{"product_id":"defending-dixie-thomas-h-landess-9781963506464","title":"Defending Dixie: Essays in Southern History and Culture","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the Introduction by Thomas H. Landess: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWILSON \"IS THE LAST PTERODACTYL, soaring close to the sun, casting a long, cold shadow over the politically correct landscape. This volume ... provides Wilson's growing readership with more of his observations on an astonishing variety of subjects. ... worried over by a mind as precise and expansive as an encyclopedia....\u003cbr\u003e\"The importance of this book lies in its originality, which derives from the operation of Clyde Wilson's creative intellect on disparate and wide-ranging bodies of knowledge. These are the same old preoccupations given new life and meaning by a real mind-as opposed to what passes for minds in the current intellectual establishment. The book is a joy to read for one more reason: its clear and imaginative prose. Most historians write like sociologists.... Wilson writes like a good novelist....\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDEFENDING DIXIE\u003c\/i\u003e is the kind of book whose prose you can read for sheer pleasure.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Finally, be fore-warned. If you hate the South and don't like to hear good things about the region, you might want to skip this book and pick up a copy of anything Southern that's favorably reviewed by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. As measured and objective as his arguments may be, Clyde Wilson is always the good Southerner. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 2006, \u003ci\u003eDEFENDING DIXIE\u003c\/i\u003e has established itself as essential reading in the study of the South. This edition is a newly produced version that maintains the original content of the first publication but differs only in format from the original. The companion volume to this work, \u003ci\u003eFROM UNION TO EMPIRE\u003c\/i\u003e-the initial book in Dr. Wilson's two-volume series-will be released subsequently...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas H. Landess,Clyde N. Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1963506464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781963506464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shotwell Publishing LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 476\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.96d","brand":"Thomas H. Landess","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48137288155391,"sku":"9781963506464","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fd9f0f00-4056-4bdc-b1cb-7c7fd5cdff7f.jpg?v=1770167835","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/defending-dixie-thomas-h-landess-9781963506464","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}