The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
Promises, Promises Reviewed by Leslie Dunbar Vol. 15, No. 4, 1993, pp. 20-22 The Promise of the New south: Life After Reconstruction, by Edward L. Ayers (Oxford University Press, New York, 1992, xii, 572 pages). Historians take the past on
Delta Democrat Reviewed by John Egerton Vol. 15, No. 4, 1993, pp. 22-23 Hodding Carter: The Reconstruction of a Racist, by Ann Waldron (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1993, 369 pages). All through the late 1950s and early ’60s, as
Whistling At History Reviewed by Trudier Harris Vol. 15, No. 4, 1993, pp. 28, 24-25 Wolf Whistle by Lewis Nordan (Algonquin Books: Chapel Hill, 1993, 308 pages). “Irreverent,” was my first reaction. And: “These characters aren’t rising above stereotype fast