With the summer travel season in full swing, it seems appropriate to highlight our selections that celebrate the beauty, variety and complexity of America and that explore the unique history of our land. Whether you plan to take a journey or just read about someone’s else’s, take some time to consider some enticing titles from our inventory for pleasure reading or for use in courses.
Appalachian Lives, by Shelby Lee Adams, $45, (List price $50), University of Mississippi Press, (May 2003), ISBN 9781578065400, pp. 80.
For more than a quarter century, Shelby Lee Adams, an award-winning photographer from Hazard, Kentucky, has been photographing the people and places of his native state, returning to some subjects over time. The results captured in the 80 photographs included in this book and his insightful and empathetic text capture the majesty of the mountains and the dignity of the people who live there.
Bike Week at Daytona Beach: Bad Boys and Fancy Toys, by Roby Page, $27 (List price: $30), University of Mississippi Press, (July 2005), ISBN 9781578067657, pp. 144.
More than half a million bike enthusiasts converge on Daytona every March for Bike Week. Roby Page is a sociologist, photographer and writer who has been chronicling the event since 1985. In that time, a gathering that once attracted the roughneck crowd usually associated with biking has evolved into one that attracts a variety of people from the mainstream to the very well-heeled professionals. Page documents the evolution and allure of the event through his text and photographs in black and white.
