases : Baseball And Religion in America Joseph L. Price H708 | $35.00t | 9780865549999 P366 | $25.00t | 9780881460407The World’s Largest Prison: The Story of Camp Lawton John K. Derden P510 | $25.00t | 9780881465358In the Land of the Living: Wartime Letters by Confederates from the Chattahoochee Valley of Alabama and Georgia Ray Mathis†, editor; with Douglas Clare Purcell H901 | $35.00t | 9780881465242To the Gates of Atlanta: From Kennesaw Mountain to Peach Tree Creek, 1–19 July 1864 Robert D. Jenkins, Sr. H902 | $35.00t | 9780881465273Suffer and Grow Strong: The Life of Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas, 1834–1907 Carolyn Newton Curry H881 | $29.00t | 9780881464740 P508 | $19.00t | 9780881465327

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Kiss of the Jewel Bird: A Novel Dale Cramer P504 | $18.00t | 9780881465259 e-book | $12.00 | 9780881465334Fresh Water from Old Wells: A Memoir Cindy Henry McMahon P505 | $19.00t | 9780881465266Reading Life: On Books, Memory, and Travel Michael Pearson P502 | $24.00t | 9780881465211Watershed Days: Adventures (a Little Thorny and Familiar) in the Home Range Thorpe Moeckel P507 | $24.00t | 9780881465310Of Sympathy and Selfishness: The Moral and Political Philosophy of Adam Smith Charlotte C. S. Thomas, editor P506 | $24.00t | 9780881465297Sweetwater Blues: A Novel Raymond L. Atkins P495 | $18.00t | 9780881465075 e-book | $12.00 | 9780881465082Save My Place: A Novel Olivia deBelle Byrd P493 | $15.00t | 9780881465013 e-book | $11.00 | 9780881465037Glimmerglass: A Novel Marly Youmans H896 | $24.00t | 9780881464917

The CEO as Urban Statesman Sam A. Williams H895 | $25.00t | 9780881465105The Flower Hunter and the People: William Bartram in the Native American Southeast Matthew Jennings, editor P485 | $19.00t | 9780881464832Surviving the Stained-Glass Jungle William L. Self P499 | $15.00t | 9780881465174The Warm Springs Story: Legacy & Legend F. Martin Harmon H879 | $35.00t | 9780881464726The Old South: A Brief History with Documents David Willams P486 | $25.00t | 9780881464849 e-book | $21.00t | 9780881464894Farming, Friends, and Fried Bologna Sandwiches Renea Winchester P494 | $21.00t | 9780881465044The Invisible Hand in the Wilderness: Economics, Ecology, and God Malcolm Clemens Young P489 | $30.00t | 9780881464870The Divine Madness of Romantic Ideals: A Reader’s Companion for Kierkegaard’s Stages on Life’s Way Kevin Hoffman P492 | $35.00t | 9780881464993

Searching for Eden: John Steinbeck’s Ethical Career John H. Timmerman H885 | $29.00t | 9780881464788Cracker Cavaliers: The 2nd Georgia Cavalry Under Wheeler and Forrest John Randolph Poole P496 | $25.00t | 9780881465112The Seventh Mirror Terry Kay H874 | $16.00t | 9780881464528 e-book | $12.00 | 9780881464566Mother of Rain: A Novel Karen Spears Zacharias P469 | $17.00t | 9780881464481 e-book | $12.00 | 9780881464504Concertina: Poems Joseph Bathanti P480 | $18.00t | 9780881464702In Pursuit: A Novel Sharman Burson Ramsey P473 | $20.00t | 9780881464542 e-book | $12.00 | 9780881464580Memory’s Mist: The View from the Journey Jackie K. Cooper P476 | $18.00t | 9780881464641 e-book | $12.00 | 9780881464672The Pope’s Guest: A Novel Vladimir Volkoff†; translated by John Marson Dunaway P471 | $24.00t | 9780881464535 e-book | $12.00 | 9780881464573

The Battle of Peach Tree Creek: Hood’s First Sortie, July 20, 1864 Robert D. Jenkins, Sr. H858 | $35.00t | 9780881463965 The Splendour Falls: Essays Sam Pickering P470 | $20.00t | 9780881464498 e-book | $12.00 | 9780881464511Repetition and the Fullness of Time: Gift, Task, and Narrative in Kierkgaard’s Upbuilding Ethics Randall G. Colton P474 | $30.00t | 9780881464627A Touch of Greatness: A History of Tennessee State University Bobby L. Lovett H870 | $35.00t | 9780881464351 Can I Get a Witness?: Essays, Sermons, and Reflections Bill Leonard P479 | $30.00t | 9780881464689Inconclusive Theologies: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Kierkegaard, and Theological Discourse Lisa D. Powell P475 | $30.00t | 9780881464634Camp Redemption: A Novel H864 | $25.00t | 9780881464269 e-book | $12.00 | 9780881464283Murder in the State Capitol: The Biography of Lt. Col. Robert Augustus Alston (1832–1879) Pamela Chase Hain H865 | $35.00t | 9780881464306


Song of the Vagabond Bird: A Novel Terry Kay H888 | $26.00t | 9780881464818 e-book | $12.00 | 9780881464979On the Old Plaza: Poems Catharine Savage Brosman H898 | $25.00t | 9780881465143 P491 | $18.00t | 9780881464962It Is Written: My Life in Letters Philip Lee Williams H886 | $29.00t | 9780881464931Rebel Yell: An Oral History of Southern Rock Michael Buffalo Smith P490 | $24.00t | 9780881464955Blessed Assurance: The Life and Art of Horton Foote Marion Castleberry; foreword by Hallie Foote H892 | $35.00t | 9780881465051Charles “Lefty” Driesell: A Basketball Legend F. Martin Harmon H893 | $29.00t | 9780881465068To Make a Difference: James T. McAfee, Jr. Scott Walker H897 | $25.00t | 9780881465136The Best of Bob Steed: The Not-So-Serious but Seriously Accomplished Life of Robert L. Steed Robert L. Steed with Chuck Perry H894 | $25.00t | 9780881465099

In Subjection: Church Discipline in the Early American South, 1760–1830 Jessica Madison H890 | $35.00t | 9780881465006Last to Join the Fight: The 66th Georgia Infantry Daniel Cone H882 | $29.00t | 9780881464757Cosmic Defiance: Updike’s Kierkegaaard and the Maples Stories David Crowe H891 | $35.00t | 9780881465020A Plot for Pridemore: A Novel Stephen Roth P484 | $20.00t | 9780881464825 e-book | $12.00 | 9780881464887Tigers in the Tempest: Savannah State University and the Struggle for Civil Rights F. Erik Brooks H887 | $35.00t | 9780881464948Selected Spiritual Writings of Anne Dutton: Volume 7: Words of Grace JoAnn Ford Watson H889 | $50.00s | 9780881464986I Am a Part of All that I Have Met: The Memoirs of Burke Nicholson of Balvenie H. Burke Nicholson†; with Mary Juliet Nicholson H878 | $25.00t | 9780881464719 The Second Bud: Deserting the City for a Farm Winery Martha M. Ezzard H875 | $25.00t | 9780881464559 e-book | $12.00 | 9780881464597

Decembers: Poems James A. Perkins P477 | $18.00t | 9780881464658Separation of Church and State: Founding Principle of Religious Liberty Frank Lambert H884 | $29.00t | 9780881464771Swift Hour: Poems Megan Sexton P478 | $16.00t | 9780881464696William Dean and the First Chinese Study Bible Chung-Yan Joyce Chan P488 | $35.00t | 9780881464863Half of What I Say Is Meaningless Joseph Bathanti H880 | $25.00t | 9780881464733Breathing and Walking Around Kathy A. Bradley P442 | $20.00t | 9780881462708 e-book | $12.00 | 9780881463637I Have Told You and Told You: Poems Elizabeth Cox P468 | $18.00t | 9780881464474Thomas Grantham: God’s Messenger from Lincolnshire John Inscore Essick H876 | $30.00t | 9780881464610

The Old Governor’s Mansion: Georgia’s First Executive Residence James C. Turner P466 | $16.00t | 9780881464443The Life and Letters of Emily Chubbuck Judson: Volume 7, 1826–1854 The Collected Poetry and Fiction George H. Tooze†, editor H872 | $60.00t | 9780881464412The Pinkest Party on Earth: Macon Georgia’s International Cherry Blossom Festival Ed Grisamore P482 | $25.00t | 9780881464801A Southern Woman’s Guide to Herbs Jaclyn Weldon White P472 | $20.00t | 9780881464603House Proud: A Social History of Atlanta Interiors, 1880-1919 Lori Eriksen Rush H883 | $45.00t | 9780881464764Georgia’s Confederate Monuments: In Honor of a Fallen Nation Gould B. Hagler, Jr. H877 | $45.00t | 9780881464665Buttermilk and Bible Burgers: More Stories from the Kitchens of Appalachia Fred W. Sauceman P481 | $21.00t | 9780881464795

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The C. S. Lewis Phenomenon: Christianity and the Public Sphere Samuel Joeckel P463 | $30.00t | 9780881464375Shakespeare’s Prince: The Interpretation of the Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth Guy Story Brown H868 | $45.00t | 9780881464337On the North Slope: Poems Catharine Savage Brosman P444 | $17.00t | 9780881462739Toward Human Flourishing: Character, Practical Wisdom, and Professional Formation M. L. Jones, P. A. Lewis, and K.E. Reffitt, editors P462 | $30.00s | 9780881464368Life in Dixie during the War Mary A. H. Gay†; edited by J. H. Segars P213 | $30.00t | 9780865547490Abandonment in Dixie: Underdevelopment in the Black Belt Veronica L. Womack P461 | $35.00t | 9780881464405No Greater Monster nor Miracle than Myself: The Political Philosophy of Michel de Montaigne Charlotte C. S. Thomas, editor P487 | $24.00t | 9780881464856Senator Richard B. Russell and My Career as a Trial Lawyer: An Autobiography Charles E. Campbell H867 | $35.00t | 9780881464320

Mississippi’s Civil War: A Narrative History Ben Wynne P497 | $25.00t | 9780881465129The Voice of an American Playwright: Interviews with Horton Foote Gerald C. Wood and Marion Castleberry P454 | $22.00t | 9780881463972Prisoner of Southern Rock: A Memoir Michael Buffalo Smith foreword by Billy Bob Thornton H847 | $27.00t | 9780881463811A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage Marly Youmans H837 | $24.00t | 9780881462715 P467 | $18.00t | 9780881464467 e-book | $12.00 | 9780881463644Stormy Weather & Other Stories Lisa Alther H851 | $24.00t | 9780881463866 e-book | $12.00 | 9780881463668What the Yankees Did to Us: Sherman’s Bombardment and Wrecking of Atlanta Stephen Davis H859 | $35.00t | 9780881463989The Father of Landmarkism: The Life of Ben M. Bogard Kristian J. Pratt H869 | $35.00t | 9780881464344Restless Fires: Young John Muir’s Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf in 1867–68 James B. Hunt P457 | $20.00t | 9780881463934

Life of Dreams: The Good Times of Sportswriter Fred Russell Andrew Derr H841 | $35.00t | 9780881462784Begin with Rock, End with Water: Essays John Lane P451 | $25.00t | 9780881463842 The Curious Vision Of Sammy Levitt And Other Stories Cliff Graubart H857 | $26.00t | 9780881463958 Game Day and God: Football, Faith and Politics in the American South Eric Bain-Selbo H790 | $35.00t | 9780881461558 P458 | $25.00t | 9780881464177Baptist Principles: With Practical Applications and Questions for Discussion George H. Tooze† P464 | $19.00t | 9780881464382A Scandalous Providence: The Jesus Story of the Compassion of God E. Frank Tupper P434 | $40.00t | 9780881462609Thomas Grantham: God’s Messenger from Lincolnshire John Inscore Essick H876 | $30.00t | 9780881464610A Church for Rachel Charles E. Poole H860 | $19.00t | 9780881463996 e-book | $12.00 | 9780881463774

George Liele’s Life and Legacy: An Unsung Hero David T. Shannon†, Julia F. White, and Deborah B. Van Broekhoven, editors H853 | $35.00t | 9780881463897A Miracle of Grace: An Autobiography E. Glenn Hinson H856 | $35.00t | 9780881463941Peace Warrior: A Memoir from the Front Daniel L. Buttry P455 | $25.00t | 9780881464009Politics and Faith: Reinhold Niebuhr and Paul Tillich at Union Seminary in New York Ronald H. Stone H863 | $45.00t | 9780881463859Our Sufficiency Is of God: Essays on Preaching in Honor of Gardner C. Taylor T. George, J. E. Massey, R. Smith, Jr. P465 | $25.00t | 9780881464450The House Began to Pitch: Poems Kelly Whiddon P453 | $16.00t | 9780881463903A Titanic Love Story: Ida and Isidor Straus June Hall McCash H840 | $29.00t | 9780881462777 e-book | $12.00t | 9780881464078Mirror’s Fathom: A Novel Sheridan Hough H861 | $28.00t | 9780881464016 e-book | $12.00t | 9780881464207

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MelungeonsWayne Winkler, series editor N. Brent Kennedy, founding editor

Sometimes called “Melungeons,” the earliest nonnative “Americans” to live in Appalachia were (perhaps) of Mediterranean extraction and of a Jewish or Muslim religious persuasion. For fear of discrimination since “persons of color” were often disenfranchised and abused—the Melungeons were reticent regarding their heritage. In fact, over time, many Melungeons themselves “forgot” where they came from. Today, Melungeons remain the “last lost tribe in America,” even to themselves. Once lost, but now forgotten no more. This series explores the origins, history, and culture of these once-forgotten people.

THE MELUNGEONS THE RESURRECTION OF A PROUD PEOPLE: AN

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N. Brent Kennedy and Robyn Vaughan Kennedy

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MELUNGEONSTHE LAST LOST TRIBE

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CHILDREN OF PERDITION MELUNGEONS AND THE STRUGGLE OF MIXED AMERICA

Tim Hashaw

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WALKING TOWARD THE SUNSET

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THROUGH THE BACK DOOR

MELUNGEON LITERACIES AND TWENTY-FIRST

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The

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HOW THEY SHINE MELUNGEON CHARACTERS

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Katherine Vande Brake

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NORTH FROM THE MOUNTAINS

A FOLK HISTORY OF THE CARMEL MELUNGEON

SETTLEMENT, HIGHLAND COUNTY, OHIO

John S. Kessler and Donald B. Ball

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FROM ANATOLIA TO APPALACHIA

A TURKISH-AMERICAN DIALOGUE

Joseph M. Scolnick, Jr.

and N. Brent Kennedy

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WINDOWS ON THE PAST

THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF VARDY, HANCOCK COUNTY, TENNESSEE

DruAnna Williams Overbay

Paper | $25.00t | P299 9780865549500

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